Blizzard
January 23HotfixesClasses- Druid
Feral
Increased the damage of most Feral spells and abilities by 8%. (Frénésie d’Ashamane, Entaille brutale, , Estropier, Éclat lunaire, Rôder amélioré, Griffes impitoyables, , Rosser, Déchirure)
Developer's Notes: Feral's playstyle feels good, but isn't putting up the numbers that it should be, so we're giving them an across-the-board damage buff.
Hunter- Expérience du combat (Pet Passive) now increases the damage of primary pets by 60% (was 50%).
Developer's Notes: This is primarily a damage buff to Beast Mastery, but will have a tiny benefit to Survival and occasionally Marksmanship as well.
Marksmanship - Tir des Arcanes now generates 8 Focus (was 5).
- Flèches multiples now generates 3 Focus per target hit (was 2).
- Crotales cornus damage increased by 33%.
Developer's Notes: Marksmanship has given a lot of feedback that the rotation often winds up casting too many consecutive Focus generators. We are making two changes: first, helping avoid that problem by increasing the Focus generation of Tir des Arcanes and Flèches multiples. Second, making it more attractive to use Crotales cornus in more situations, for players who prefer the pacing of the rotation with that talent.
Mage Fire
- Increased the damage of most Fire spells and abilities by 3% (Vague explosive, Tempête de cendres, Souffle du dragon, Trait de feu, Boule de feu, Gerbe de flammes, Choc de flammes, Bombe vivante, Météore, Flammes de phénix, Explosion pyrotechnique, Brûlure).
- Explosion pyrotechnique mana cost reduced by 20%.
- Choc de flammes mana cost reduced by 17%.
Developer's Notes: Under certain circumstances, it was possible for Fire to run out of mana. It's only intended that mana is a constraint on Fire's utility, not its damage.
Frost
- Increased the damage of most Frost spells and abilities by 4% (Éclair d’ébène, Blizzard, Cone of Cold, Rafale, , Éclair de givre, Orbe gelé, Javelot de glace, Nova de glace, Éclair d'eau, Rayon de givre, Jaillissement d’eau).
- Tempête de comètes damage increased by 30%.
- Rafale now fires its missiles faster.
Developer's Notes: Tempête de comètes is failing to live up to expectations, so we're buffing its damage. The Flurry change will help Rafale feel more responsive, while simultaneously solving a potential issue where Froid de l'hiver could apply to two Javelot de glaces (instead of just one, as intended) at extremely high Haste levels.
Monk - Brewmaster
Fracasse-tonneau damage increased by 10%, and it no longer deals reduced damage to 6+ targets. - Souffle de feu damage increased 11%.
Developer's Notes: Brewmasters could use a bit of help on damage, especially in AoE.
Paladin - Retribution
Croisade now increases damage and Haste by 3% per stack (down from 3.5%). - Lame de justice damage increased by 20%, unchanged in PvP.
Developer's Notes: Retribution's total damage is looking quite strong in 7.1.5, which is fine on its own. However, how that damage is delivered matters quite a bit as well. We've been seeing more and more than Paladins find that the optimal way to maximize their performance is to focus everything they can on boosting their damage during Croisade. This creates a number of problems, including: Croisade feels mandatory, your damage feels very unrewarding outside of Croisade, trinkets and artifact traits are viewed as either amazing or terrible based on whether they synergize with Croisade, and others.
As such, we're going to tone down Croisade, and compensate with a buff to Lame de justice. For those that had maximized Crusade to an extreme degree, this may result in a small overall nerf – this is intended. This change also helps prevent Marteau divin from being too dominant in single-target situations.
Warlock - Destruction
Trait du chaos damage increased by 9%. - Pluie de feu damage increased by 30%.
- Cataclysme damage increased by 29%.
Developer's Notes: Destruction's damage isn't as high as it should be. In particular, some of its spells that should feel the most rewarding aren't hitting hard enough, especially in AoE situations. We're buffing the damage of those spells.
Dungeons and Raids Gul'dan - Resolved an issue where Barrière de résonance would fail to apply its effects if the player was under the effects of immunities.
- Resolved an issue where the Essence of Aman'thul abilities would disappear from players when using an immunity effect.
ItemsPlayer versus Player- All Artifact Power rewards from Rated PvP have been substantially (50%-100%) increased.
Note: The PvP UI will not properly reflect the amount of Artifact Power that will be rewarded until a future patch.
Season 19 Achievements that should not have been granted have been correctly removed.
You can no longer target a flag carrier with
Gardien de la reine oubliée.
Demon Hunter - Œil de Leotheras will no longer scale with increased damage, and instead will always deal a maximum of 6% of the target's health in damage each time it activates.
Mage - Rayon de givre cannot be channeled if the Mage is interrupted and locked out of the Frost School, as intended.
Démoniste Professions- Archéologie
The Nor'danil Wellspring digsite is no longer displayed in the middle of the ocean.
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