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Shadowlands Season 4 Class Changes - Survival & Destruction Nerfs, Shadow Priest Buffs
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Blizzard has published their class tuning for Shadowlands Season 4. These changes include the aforementioned nerfs to Survival Hunter and Destruction Warlocks, but also large buffs to Shadow Priest AoE damage. There are also other smaller buffs to Balance Druids, Arcane Mages, Protection Paladins, and Protection Warriors. Small Windwalker Monk nerfs as well.
CLASSES
Additional class tuning for Season 4 is underway. We'll update this section with further adjustments soon.
DRUID
BALANCE
Pioggia di Stelle
damage increased by 15%.
Developer's note: Balance AoE has gradually fallen off in recent months, we believe due to
Pioggia di Stelle
not benefitting as as much as other comparable spells from increased
Potere astrale
generation and Haste, as gear levels increase. We are looking into different solves for the future, but for now are giving it a boost to better compete in the current content.
HUNTER
SURVIVAL
Assalto del Raptor
,
Morso della Mangusta
, and
Flanker's Advantage
damage increased by 15%.
(4) Set Bonus: Wildfire Bomb bonus damage lowered to 20% (was 30%).
Bomba di Fuocobrado
, and any
Infusione di Fuocobrado
variants of
Bomba di Fuocobrado
now deal reduced damage when hitting more than 8 targets. The tooltips will be updated to reflect this in a future patch.
Developer Note: The Mad Bombardier set bonus boosts
Bomba di Fuocobrado Migliorata
in fun and powerful ways, but with the potentially frequent set bonus activation, and
Bomba di Fuocobrado Migliorata
not having any target cap where their damage is lowered, Survival Hunters have exceeded expectations in content where there are many targets to hit. The set bonus interactions are fun to play with, so rather than adjusting frequency or power level of the buffed
Bomba di Fuocobrado
, we're going to lower its effectiveness when pulling very high numbers of enemy targets. We're increasing the damage of
Flanker's Advantage
,
Assalto del Raptor
, and Mongoose Bite to offset the loss of damage in single target scenarios.
MAGE
ARCANE
Lancio Istintivo
duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
Developers' note: We're increasing the duration of Clearcasting to minimize scenarios where the buff would fall off without the opportunity for players to gain value. This is primarily a PvP concern, but we did not feel there was a reason to make it PvP exclusive.
MONK
WINDWALKER
Calcio Rotante della Gru
damage reduced by 5%.
Developers' note: We're happy with prior single target changes that have resulted in making Windwalker a powerful option in a broad spectrum of situations. However as a result, their total contribution ends up being slightly too strong in areas where their AOE strengths can be brought to bear. This change is not intended to remove those strengths, but ensure they're not too far ahead of the pack.
PALADIN
PROTECTION
Armor increased by 5%.
Scudo Benedetto
(Talent) increase to block chance increased to 20% (was 15%).
Developers' note: We are seeing Protection Paladins dying to melee damage, or mixed melee and spell damage. This change is intended to improve their performance against both those damage types.
PRIEST
SHADOW
damage increased by 30%.
Schianto d'Ombra
(Talent) damage increased by 25%.
(Talent) damage increased by 15%.
Developers' note: We are looking into Shadow's AoE toolkit for Dragonflight and want to address the concerns brought up by the community. However, in the meantime, we are implementing these adjustments to help Shadow's performance in multi-target situations for Season 4. We'll continue to watch Shadow's performance as the season unfolds and make further adjustments if needed.
WARLOCK
DESTRUCTION
Dardo del Caos
damage increased by 5% in PvE combat.
Incenerimento
damage increased by 20%.
Immolazione
damage increased by 20%.
Conflagrazione
damage increased by 10% in PvE combat.
(4) Set Bonus: Blasphemy no longer grants
Pioggia del Caos
.
Developers' note: In order to address Destruction's excess soul shard generation issues, we're removing the ability for the Blasphemy to grant
Pioggia del Caos
. This will prevent their shard generation from getting out of control and rein in their AOE output. However, this will have some effect on Destruction's single-target damage and to help counter the impact we're increasing the damage of several single-target spells in the Destruction toolkit. This is a big shift so we'll be monitoring feedback closely and will adjust in the future if needed.
WARRIOR
PROTECTION
Insensibilità
's absorption increased by 30%, and the absorption cap is now based on maximum Health (was twice the
Insensibilità
absorb value).
Developers' note: We find that Protection Warriors struggle with magic and unblockable forms of incoming damage. This change is intended to help improve survivability in those situations, while the change to the cap will constrain its strength otherwise.
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