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First Look at the Infested Affix, Raging and Necrotic Updates in Battle for Azeroth
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Posted
2018/07/09 at 2:53 PM
by
Squishei
Players have noticed some changes that Blizzard has made to the
Raging
and
Necrotic
affixes in the Battle for Azeroth Alpha. In addition, players have also started testing out the new
Infested
Seasonal Affix.
Check out other articles regarding Mythic+ changes in BFA:
Weekly Chest Can Contain Up to 3 Items
Tank Threat Massively Nerfed
Gear Swaps Not Allowed in Mythic+
Fortified and Tyrannical Modifiers on Keystone Level 2
Bonus Rolls on End of Dungeon Chest
First Look at Infested
Infested
is the 4th affix on Keystones in Battle for Azeroth that occurs at Keystone Level +10 and above. This is a Seasonal affix, which means that Infested will rotate out at the end of the Season 1 of Mythic+.
What is Infested?
Some mobs in each dungeon will be infested with a
Symbiote of G'huun
. They will appear larger, have a grey aura coming off of them and have the
Symbiote of G'huun
buff. Any other mob within
8 yards
will have
Regenerative Blood
applied to them causing them to heal for 10% of their max health every 3 seconds.
When the Infested mob dies, it will release two
Spawn of G'huun
which will run towards the nearest non-boss NPC. Once it reaches its target, it will cast
Infest
, an
uninterruptable
1 second cast. If it successfully casts
Infest
, it will infest the target with
Symbiote of G'huun
, starting the cycle again.
The
Infested
seems to promote Crowd Control spells. Pulling a large group with an Infested mob will result in the Infested mob and the rest being healed. Instead, its usually better to CC the Infested mob, deal with the remainder of the pack and the finish off the Infested mob last.
Which mobs are Infested?
According to a
recent Q&A
with Ion Hazzikostas, the mobs that are infested with
Symbiote of G'huun
are hand picked by Blizzard but there will be multiple sets of possibilities so it's not completely random, but also not the same every week. You'll have to change your strategy every week depending on which mobs are Infested.
You can see the difference in two runs of Atal'Dazar on the beta from
Shakib's Twitch
-
First Video
,
Second Video
.
In the
first video
, you'll see that one of the RP mobs is affected by
Symbiote of G'huun
, dies immediately and the
Spawn of G'huun
Infest the Juggernaut.
In the
second video
, you'll see that the Honor Guard on the left is affected by
Symbiote of G'huun
.
Other Infested VoDs
Shakib has also highlighted some other Infested runs during the beta in
Siege of Boralus
and
Underrot
. You can also check out his
Twitch page
as he is doing Beta keys daily.
Raging and Necrotic Updates
Necrotic
Tanks will be happy to know that
Necrotic Wound
has been reduced from 3% per stack to 2% per stack in Battle for Azeroth! Now, tanks will be able to take up to 50 stacks per becoming unhealable, up from 33 stacks.
Raging
Raging can be a particularly nasty affix, especially on large trash mobs such as
Glayvianna Soulrender
from Vault of the Wardens in Legion. However,
Enrage
is classified as an Enrage effect and this means that with class utility being added in Battle for Azeroth, Druid and Hunters are able to lessen its impact!
Druids can use a GCD and
Soothe
to dispel one
Enrage
every 10 seconds.
Hunters can use a pet, such as a Spirit Beast, to command them to dispel a
Enrage
buff once every 10 seconds. e.g.
.
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Comment by
Suer79
on 2018-07-10T06:30:49-05:00
So to do any +10 you will need to have a rogue or a monk for their incap, not like rogue and monk were already going to be taken 90% of the time :D
Or a druid for roots, a priest for shackles when there's undead, etc, etc.
Comment by
Stv01
on 2018-07-10T07:47:02-05:00
Infested should stop the mass pulling from current meta. I dig it!
Nope, just CC infested mobs AoE everything else. Business as usual.
Comment by
Stv01
on 2018-07-10T07:49:42-05:00
Does arcane torrent work for dispelling Enrage?
Nope, Enrage is not a magical effect.
Comment by
Efkius
on 2018-07-10T10:44:24-05:00
We still dont know if cc gona work on those mobs. Like in hov dragon at start and etc.
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