Dungeon Tuning and Hotfixes

While the Dragonflight Mythic+ Beta Test has already started, Blizzard has made some changes to certain dungeons in order to bring abilities more in line with others.

Ruby Life Pools

• Infused Whelp‘s  Cold Claws damage increased by 100%
• Flashfrost Earthshaper‘s  Tectonic Slam damage reduced 30%

Halls of Valor

• Hymdall‘s Storm Drake  Static Field damage increased by 66.7%
• Hyrja  Eye of the Storm damage reduced by 20%

Al’gathar Academy

• Overgrown Ancient  Burst Forth damage reduced by 20%
• Echo of Doragosa  Arcane Missiles damage reduced by 60%

Enchants and Gems significantly nerfed

The latest Dragonflight Beta build has brought some significant changes to secondary stats on Gems and Enchants. While those have been reduced by more then 50%, Tertiary stats like Avoidance have been buffed.

Gems

For example, a Rank 3 Quality Gem went from:

• 235 of a single secondary stat to 88.
• A 187/88 split of secondary stats to a 70/33 split.

Enchants

Enchants on the other hand have a mix of buffs and nerfs. However, the large second stat enchants to rings have been massively nerfed as well.

• A Rank 3 Quality ring enchant went from 215 secondary stats to 82 secondary stats.
• However, the Tertiary stat enchants on bracers have been increased by 20-25%

Class Tunings

Just before the Dragonflight Beta Mythic+ test during this weekend, Blizzard has made some changes to certain classes. Mostly, they revolve around capping many AoE abilities, causing them now to deal “reduced damage beyond 5/8 targets”

Death Knight

• Unholy
  • Epidemic now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  • Bursting Sores damage reduced by 10%.

Demon Hunter

• Immolation Aura now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
• Havoc
  • Fel Rush now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Druid

• Feral
  • Tear Open Wounds now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Hunter

• Marksmanship
  • All damage dealt increased by 10%.
• Survival
  • All damage dealt increased by 5%.

Mage

• Frost
  • Frozen Orb damage reduced by 15%.
  • Blizzard now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
• Fire
  • Ignite damage reduced by 12%.
  • Master of Flame now increases Ignite’s damage by 15% (was 18%).

Monk

• Resonant Fists now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Priest

• Shadow
  • Mind Sear now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • Psychic Link now causes Mind Blast, Mind Flay, and Mind Spike to deal 30%/60% of their damage to all other targets affected by your Vampiric Touch within 40 yards (was 15%/30%).

Rogue

• Assassination
  • Indiscriminate Carnage cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 60 seconds).
• Subtlety
  • Shuriken Storm damage increased by 10%.
  • Shadowstrike damage increased by 10%.
  • Black Powder damage increased by 5%.
  • Secret Technique damage increased by 5%.
  • Shadow Blades cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Secret Technique’s built-in cooldown reduction from benefitting from Echoing Reprimand’s Animacharged combo points.
• Outlaw
  • Fatal Flourish chance to restore Energy reduced to 60% (was 65%)

Shaman

• Enhancement
  • All damage dealt increased by 5%.

Warlock

• Affliction
  • Malefic Affliction now causes your active Unstable Affliction to deal 8/13% additional damage (was 5/10%), up to 24/39% (was 15/30%), for the rest of its duration.
  • Dread Touch now causes your target to take 30% (was 20%) additional damage from your damage over time effects for 6 seconds.
  • Doom Blossom damage increased by 15%.
• Destruction
  • Rain of Fire damage increased by 15%.
• Demonology
  • Dreadbite now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Warrior

• Arms
  • Executioner’s Precision now grants 35% increased damage per stack to Mortal Strike (was 30%).
  • Bloodsurge now triggers 10% of the time (was 7%).
  • Bladestorm Damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
• Fury
  • Odyn’s Fury now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.