Dragonflight Pre-Patch Phase 2: All Class Tunings

Last night’s PTR build has included all the recent Class Changes and Tuning that were previously implemented on the Dragonflight Beta. With the launch of Phase 2 of the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, these changes to Classes will be implemented on the Live servers!

DEATH KNIGHT
- Blood
  - Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
  - Death Strike damage increased by 8%.
  - Marrowrend damage increased by 20%.
  - Blood Boil damage increased by 15%.
  - Blood Plague damage increased by 10%.
  - Perseverance of the Ebon Blade’s Versatility increased to 4% (was 3%).
  - Consumption damage increased by 20%.
  - Blooddrinker damage increased by 12%.
  - Rapid Decomposition now causes Blood Plague and Death and Decay to deal damage 18% faster (was 15%).
  - Voracious now increases the healing of Death Strike by 15% (was 20%) and the Leech granted is now 10% (was 15%).
  - Coagulopathy now increases Blood Plague damage by 30% per stack (was 25%).
  - Bonestorm damage increased by 15%.
  - Improved Death Strike now increases Death Strike healing by 5% (was 10%).
  - Shattering Bone damage increased 10%.
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Death’s Caress to incorrectly grant 6 stacks of Boneshield when cast.
DEMON HUNTER
- Sigil of Flame damage increased by 10%.
- Havoc
  - Demonic Wards now reduces Magic damage taken by 10% (was 15%).
  - Accelerating Blade damage bonus per target hit reduced to 20% (was 25%).
- Vengeance
  - Shear damage increased by 10%.
  - Soul Cleave damage increased by 5%.
  - Fel Devastation damage increased by 10%.
  - Fiery Brand’s initial damage increased by 50% and damage over time increased by 500%.
  - Frailty duration increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
  - Spirit Bomb damage increased by 5%.
  - Vulnerability’s Frailty damage bonus reduced to 2/4% (was 4/8%).
  - The Hunt damage is no longer reduced by 10% for the Vengeance specialization.
  - Fodder to the Flame damage no longer reduced by 10% for the Vengeance specialization.
  - Soul Carver damage increased by 10%.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Soulmonger’s absorb value to gain double benefit from Versatility.
  - Fixed an issue that allowed Spirit Bomb healing to be increased by healing taken modifiers (like Guardian Spirit).
DRUID
- Moonkin Form now correctly increases Spell Damage by 10% for Feral, Guardian, and Restoration Druids.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Adaptive Swarm from jumping to new targets if the current target despawned.
- Balance
  - Starfall damage reduced by 30%.
  - Starfire damage reduced by 15%.
  - Wrath now generates 8 Astral Power (was 6 Astral Power).
  - Fixed an issue where Moonfire and Sunfire would not benefit from Lunar or Solar Eclipse.
  - Syzygy has been renamed to Orbital Strike.
  - Fixed an issue where Vulnerable Flesh blocked Twin Moons on the Balance talent tree.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Touch of the Cosmos from being triggered when Celestial Alignment or Incarnation was active.
- Feral
  - Brutal Slash now replaces Swipe in Bear Form as well. Brutal Slash does not cost energy or generate combo points while in Bear Form.
  - Fixed an issue that allowed Tear to benefit from Hasted periodic events when the Rip and Tear talent was selected.
- Guardian
  - Increased the value of the clearcast Regrowth from Dream of Cenarius by 200%.
  - Maul’s rage cost reduced by 100% on a Tooth and Claw proc.
  - Rage of the Sleeper now grants 15% damage done and 25% Leech for its duration.
  - Scintillating Moonlight increased to 5/10% damage reduction (was 2/4%).
  - Pulverize damage increased by 40%.
  - Reinforced Fur’s additional armor increased to 8% (was 4%).
  - All Guardian damage spells (excluding Moonfire) increased by 50%.
  - Guardian melee attack damage increased to 60% (was 10%).
  - After the Wildfire range increased to 12 yards (was 8 yards) and its healing by 400%.
  - The Guardian Druid tree has undergone changes to its node connections and talent positions.
    - Scintillating Moonlight, Twin Moonfire, and Galactic Guardian are now after the 20 point gate.
    - Survival of the Fittest, After the Wildfire/Guardian of Elune choice node, and Soul of the Forest are now after the 8 point gate.
    - Dream of Cenarius has been split out of it’s choice node with Ursoc’s Fury.
  - Maul damage increased by 40%.
  - Mangle damage increased by 15%.
  - Twin Moonfire damage bonus to Moonfire reduced to 10% (was 20%).
  - Guardian of Elune’s Mangle now increases the duration of your next Ironfur by 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  - After the Wildfire healing increased by 50%.
  - Ursoc’s Endurance duration increased to 2 seconds (was 1 second).
  - Fixed an issue with Tooth and Claw costing an incorrect number of points.
  - Fixed an issue causing incorrect absorb values from Ursoc’s Fury when in combat with low level enemies.
  - Fixed an issue where Scintillating Moonlight was not correctly reducing damage taken from targets afflicted with Moonfire.
  - Fixed an issue preventing Berserk and Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc from being dragged from the talent tree to Action Bars.
- Restoration
  - Nurturing Dormancy now extends Rejuvenation effects by 2 seconds, up to 6 seconds (was 1 second, up to 3 seconds).
  - Nurturing Dormancy can no longer extend Rejuvenation effects past 30 seconds.
  - Regrowth healing increased by 6%.
HUNTER
- Fixed an issue where Fortitude of the Bear’s healing effect could critically strike.
- Hunter pet’s basic attack ability tooltips are now correctly adjusted by the Beast Master, Ferocity, and Training Expert talents.
- Fixed an issue that was causing Rejuvenating Wind to heal for an incorrect amount.
- Beast Mastery
  - Fixed an issue where Wailing Arrow would not properly interrupt the casting of an enemy who was channeling a spell.
- Marksmanship
  - Rapid Fire damage increased by 20%.
  - Aimed Shot damage increased by 10%.
  - Kill Shot damage increased by 10%.
  - Fixed an issue where Wailing Arrow would not properly interrupt the casting of a creature who was channeling a spell.
  - The chance to gain bonus Wind Arrows from the Legacy of the Windrunners talent should more consistently match the listed talent values.
  - Fixed an issue where Trueshot granted from Windrunner’s Guidance didn’t properly activate the Focus cost reduction from the Eagletalon’s True Focus talent.
  - Fixed an issue where only the first periodic event of Volley could activate the Salvo talent.
  - Fixed an issue where Volley stopped dealing damage if the Hunter died before its duration was over.
- Survival
  - Deadly Duo has been redesigned – While Spearhead is active, Mongoose Bite increases the damage of your next Kill Command by 40% and the reset chance of your next Kill Command by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Kill Command cooldown resets extend the duration of Spearhead by 1.5 seconds.
  - Fixed an issue with Wildfire Bomb and the Wildfire Infusion variants not always properly transferring threat from damage dealt while Misdirection is active.
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Coordinated Assault to sometimes not activate the Hunter Pet portion of the attack if the pet was out of range.
  - Fixed an issue with Misdirection’s cooldown not getting reduced when Wildfire Bomb dealt damage.
MAGE
- Arcane
  - Arcane Blast damage increased by 8%.
  - Arcane Missiles damage increased by 5%.
  - Arcane Explosion damage increased by 12%.
  - Arcane Orb damage increased by 10%.
  - Arcane Barrage damage increased by 8%.
  - Fixed an issue that allowed Arcane Echo’s damage events to trigger Radiant Spark Vulnerability.
MONK
- Fixed an issue that was preventing Save Them All from functioning in certain situations.
- Summon White Tiger no longer stops dealing damage when its crowd-controlled.
- Brewmaster
  - Anvil and Stave’s tooltip now specifies its proc cooldown.
- Mistweaver
  - Awakened Faeline now causes Tiger Palm to strike twice (was causes Tiger Palm to strike 2 targets).
  - Teachings of the Monastery now has a 15% chance to reset the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick (was 12%).
  - Essence Font healing reduced by 5%.
  - Renewing Mist healing reduced by 5%.
  - Enveloping Mist healing reduced by 5%.
  - Thunder Focus Tea’s Enveloping Mist healing reduced by 5%.
  - Rising Mist healing reduced by 5%.
  - Yu’lon’s Whisper healing reduced by 5%.
  - Refreshing Jade Wind healing reduced by 5%.
  - Enveloping Breath healing reduced by 10%.
  - Vivify healing reduced by 5%.
  - Revival healing increased by 15%.
  - Restoral healing increased by 15%.
  - Uplifted Spirits now heals for 15% of Revival or Restoral’s healing (was 10%).
  - Unison now additionally functions with Jade Serpent Statue’s Soothing Mist.
  - Fixed an issue that cause Misty Peaks Enveloping Mists to not be extended properly by Rising Mist.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Refreshing Jade Wind’s tooltip to display an incorrect healing amount.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Enveloping Breath to trigger from Misty Peaks procs.
  - Enveloping Mists from Misty Peaks now correctly trigger the Tear of Morning Enveloping Mist heal at 33% effectiveness.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Chi-Ji’s buff to be consumed by Misty Peaks procs.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Gust of Mist to incorrectly trigger from Misty Peaks procs while channeling Soothing Mist.
- Windwalker
  - Serenity now properly increases the damage of Strike of the Windlord and Thunderfist.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented lower level characters to receive the benefits of Empowered Tiger Lightning.
PALADIN
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Divine Resonance to initiate PvP combat.
- Recompense now correctly caps its damage at 30% of the Paladin’s maximum health and its healing at 100% of the Paladin’s maximum health.
- Fixed an issue that allowed Divine Toll to be cast when targeting friendly or enemy targets that were out of line of sight.
- Holy
  - Light of the Martyr now costs 9% of base mana (was 7%).
  - Barrier of Faith now costs 16% of base mana (was 9.5%).
  - Tyr’s Deliverance now costs 12% of base mana (was 0%).
  - Crusader Strike now costs 10% of base mana (was 11%).
  - Holy Light now costs 16% of base mana (was 15%).
  - Fixed an issue that could cause Empyrean Legacy to remain on the Paladin after casting Word of Glory.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Bestow Faith’s cooldown to not be reduced by Blessing of Dusk.
- Protection
  - Fixed an issue causing Crusader’s Judgment cooldown reduction to not function properly.
  - Fixed an issue causing Hammer of the Righteous’ tooltip to fail to display its number of charges before being talented into.
  - Fixed an issue where Avenging Wrath’s damage increase was not affecting Eye of Tyr or Tyr’s Enforcer.
  - Fixed an issue where Judgment had incorrect charges while Crusader’s Judgment was selected.
  - Fixed an issue causing Mastery: Divine Bulwark to trigger incorrectly.
- Retribution
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Art of War from granting its full chance to reset Blade of Justice’s cooldown.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Executioner’s Wrath from dealing damage to nearby targets.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Radiant Decree from consuming and benefitting from Greater Judgment and Final Reckoning’s Reckoning debuff.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Divine Storm cast by Empyrean Legacy to incorrectly consume and benefit from Empyrean Power.
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Judgment bounces from Boundless Judgment to incorrectly bounce to targets that were crowd-controlled.
PRIEST
- Halo and Divine Star no longer count full health targets towards their target cap.
- Holy Priests can now use Glyph of the Sha and Glyph of the Lightspawn.
- Fixed an issue causing Glyph of the Sha, Glyph of the Lightspawn, and Glyph of the Voidling to incorrectly affect the cooldown of Mindbender.
- Mindbender’s appearance now changes with Glyph of the Sha, Glyph of the Lightspawn, and Glyph of the Voidling.
- Power Infusion can now only be cast on players.
- Discipline
  - Sins of the Many is now a passive learned at level 12.
    - Increases damage by 30% (was 12%).
    - Damage increase diminishes above 5 Atonement applications (was 1).
  - Sins of the Many has been replaced with Blaze of Light in the talent tree.
  - Blaze of Light increases the damage of your Smite and Penance by 8%/15% and Penance increases or decreases your target’s movement speed by 25%/50% for 2 seconds.
  - Blaze of Light is no longer a PvP Talent.
  - Evangelism once again has a 1.5 minute cooldown (was 3 minutes).
  - Spell damage heals all targets affected by Atonement for 40% of damage done (was 50%).
  - Power Word: Radiance now applies Atonement for 60% of its normal duration (was 50%).
  - Schism increases spell damage to the target by 15% (was 25%).
  - Malicious Intent increases the duration of Schism by 6 seconds (was 3 seconds).
  - Harsh Discipline has been redesigned – Every 10 / 5 casts of Smite, your next Penance is free and fires an additional 3 bolts. (Was: When Atonement has healed a total of 200 / 100 times, your next Penance is free and fires 3 additional bolts).
  - Light’s Wrath now has 5% damage variance.
- Holy
  - All damaging abilities reduced by 10%.
  - Divine Favor: Chastise’s damage bonus decreased to 30% (was 50%).
  - Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented Cosmic Ripple triggering from Holy Word: Serenity if Miracle Worker was talented into.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Revitalizing Prayers from extending the duration of existing Renews.
  - Prayer of Mending’s tooltip now correctly states it has up to 4 jumps.
- Shadow
  - Flash Heal now costs 25% of base mana (was 18%) and its healing is increased by 36% to match other hybrid specializations.
  - The Insanity Bar should now always display whether in Shadowform, Voidform, or when not in any form.
  - Fixed an issue causing the cooldown of Void Eruption to not reset when an encounter ends.
  - Insanity should always display now as Shadow whether in Shadowform, Voidform, or not in any form.
  - Mind Sear now requires Shadowform for it to be cast.
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Insidious Ire to last longer than intended.
ROGUE
- Assassination
  - Garrote damage increased by 8%.
  - Fan of Knives damage increased by 20%.
  - Flying Daggers now increases Fan of Knives radius to 12 yards (was 15 yards).
  - Fixed a tooltip issue with Blindside, it now displays the correct health threshold of 35% (was incorrectly listed as 30%).
  - Zoldyck Recipe damage bonus increased to 15/30/45% (was 10/20/30%) and health threshold increased to 35% (was 30%).
  - Shrouded Suffocation’s Garrote damage bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).
  - Kingsbane damage increased by 5%.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Kingsbane from benefitting from the critical damage bonus provided by Lethality.
- Outlaw
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Skull and Crossbones (Roll the Bones buff) from providing its intended bonus Sinister Strike chance.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Dreadblade’s combo point generation effect from being triggered by Echoing Reprimand.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Lethality critical damage bonus from interacting correctly with Blade Flurry.
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Precise Cuts to increase Blade Flurry’s damage by slightly less than intended.
- Subtlety
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Black Powder from benefitting from the range increase provided by Acrobatic Strikes.
SHAMAN
- Elemental
  - Lightning Bolt damage decreased by 10%.
  - Lava Burst damage increased by 22%.
  - Flame Shock damage increased by 25%.
  - Lava Beam damage increased by 20%.
  - Fixed an issue preventing Lava Beam from interacting with Power of the Maelstrom.
  - Magma Chamber increases the damage of your next Earth Shock, Elemental Blast, or Earthquake by 1.5%/3.0% (was 0.8%/1.5%).
  - Rolling Magma reduces the cooldown of Primordial Wave by 0.5/1.0 seconds (was 0.3/0.5 seconds).
  - Lava Surges from Primordial Surge increase the damage of your next Lava Burst by 25% (was 20%).
  - Lightning Rod can now trigger from Lava Beam in addition to Chain Lightning.
  - Lightning Rod is now displayed on enemy nameplates.
  - Fixed an issue causing Earth Shock Overload to deal more damage than intended.
  - Fixed an issue causing Earthquake Overload to incorrectly consume Magma Chamber.
  - Lightning Rod can now trigger from Lava Beam in addition to Chain Lightning.
  - Fixed an issue causing Surge of Power to be incorrectly consumed when casting Earth Shock immediately after a Lightning Bolt.
- Enhancement
  - Increased all damage dealt by 10%.
  - Reduced the chance to activate the Deeply Rooted Elements talent to 7% (was 8%).
  - Fixed an issue where Chain Heal’s healing was improperly reduced as an Enhancement Shaman.
  - Fixed an issue where Crash Lightning could sometimes show up as a level-up reward at level 38.
  - Fixed an issue where Stormblast damage was not properly modified by the Elemental Weapons talent or any modifiers that increased Nature damage taken on the target.
  - Fixed an issue where the Windfury proc rate during the Doom Winds effect was higher than intended.
  - Fixed an issue where the Static Accumulation effects did not match the duration of Ascendance when using the Deeply Rooted Elements talent.
  - Fixed an issue with the Stormflurry talent that could cause a single press of Windstrike to cause more than one Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning when talented into Thorim’s Invocation.
  - Fixed an issue where Stormflurry was able to benefit from and consume the effects of the Stormbringer talent.
  - Gathering Storms has been renamed to Converging Storms.
- Restoration
  - Healing Tide Totem healing increased by 25%.
  - Flame Shock damage increased by 20%.
  - Lava Burst damage increased by 20%.
  - Downpour healing increased by 30%.
  - Fixed an issue causing Wellspring to snapshot its healing on cast when allies are at full health.
  - Fixed an issue causing Resurgence to increase all Restoration Shaman damage by 22%.
  - Increased the damage of Restoration Shaman spells by 22%.
  - The Earthliving Weapon imbue is no longer removed upon death.
WARLOCK
- Demonology
  - Fixed an issue where Wild Imps would not grant The Expendables while not in combat.
- Destruction
  - Fixed an issue where Mayhem would be applied to out of combat targets.
WARRIOR
- Shattering Throw now correctly removes immunities.
- Sidearm damage increased by 25%.
- Arms
  - Execute damage reduced by 7%..
  - Mortal Strike damage increased by 5%.
  - Improved Execute now refunds 10% Rage (was 20%).
  - Skullsplitter now generates 15 Rage (was 20) and cooldown reduced to 21 seconds to better align with Rend (was 30 seconds).
  - Seasoned Soldier now causes your auto attack critical strikes to generate 10% more Rage (was 20%).
  - Improved Overpower increases the damage of Overpower by 15% (was 10%).
  - Martial Prowess increases the damage of Mortal Strike by 25% per stack (was 20%).
  - Juggernaut now stacks up to 15 times (was 12).
  - Fervor of Battle now triggers only if Whirlwind hits 2 or more targets.
  - Bloodsurge’s chance to trigger is now 7% (was 10%).
  - Rend’s Bleed Effect correctly triggers from Sweeping Strikes.
  - Tactician grants a 1.3% chance per Rage spent to reset Overpower (was 1.4%).
  - Deft Experience grants a 0.5% increase to Tactician per rank (was 0.45%).
  - War Machine now grants 5 Rage per enemy killed (was 10).
  - Bladestorm now generates 20 Rage.
  - Executioner’s Precision now causes Execute to increase the damage of your next Mortal Strike by 30% (was 25%).
  - Hurricane now causes you to go into an unstoppable Bladestorm. The Hurricane icon has also been updated.
  - Whirlwind no longer shows an incorrect range on the tooltip.
  - Fixed an issue where Fatal Mark could be parried.
- Fury
  - Improved Whirlwind increases the damage of cleaving single target attacks by 50% (was 45%).
  - Meat Cleaver causes Whirlwind to deal 25% increased damage (was 20%).
  - Titanic Rage now causes Odyn’s Fury to Enrage you, deal 10% increased damage and grants you 2-4 stacks of Whirlwind. Titanic Rage also reduces the cooldown of Odyn’s Fury by 10 seconds.
  - Odyn’s Fury bleed effect now shows up on enemy debuff bars.
  - Onslaught now triggers Enrage before damage is dealt.
  - Onslaught now generates 30 Rage (was 20). Now correctly modifies the tooltip to mention enrage if you have Tenderize talented.
  - Tenderize now also causes Onslaught to grant you 3 stacks of Slaughtering Strikes.
  - Titanic Rage now triggers Enrage before damage is dealt.
  - Reckless Abandon now makes Recklessness grant 50 Rage and Rampage greatly empowers your next 2 Bloodthirsts and Raging Blows.
  - Ashen Juggernaut now lasts 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  - Hack and Slash chance to trigger increased to 25% (was 20%).
  - Dancing Blades now also increases auto attack damage.
  - Bloodcraze now applies 1 stack when you Bloodthirst, it is no longer is applied from chained attacks.
  - Fixed an issue that caused an error when using Annihilator in combination with Reckless Abandon.
  - Berserker’s Torment activated Avatar and Recklessness now last 6 seconds.
  - Enraged Regeneration now appears on the personal resource bar.
  - Enraged Regeneration’s tooltip now specifies that it can be used during incapacitate effects.
  - Multiple instances of Dancing Blades now partially overlap.
- Protection
  - Thunder Clap damage reduced by 10%.
  - Revenge damage reduced by 5%.
  - Bloodsurge’s chance to trigger reduced to 7% (was 10%).
  - The stun caused by Shield Charge now appears on enemy nameplates.
  - Shield Charge is now on the global cooldown when not charging to a target.
  - Bloodsurge chance to trigger is now 10% (was 15%).
  - New Talent: Defender’s Aegis – Shield Wall gains 1 additional charge, and its cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds.
  - Unbreakable Will talent has been removed.
  - Battering Ram now also increases auto-attack damage by 20%.
  - Fueled by Violence should again trigger correctly.
  - Whirlwind no longer shows an incorrect range on the tooltip.
  - Fixed an issue causing Execute to sometimes incur a cooldown if you had Improved Execute talented on a different specialization.