World of Warcraft: Klassenanpassungen mit Patch 10.0.5

Update: Weitere Klassenanpassungen

Das Entwicklerteam hat nun weitere Klassenanpassungen angekündigt. Diese werden mit den Wartungsarbeiten am 1. März aktiv.

In den vergangenen Wochen hat Blizzard immer wieder neue Klassenanpassungen angekündigt. Diese wurden meist mit den Wartungsarbeiten am Mittwoch umgesetzt. Mit den Wartungsarbeiten am 25. Januar erscheint Patch 10.0.5 auf den Live-Realms. In den Patchnotes zu Patch 10.0.5 wurden bereits zahlreiche Klassenänderungen angekündigt. Zusätzlich dazu kommen Balance-Anpassungen bei mehreren Klassen, die nicht in diesen Patchnotes erwähnt wurden. Die Änderungen dieser zusätzlichen Klassenanpassungen wurden heute bekannt gegeben. Wir gehen davon aus, dass auch in den kommenden Wochen weitere Klassenanpassungen vorgenommen werden und werden diesen Artikel somit mehrfach aktualisieren.

With scheduled weekly maintenance (early tomorrow, February 28 in this region), we’re making targeted tuning adjustments to several classes.

Classes

Death Knight

• Blood
  • All damaging abilities increased by 3%.

Paladin

• Holy
  • Light of Dawn healing increased by 10%
• Protection
  • Greater Judgment’s bonus to your next Holy Power ability against the afflicted target increased to 40% (was 20%).
  • Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 30%
  • Hammer of the Righteous damage increased by 20%

Shaman

• Elemental
  • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 10% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Lava Burst damage increased by 6% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Earth Shock damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Elemental Blast damage increased by 6% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • Icefury damage increased by 80%.
  • Icefury causes Frost Shock to generate 14 Maelstrom (up from 8).
  • Frost Shock damage increased by 15% for Elemental only.
• Developers’ notes: These changes are aimed at improving Elemental single target damage. We also felt that Icefury should deal more damage so that the spell is not solely focused on the follow-up Frost Shocks.

Player versus Player

Items

• Gladiator’s Distinction’ Stamina provided by the bonus increased by 40%
• Developers’ notes: Our goal for PvP pacing is for it to be fast, while leaving time for players to react; we’ve continued to see that overall PvP pacing has been faster than we would like, especially as players have been gaining increased offensive power through tier set acquisition, so we’re adjusting the stamina bonus from Gladiator’s Distinction to help address this.

Hunter

• Improved Kill Shot now increases Kill Shot’s critical strike damage by 15% in PvP Combat (was 25%)
• Marksmanship
  • Razor Fragments increases Kill Shot’s damage by 40% in PvP Combat (was 50%).
  • Arcane Shot damage increased by 45% in PvP Combat (was 30%).
  • Chimaera Shot damage increased by 45% in PvP Combat (was 30%).
• Developers’ notes: Kill Shot critical strikes have been particularly deadly for Hunters, so we’re reducing the value of Improved Kill Shot. Marksmanship will be receiving several other adjustments to shift more of their damage profile into their base rotation.

Monk

• Brewmaster
  • Incendiary Breath (PvP Talent) now increases the Radius and Damage of Breath of Fire by 30% (was 100%).
• Developers’ notes: Incendiary Breath’s radius increase has been difficult to read as a player and Brewmaster damage has been higher than we would like.
• Windwalker
  • Touch of Karma now redirects 105% of absorbed damage in PvP Combat (was 70%).
• Developers’ notes: Touch of Karma’s redirect damage should be a strong deterrent to targeting a Monk while it’s active, and we feel that it was too weak previously.

Rogue

• Assassination
  • Hemotoxin (PvP Talent) healing reduction effect reduced to 30% (was 35%).
• Developers’ notes: We felt that the Healing reduction effect from Hemotoxic was too strong, especially as it is easy to keep applied.
• Outlaw
  • Dispatch damage increased by 15% in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: Outlaw has been underperforming, so we’re increasing their finisher damage.

Shaman

• Enhancement
  • Converging Storms increases Stormstrike damage by 10% per stack in PvP Combat was 25%).
  • Lava Lash damage increased by 15% in PvP Combat.
  • Stormstrike damage increased by 50% in PvP Combat (was increased by 30%).
  • Windstrike damage increased by 50% in PvP Combat (was increased by 30%).
• Developers’ notes: We’re looking to increase Enhancement’s consistent damage while reducing its high-end burst potential.

Warrior

• Fury
  • Rampage damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Execute damage increased by 10% in PvP combat. Arms and Protection damage unchanged.
• Developers’ notes: Fury Warriors’ offensive pressure has been notably lower than we would like, so we’re increasing Rampage and Execute damage.

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8. Februar 2023

Classes

Death Knight

• Blood
  • Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
  • Blood Plague damage increased by 15%.
  • Blood Boil damage increased by 15%.
  • Death and Decay damage increased by 20%.
  • Shattering Bone damage increased by 5%.
  • Sanguine Ground damage while inside Death and Decay increased to 6% (was 5%).
• Frost
  • Unleashed Frenzy duration increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).
  • Cleaving Strikes Obliterate now hits 2 additional targets (was 1).
  • Frost Fever damage increased by 15%.
  • Glacial Advance damage increased by 20%.
  • Frost Strike damage increased by 10%.
  • Frostwhelp’s Aid damage increased by 100%.
  • Frostscythe damage increased by 35%

Druid

• Guardian
  • Armor from Ironfur increased by 20%.
  • Reinforced Fur now increases Armor from Ironfur by 15% (was 8%) and Barkskin’s damage reduction by 10% (was 5%).
  • Ursoc’s Fury now grants an absorb shield based on 50% of damage dealt by Thrash and Maul (was 30%).
  • Reinvigoration’s Frenzied Regeneration cooldown reduction increased to 20/40% (was 15/30%).
  • Layered Mane chance to proc increased to 10/20% (was 5/10%).
  • Lunar Beam healing increased by 130% and cooldown reduced to 1 minute.
• Developers’ notes: We are keeping a close eye on variances in survivability across tank specializations. These changes are intended to alleviate some difficulties Guardian Druids have been experiencing with certain damage types, as well as targeting some underperforming talents which were not delivering meaningful survivability improvements.
• Restoration
  • All healing reduced by 3%. This does not apply to PvP combat.

Evoker

• Preservation
  • All healing reduced by 5%.

Hunter

• Beast Mastery
  • Damage dealt by Hunter and pet abilities increased by 5%.
• Marksmanship
  • Damage dealt by Hunter and pet abilities increased by 5%.
• Survival
  • Damage dealt by Hunter and pet abilities increased by 5%.

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • All healing increased by 3%.
  • Vivify healing increased by 5%.
  • Clouded Focus now increases healing and decreases mana cost by 20% (was 15%) for Enveloping Mist and Vivify.
  • Peaceful Mending now increases the healing of Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist by 25/50% (was 15/30%).
  • Spinning Crane Kick Damage increased by 15%.
  • Ancient Concordance increases the chance for Rising Sun Kick to reset by 5/10% (was 3/6%).
  • Lesson of Doubt increases healing and damage by up to 40% (was 35%).

Paladin

• Protection
  • Avenger’s Shield damage increased by 10%.
  • Blessed Hammer/Hammer of the Righteous/Crusader Strike damage increased by 30%.
  • Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 15%.

Priest

• Holy
  • All healing increased by 3%.

Shaman

• Healing Surge healing increased by 10%.
• Chain Heal healing increased by 10%.
• Restoration
  • Healing Wave healing increased by 10%.
  • Healing Rain healing increased by 10%.
  • Overflowing Shores healing increased by 10%.

Warlock

• Inquisitor’s Gaze Fel Barrage damage increased 35%.
• Inquisitor’s Gaze no longer casts Fel Blast.
• Summon Soulkeeper damage increased 35%.
• Developers’ notes: Inquisitor’s Gaze and Summon Soulkeeper are not contributing to the Warlock damage profile as much as we’d like. After this adjustment, we’ll continue to watch Warlocks’ overall performance and we will make further adjustments if needed.
• Destruction
  • Soul Fire damage increased 20%.
  • Incinerate damage increased 5%.
• Demonology
  • Wild Imp damage increased 15%.
  • Vilefiend damage increased 30%.
• Developers’ notes: We feel that both Destruction and Demonology could use some improvements to their overall contribution in single-target situations. These adjustments are specifically targeting talents that we feel could be more competitive, while also putting additional power into rotational spells.

Player versus Player

Items

• Neltharax, Enemy of the Sky now grants 1% attack speed in PvP Combat (was 5%).

Demon Hunter

• Havoc
  • Restless Hunter (Talent) damage bonus for next Blade Dance/Death Sweep reduced by 40% in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: We’ve continued to see the potential burst provided by Restless Hunter much higher than we would like, especially in combination with Essence Break and The Hunt.

Druid

• Guardian
  • Frenzied Regeneration is now 50% effective in PvP Combat (was 62%).
• Developers’ note: This is intended to offset Reinvigoration’s buff noted above.

Evoker

• Living Flame healing increased by 30% in PvP Combat.
• Verdant Embrace healing increased by 20% in PvP Combat.
• Oppressing Roar increases the duration of incoming crowd control by 30% (was 20%) in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: This is intended to offset the above noted game-wide 5% healing reduction by targeting abilities that we would like to see more prominent in a Preservation Evoker’s PvP healing profile. Additionally, Oppressing Roar has not been as valuable a talent point as we’d hoped, so we are slightly increasing its effectiveness.

Hunter

• Beast Mastery
  • Stormwing Harrier’s Camouflage 4-piece now increases the damage of your next Kill Command by 10% in PvP (was 20%).
• Marksmanship
  • Rapid Fire damage increased by 15% in PvP Combat.
  • Aimed Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP Combat.
  • Chimaera Shot damage increased by 30% in PvP Combat.
  • Unerring Vision critical strike damage bonus effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: With the removal of Double Tap, Marksmanship Hunter damage has been lower than we would like to see, so we are increasing several main rotation abilities while decreasing Unerring Vision, with the goal of higher sustained damage.

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • Healing Sphere (PvP Talent) - Now triggers the dispel backlash effects from Unstable Affliction and Vampiric Touch. Healing increased by 320%.
• Developers note: This change is to have more consistency among dispel effects that are intended to require careful consideration of the risks and benefits of dispelling it. Additionally, we felt that the healing on Healing Sphere has been too weak.

Priest

• Shadow
  • Psyfiend (PvP Talent) healing reduction no longer stacks with similar effects.
• Developers’ notes: Psyfiend’s healing reduction effects appear mechanically similar to many others, but were stacking with other such effects and each other in a way that was not clearly communicated to players, and yet was having a significant impact on which specializations were being favored and often overperforming in PvP. We are standardizing their behavior to follow the same rules as similar effects.

Rogue

• Assassination
  • Vault Delver’s Toolkit 4-piece set bonus Bleed damage bonus reduced by 50% in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: The 4-piece set bonus for Assassination has been more significant in their damage profile than we would like.
  • Wound Poison (Deathmark version) healing reduction no longer stacks with similar effects.
• Developer’s note: The Wound Poison (from Deathmark) healing reduction effects appear mechanically similar to many others, but were stacking with other such effects and each other in a way that was not clearly communicated to players, and yet was having a significant impact on which specializations were being favored and often overperforming in PvP. We are standardizing their behavior to follow the same rules as similar effects.

Shaman

• Restoration
  • Damage dealt to Earthen Wall Totem caused by damage absorbed by pets is reduced by 90%.
• Developers’ notes: The intent for this adjustment is to make Earthen Wall Totem feel more impactful as a defensive ability. As we noted, it was being destroyed too quickly in scenarios where teammates have pets.

Warlock

• Affliction
  • Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 35%.
• Developers’ notes: After our recent changes to normalize Unstable Affliction’s backlash damage, we’re seeing it get dispelled frequently. Our intent is for dispelling Unstable Affliction to require careful consideration of the risks and benefits and its damage was not fulfilling that.
• Destruction
  • Chaos Bolt damage increased by 40% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
  • Resolved an issue that caused Bane of Havoc (PvP Talent) to deal more damage than intended to targets.
• Developers’ notes: We’re addressing a bug with Bane of Havoc that was causing Havoc to deal full damage instead of the intended 60%, which is a significant nerf to the spec in PvP. Chaos Bolt has not been as threatening as intended in Dragonflight, so we’re increasing its damage to compensate for the bug fix.
  • Fel Fissure (PvP Talent) healing reduction no longer stacks with similar effects.
• Developers’ notes: Fel Fissure’s healing reduction effects appear mechanically similar to many others, but were stacking with other such effects and each other in a way that was not clearly communicated to players, and yet was having a significant impact on which specializations were being favored and often overperforming in PvP. We are standardizing their behavior to follow the same rules as similar effects.

Warrior

• Arms
  • Executioner’s Precision is now 30% effective in PvP Combat (was 50%).
  • Martial Prowess is now 33% effective in PvP Combat (was 50%).
  • Overpower damage increased by 20% in PvP Combat.
  • Slam damage increased by 40% in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: We’ve seen Mortal Strike come to represent too much of Arms Warriors’ total damage in PvP. Additionally, it often results in spikier damage than we’re comfortable with, so we’re moving toward an overall rebalance across several abilities.

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In addition to the class changes that are part of the 10.0.5 patch, during scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, January 24, we will make a number of tuning adjustments to specializations based on their performance in Raid and M+ content. It’s our intent that these changes help make these specializations viable options for raid and dungeon content.

Druid

• Balance
  • Fixed an issue where Cosmic Rapidity did not increase the frequency of Shooting Stars to occur based on the increased rate of Moonfire, Sunfire, and Stellar Flare.
  • Lunar Eclipse now increases the damage Starfire does to nearby enemies by 30% (was 50%).
    • This is an adjustment to the 10.0.5 PTR values for this ability.
• Developers’ notes: The redesign of Lunar Eclipse proved to be a bit overtuned during testing so we’re reining it in a bit. The current tuning should still make Lunar Eclipse the ideal state for when you’re dealing with multiple enemies at once. Additionally, we’re fixing an unintended bug caught during testing that caused Shooting Stars to not benefit from Cosmic Rapidity.
• Restoration
  • Verdancy healing reduced by 10%.
  • Adaptive Swarm now increases the effectiveness of periodic effects by 20% (was 25%) for Restoration druids.
  • Adaptive Swarm healing and damage reduced by 10%.
  • Dreamstate now reduces cooldowns by up to 20 sec while channeling Tranquility (was 15).
• Developer’s notes: We are making targeted adjustments primarily aimed at Restoration Druid’s Mythic Plus performance. Our goal is to also avoid much impact to their raid performance.

Mage

• Fire
  • All ability damage increased by 5%.
• Frost
  • All ability damage increased by 5%.

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • Lesson of Despair now increases critical strike while above 50% health (was 80%).
  • This is an adjustment to the 10.0.5 PTR values for this ability.

Paladin

• Holy
  • Barrier of Faith now accumulates 50% of effective Flash of Light and Holy Light healing (was 40%).

Priest

• Discipline
  • Flash Heal healing increased by 25% (Discipline only).
  • Renew healing increased by 25% (Discipline only).
  • Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 100%.
  • Ultimate Radiance increases the healing done by Power Word: Radiance by 10% (was 100%).
  • Sins of the Many increases damage dealt by 40% at its highest effectiveness (was 30%).
  • Divine Aegis create a protective shield for 3%/6% of critical healing done (was 5%/10%).
• Developers’ notes: Our changes to Discipline are aimed at improving the spec’s ability to react to burst damage, especially in dungeons. At the same time, we’re tuning down a talent that’s contributing more than intended to Discipline’s overall healing. Between these tuning changes and talent changes in 10.0.5, we expect Discipline to be slightly more effective in raids and significantly more effective in dungeons.

Rogue

• Outlaw
• Combat Stamina stamina bonus reduced to 5% (was 10%).
• Developers’ notes: Outlaw’s survivability in challenging content has been consistently higher than what we expect and intend. As a result, we are reducing Combat Stamina’s bonus to a value more appropriate for its position and single-point cost.
• Killing Spree (newly added for 10.0.5) damage reduction value reduced from 65% to 35%.
  • This is an adjustment to the 10.0.5 PTR values for this ability.

Shaman

• Healing Surge healing increased by 15%.
• Mana Spring now restores 400 Mana at level 70 (was 200).
• Totemic Surge reduces the cooldown of Totems by 3 seconds/6 seconds (was 2 seconds/4 seconds).
• Elemental
  • Flame Shock damage increased by 10% (Elemental only).
  • Chain Lightning damage increased by 10% (Elemental only).
  • Lava Beam damage increased by 10%.
  • Earthquake damage increased by 10%.
• Restoration
  • Healing Wave healing increased by 6%.
  • Acid Rain damage increased by 120%.
  • Flame Shock damage increased by 20% (Restoration only).
  • Lava Burst damage increased by 20% (Restoration only).
  • Master of the Elements increases the effectiveness of the Shaman’s next Nature, Physical, or Frost spell by 20% (was 10%).
• Developers’ notes: These changes for both Elemental and Restoration are aimed at improving their capabilities in dungeon content. We feel Restoration is lacking in reactive healing as well as damage contribution, so we’re increasing single target heals and a few damage abilities and talents. We’re also increasing the effectiveness of Master of the Elements, which is intended to encourage weaving in damage spells while healing.

Warlock

• Affliction
  • Harvester of Souls damage increased by 25%.
• Demonology
  • Reign of Tyranny causes Demonic Tyrant to deal 7% additional damage for each stack of Demonic Servitude active at the time of his summon (was 5%).
• Developers’ notes: Overall, we’re happy with Demonology’s AOE capabilities. However, we feel their single-target profile needs a bit of help. We’re increasing the damage output of Reign of Tyranny to accomplish this. Ideally, Reign of Tyranny serves as a strong single-target oriented choice in comparison to Grand Warlock’s Design which works well in content like M+.

Warrior

• Arms
  • Thunder Clap damage increased by 30%.
  • Cleave damage increased by 5%
  • Whirlwind damage increased by 10%.
  • Bladestorm damage increased by 5%.
  • Rend initial damage only (not periodic) increased by 15%.
• Developers’ notes: The 10.0.5 talent tree update for Arms will make for more flexible builds, however, their performance in AOE in Dungeons and Raids hasn’t been where we would like relative to other specs, so we’re additionally making some tweaks to improve things.
• Fury
  • Raging Blow damage increased by 10%.
  • Execute damage increased by 15%.
  • Rampage damage increased by 10%.
  • Annihilator damage increased by 15%.
  • Bloodthirst damage increased by 10%.
  • Bloodbath damage increased by 5%.
• Developers’ notes: Despite a strong start to Season 1, Fury’s performance has fallen behind where we’d like it to be. 10.0.5 will see some minor changes to their talent tree but these are more related to encouraging build diversity than providing more throughput so we’re making some additional changes to help their damage output.
• Protection
  • Brace for Impact now increases block value by 3% (was 5% per stack).
  • Brutal Vitality now causes 10% of the damage you deal to add to your Ignore Pain (was 15%).
  • Shield Specialization now increases block value by 12% per rank (was 15%).
• Developers’ notes: Protection Warriors are currently dominating tank populations. While we do want all tanks to feel powerful, our data and overall perceptions of tanks put Protection Warriors ahead of the pack. We’re making some small talent adjustments that are overbudget to help address this.

Player versus Player

In addition to the above notes and the 10.0.5 patch, during scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, January 20, we will make a number of tuning adjustments to specializations based on their performance in PvP. It’s our intent that these changes help adjust outliers to have a better and more fun gameplay experience in PvP.

Items

• Gladiator’s Distinction (Trinket Set Bonus)
  • Primary stat provided by the bonus decreased by 40%.
  • Stamina provided by the bonus increased by 35%.
• Developers’ notes: We’ve seen that overall PvP pacing, especially in arena, has been very fast as players acquire more gear/tier sets. This leaves less room for player reactions than we would like. In conjunction with the rest of the balance changes, we’re adjusting the primary stat and stamina bonus from Gladiator’s Distinction to help address this.

Death Knight

• Death Strike healing is no longer reduced in PvP Combat (was reduced by 25%).
• Improved Death Strike’s effectiveness is still reduced by 50% in PvP Combat.
• Enfeeble’s enemy damage reduction against the Death Knight is now reduced by 33% in PvP Combat.
• Rune of Spellwarding’s absorb shield is now 33% effective in PvP Combat.
• Rune of Spellwarding’s cast speed reduction is now 33% effective in PvP Combat.
• Unholy
  • Necrotic Wound from Necrotic Wounds now absorbs 4% of healing done (was 5%) and heals the Death Knight for up to 4% of their max health when its effect ends (was 5%).
  • Virulent Plague no longer deals increased damage in PvP Combat (was increased by 30%).
• Developer’s Note: Death Knight survivability continues to be higher than we are comfortable with, especially against casters, so we are targeting passive parts of their defensive kit while adjusting Death Strike’s healing up as a more proactive survivability tool. Additionally, Unholy Death Knights are dealing too much overall damage, so we are adjusting Virulent Plague.

Druid

• Rake damage reduced by 18% in PvP Combat.
• Rip damage reduced by 18% in PvP Combat.
• Ferocious Bite damage reduced by 25% in PvP Combat (was reduced by 20%).
• Balance
  • Orbit Breaker now resets its count when entering an arena match.
  • Full Moon damage reduced to 60% power (was 80% power) when triggered by Orbit Breaker in PvP.
  • Wrath deals 50% increased damage in PvP.
  • Starfire deals 50% increased damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • Starsurge deals 40% increased damage in PvP (was 20%).
  • New Moon, Half Moon, and Full Moon deal 20% increased damage in PvP.
  • Gathering Starstuff (Balance Druid 2 piece set bonus) grants 15% increased damage to Wrath or Starfire per stack (was 20%).
  • Touch of the Cosmos (Balance Druid 4 piece set bonus) grants 20% increased damage to Starsurge (was 35%).
  • Umbral Embrace increases Wrath or Starfire damage by 40% (was 50%) in PvP.
• Feral
  • Feral Frenzy damage reduced by 10% in PvP Combat.
  • Frenzied Regeneration healing reduced by 50% (was reduced by 38%) in PvP Combat (Feral and Restoration only)
• Restoration
  • Frenzied Regeneration healing reduced by 50% (was reduced by 38%) in PvP Combat (Feral and Restoration only).
  • Budding Leaves is now 50% effective in PvP combat (was 70%).
• Developers’ notes: Feral damage has been much higher than we are comfortable with, so we are lowering it. Additionally, both Feral and Restoration have been too survivable when targeted, so we are lowering the healing from Frenzied Regeneration for those specializations. Balance druid’s single target pressure is behind other casters. We’d like to reward them for using cast time spells like Wrath and Starfire a little bit more, while at the same time fixing some issues that caused Orbit Breaker to do more damage than intended.

Evoker

• Devastation
  • Deep Breath deals 20% increased damage in PvP (was 40%).
  • Spellweaver’s Dominance grants 20% increased critical strike damage in PvP (was 30%).
  • Disintegrate deals 20% increased damage in PvP (was 15%).
  • Azure Strike deals 20% increased damage in PvP.
• Developers’ notes: Devastation Evokers’ burst potential is higher than we’d like, so we’re reducing it a bit to give players more time to react to damage.
• Preservation
  • Dream Projection’s heal over time effect can now be dispelled.
  • Dream Projection now costs 4% base mana.
• Developers’ notes: Dream Projection has been more impactful and efficient in Preservation’s healing breakdown than we would like.

Hunter

• Roar of Sacrifice (PvP Talent) now deals 10% of damage the target suffers to the pet (was 20%).
• Developers’ notes: We have been concerned with Hunter pet survivability, particularly during Roar of Sacrifice. We are adjusting the damage transfer from Roar of Sacrifice to help.

Mage

• Arcane
  • Arcane Bombardment is now 40% effective in PvP combat (was 65%).
• Developers’ notes: Arcane Bombardment has remained a more effective execute than we would like after our previous reduction to its effect. We are lowering it again with the goal of increasing the opportunities for opponents to counterplay.

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • Mana Regeneration now decreased by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
  • Enveloping Mist healing increased by 25% while in PvP combat.
  • Chrysalis (PvP Talent) - Reverted a previous change. Now reduces the cooldown of Life Cocoon by 45 seconds.
• Developers’ notes: In a previous recent change, we adjusted Mistweaver mana regeneration. The result was more than we would like, so we are adjusting it back a bit. Enveloping Mist’s healing was reduced for PvE purposes at the start of Dragonflight, so we are increasing its healing to match its previous levels in PvP.

Paladin

• Divine Protection now reduces damage by 30% while in PvP combat (was 20%).
• Flash of Light healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Aura of Reckoning max aura stacks raised to 100 (was 50). The Reckoning effect now activates at 100 stacks.
• Consecration damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
• Holy
  • Reckoning (PvP talent) now increases the damage of your next Judgment by 25% (was 100%). The tooltip for Aura of Reckoning will be updated to reflect this in a future patch.
  • Holy Light now heals for 75% more in PvP combat (was 40%).
  • Holy Shock healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Judgment from Reckoning to not always critically strike.
• Retribution
  • Final Reckoning damage reduced by 20% in PvP Combat.
  • Radiant Decree damage reduced by 33% in PvP combat.
  • Paladin Retribution Class Set 2-piece now increases the damage of Judgment, Blade of Justice, and Wake of Ashes by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
  • Crusader Strike now deals 80% increased damage in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Healing Hands now 70% effective in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Templar’s Verdict damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Final Verdict damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Exorcism damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
  • Lawbringer (PvP talent) now deals up to 8% of the enemy’s maximum health (was 10%).
• Developers’ notes: Aura of Reckoning has been much more powerful than intended, so we are making targeted adjustments to slow down its availability for all Paladins and its healing/damage contribution for Holy Paladins. We are increasing some of Holy’s other healing spells with the goal of a more balanced healing breakdown for this class. Additionally, Paladins have been squishier than we would like, so we are increasing Divine Protection’s defensive capabilities to help in this area. Retribution Paladins have high burst potential without counterplay, so we are adjusting their burst capability downward while bringing up some of their sustain damage, to have a healthier playstyle. Lawbringer has represented a higher-than-expected damage contribution due to Judgment based procs within the Talent Tree, so we are reducing its value slightly.

Shaman

• Earth Unleashed from Unleash Shield now breaks on damage and lasts 2 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• Healing Stream Totem healing is increased by 30% in PvP Combat (was 38%).
• Restoration
  • Water Shield now returns 1% mana when struck by a melee attack in PvP combat (was 2%).
  • Stormkeeper’s damage increase is now 67% effective in PvP Combat (Restoration only).
  • Riptide healing is increased by 10% in PvP Combat (was 15%).
• Elemental
  • Elemental Shaman’s Dragonflight Season 1 2-piece Tier Set bonus has 50% reduced effectiveness in PvP Combat.
  • Primordial Surge’s Lava Burst damage increase is now 60% effective in PvP Combat.
• Developers’ notes: In conjunction with the above game-wide adjustments to their healing spells, we are making further adjustments for healthier gameplay in PvP. Root mechanics typically break on damage, and Unleash Shield was an exception to this, so the root will now break when enough damage occurs. We’re not applying diminishing returns to it, but decreasing its duration as well. Additionally, we felt that Restoration Shaman mana regeneration from Water Shield and burst capability with using Stormkeeper was too high, so we are adjusting those down. Finally, Elemental shamans’ burst has been higher than we would like, with minimal time for opponents to react, especially as players have been obtaining tier set bonuses.

Warrior

• Thunderous Roar (Talent) bleed damage no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Uproar (Talent) no longer has a reduced cooldown effect in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Fury
  • Slaughterhouse (PvP Talent) now lasts 16 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Storm of Steel (Talent) no longer has a reduced damage reduction effect in PvP (was 50% reduced).
• Developers’ note: Fury Warriors have fallen behind other melee specializations, so we’re increasing the duration of Slaughterhouse to allow access to the max effectiveness of their healing reduction more often.

Quelle: Blizzard

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