Hotfixes: August 10 2018

August 10, 2018

Animations and Appearances

• The Toad pet family ability “Swarm of Flies” will now continue to swarm around the Toad instead of staying in place.
• Hammer of Wrath’s impact visual should now appear on its target.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • All damage abilities increased by 3%.
    • Breath of Sindragosa damage reduced by 12%.

• Druid
  • All Feral Affinity-granted abilities increased by 15%.
  • Feral Affinity Energy regen bonus increased to 45% (was 35%).
    • Guardian
      • Lunar Beam will now correctly heal and deal damage while on an elevator.

• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • All damage abilities increased by 3%.
  • Marksmanship
    • All damage abilities increased by 3%.

• Priest
  • Holy Nova damage increased by 20%.
    • Holy
      • All damage abilities increased by 8%.

• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Crimson Tempest damage reduced by 10%.
    • Subterfuge bonus reduced to 80% (was 100%).

• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • All damage abilities increased 4%.

• Warlock
  • Fear mana cost reduced to 10% (was 15%).
  • Affliction
    • Summon Darkglare cooldown now resets at the end of encounters.
    • Demonology
      • All damage abilities increased by 5%.

Creatures and NPCs

• Alzzin the Wildshaper no longer deals excessive damage.
• Chromie’s health has been increased.
• Bastillax’s health has been decreased.

Darkmoon Faire

• The Blight Boar encounter in Darkmoon Faire is no longer more difficult than intended.

Items

• Fixed a bug that was causing several trinkets to fail to proc when cast at max range.

Player versus Player

• Racial Abilities
  • Light’s Judgment deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Light’s Reckoning deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.

• Death Knight
  • Unholy Strength increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
    • Frost
      • Pillar of Frost increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
    • Unholy
      • Wandering Plague (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 50%.
      • Necrotic Strike’s (PvP Talent) Necrotic Wound healing absorption reduced by 33%.
      • Virulent Plague deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
      • Virulent Explosion deals 10% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.

• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Focused Growth (PvP Talent) reduces the mana cost of Lifebloom by 40% (was 60%).
    • Focused Growth (PvP Talent) increases the healing of Lifebloom by 30% (was 50%).

• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Dire Beast: Hawk (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 40%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Careful Aim increases Aimed Shot damage by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 100%).
    • Aimed Shot deals an additional 15% damage to targets you have not damaged yet when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 50%).

• Monk
  • Windwalker
    • Fists of Fury now deals full damage when engaged in combat with enemy players (was a 20% reduction).

• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Righteous Verdict increases the damage of Templar’s Verdict by 10% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 15%).
    • Execution Sentence increases damage to the target by 15% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 20%).
    • Word of Glory healing reduced by 20% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players.
    • Divine Purpose increases damage and healing by 20% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 30%).
    • Hammer of Reckoning (PvP Talent) gains a stack when targets with your Greater Blessings take 2.5% of your maximum health in damage (was 5%).
    • Vengeance Aura (PvP Talent) increases Holy Damage and Critical Strike chance by 3% per stack (was 4%).
    • Vengeance Aura’s (PvP Talent) duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).

• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Sins of the Many increases damage by 8% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 12%).
    • Trinity (PvP Talent) increases Atonement healing by 12% (was 20%).
    • Archangel (PvP Talent) increases healing and absorption by 20% (was 30%).
  • Shadow
    • Edge of Insanity (PvP Talent) now properly reduces damage taken when at or above 90 Insanity (60 Insanity while talented into Legacy of the Void).

• Rogue
  • Prey on the Weak increases damage dealt to the target by 5% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 10%).
  • Death from Above (PvP Talent) increases Eviscerate/Envenom/Dispatch damage dealt by 10% (was 15%).
  • Assassination
    • Fixed a bug that caused Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)’s duration to be refreshed to a longer duration than intended.
    • Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)’s damage has been reduced by 50%.
    • Deadly Poison deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Vendetta increases damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
    • Toxic Blade increases Poison damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
    • Garrote deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Subterfuge causes Garrote to deal an additional 50% damage when cast from stealth in PvP situations (was 100%).
  • Outlaw
    • Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) reduces the target’s max health by 10% (was 15%).
    • Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) increases the Rogue’s max health by 10% (was 15%).
    • Thick as Thieves (PvP Talent) increases the damage you and your Tricks target deal by 10% (was 15%).
    • Brigand’s Blitz (Azerite Trait) is no longer gained from Control is King’s Adrenaline Rush.
  • Subtlety
    • Shuriken Combo increases Eviscerate damage by 3% per stack when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 5%).
    • Night’s Vengeance (Azerite Trait) effectiveness reduced by 66% in PvP situations.

• Shaman
  • Restoration
    • Spirit Link (PvP Talent) now redirects 35% damage to the team (was 50%).
    • Spirit Link’s (PvP Talent) mana cost has been increased by 12.5%.
    • Spirit Link (PvP Talent) reduces the heal generated by Spouting Spirits (Azerite Trait) by 80%.

Quests

• “Continue Your Training: Master Woo” and its corresponding daily quest have been temporarily removed.