Class Tuning Hotfixes today on 10.1 PTR

Death Knight

Unholy

  • Fixed an issue with Gargoyle stutter casting when the cast time of Gargoyle Strike was lower than 1 second.
  • Gargoyle Strike damage reduced by 8%.
    • Developers’ note: Now that Gargoyle properly casts without stuttering when falling below 1 second cast times, we are reducing the damage of Gargoyle Strike to counter the extra casts.
  • Reaping damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%).
  • Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
  • Scourge Strike/Clawing Shadows damage increased by 15%.
  • Death Coil damage increased by 10%.
  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – The duration of Death Dealer has been increased to 25 seconds (was 20 seconds).

Druid

Balance

  • Starfall damage reduced by 5%.
  • Full Moons generated by Orbit Breaker now generate 80% Astral Power, in addition to its current effect.
  • Starfire now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Starfire’s tooltip will be updated in a future patch.

Mage

Arcane

  • Radiant Spark duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Touch of the Magi duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Arcane Blast damage increased by 10%.
  • Arcane Missiles damage increased by 8%.
  • Arcane Barrage damage increased by 8%.
  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Arcane Surge’s spell damage increased by 10% (was 5%).
  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Duration increased to 18 seconds (was 12 seconds).

Fire

  • Pyroblast damage increased by 8%.
  • Fire Blast damage increased by 10%.
  • Fireball damage increased by 15%.
  • Scorch damage increased by 15%.
  • Improved Combustion now grants Mastery equal to 75% of your Critical Strike stat (was 50%).
  • Improved Scorch duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Frost

  • Glacial Assault damage increased by 20%.

  • Comet Storm damage increased by 10%.

  • Snowstorm’s Cone of Cold damage increased by 12% per stack (was 10%).

  • Frozen Orb damage increased by 8%.

  • Blizzard damage increased by 12%.

  • Brain Freeze now causes Flurry to deal 65% additional damage (was 50%).

  • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Flurry and Ice Lance damage is increased by 20% (was 15%).

Priest

Holy

  • Dazzling Lights healing from Divine Image reduced by 50%.
  • Empowered Renew now only triggers when casting Renew.
  • Empowered Renew now causes Renew to instantly heal your target for 40% of its total periodic effect (was 10%).
  • Healing Chorus now causes Renew to increase the healing done by your next Circle of Healing by 2%, stacking up to 50 times (was 1%).

Shadow

  • Psychic Link now causes your direct damage spells to inflict 30% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch (was 40%).
  • Mastermind now increases the critical strike damage of Mind Blast, Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Shadow Word: Death by 20%/40% (was 13%/25%).

Shaman

Elemental

  • Lava Surges triggered by Primordial Surge increase the damage of your next Lava Burst by 15% (was 25%).
  • Primordial Surge’s damage bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat.
  • Lava Burst damage increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Elemental Blast damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Earth Shock damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
21 Apr 2023