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Dragonflight Alpha Build 45232 Class Changes

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Check out all the class changes that went live in the latest Dragonflight Alpha Build 45232.

Death Knight

Baseline

Blood

Frost

  • Icy Talons Icy Talons - Your Runic Power spending abilities increase your melee attack speed by 2% 3% for 6 sec, stacking up to 3 times.

Unholy

  • Summon Gargoyle Summon Gargoyle - The Gargoyle gains 1% increased damage for every 2 1 Runic Power you spend.
  • Epidemic Epidemic - Causes each of your Virulent Plagues to flare up, dealing [ 20% 24% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage to the infected enemy, and an additional [ 8% 9.6% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage to all other enemies near them.
  • Unholy Command Unholy Command Damage Dealt by Death Coil reduces the The cooldown of Dark Transformation is reduced by 0.5 8 sec.
  • Clawing Shadows Clawing Shadows - Deals [ 46% 55.2% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage and causes 1 Festering Wound to burst.
  • Army of the Damned Army of the Damned Apocalypse's cooldown is reduced by 45 sec. Additionally, Death Coil and Epidemic reduce the cooldown of Apocalypse by 1 sec and Army of the Dead by 5 sec. Apocalypse and Army of the Dead also summon a Magus of the Dead who hurls Frostbolts and Shadow Bolts at your foes.

New Talents

Death Knights received the following new talents in Build #45232.

  • Clenching Grasp Clenching Grasp - Death Grip slows enemy movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
  • Unholy Endurance Unholy Endurance - Increases Lichborne duration by 2 sec and while active damage taken is reduced by 15%.
  • Plaguebringer Plaguebringer - Scourge Strike causes your disease damage to occur 150% more quickly for 5 sec.
  • Runic Mastery Runic Mastery - Increases your maximum Runic Power by 10.
  • Feasting Strikes Feasting Strikes - Festering Strike and Scourge Strike have a 15% chance to generate 1 Rune.
  • Magus of the Dead Magus of the Dead - Apocalypse and Army of the Dead also summon a Magus of the Dead who hurls Frostbolts and Shadow Bolts at your foes.
  • Ruptured Viscera Ruptured Viscera - When your ghouls expire, they explode in viscera dealing [ 24% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
  • Commander of the Dead Commander of the Dead - Dark Transformation also empowers your Gargoyle and Army of the Dead for 30 sec, increasing their damage by 40%.
  • Eternal Agony Eternal Agony - Death Coil increases the duration of Dark Transformation by 1 sec.
  • Coil of Devastation Coil of Devastation - Death Coil causes the target to take an additional 35% of the direct damage dealt over 4 sec.
  • Rotten Touch Rotten Touch - Sudden Doom causes your next Death Coil to also increase your Scourge Strike damage against the target by 30% for 6 sec.
  • [NYI] Plaguebearer [NYI] Plaguebearer - Inflict disease upon your enemies spreading Festering Wounds equal to the amount currently active on your target to 8 nearby enemies. (Instant, Costs 30 Runic Power, 30 yd range, 45 sec cooldown)
  • Superstrain Superstrain - Your Virulent Plague also applies Frost Fever and Blood Plague.

Demon Hunter

Baseline

  • Throw Glaive (Rank 2) renamed to Bouncing Glaives Bouncing Glaives. Throw Glaive ricochets to an additional targets.
  • Soul Carver Soul Carver - Carve into the soul of your target, dealing (344% of weapon damage) Fire damage and an additional [ 97.6% 97.7% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 3 sec. Immediately shatters 2 Lesser Soul Fragments from the target and 1 additional Lesser Soul Fragment every 1 sec.
  • Disrupt renamed to Disrupting Fury Disrupting Fury.
  • Metamorphosis Metamorphosis - Upon landing, you are transformed into a hellish demon for 30 sec, immediately resetting the cooldown of your Eye Beam and Blade Dance abilities, greatly empowering your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance abilities and gaining 20% 10% Haste.

PvP Talent

  • Demonic Origins Demonic Origins - The cooldown of Metamorphosis is reduced by 2 min, but its duration is reduced by 12 10 sec.

Havoc

  • Fel Rush (Rank 2) renamed to Hot Feet Hot Feet.
  • Chaos Strike (Rank 2) renamed to Improved Chaos Strike Improved Chaos Strike and changed. Chaos Strike damage increased by 10%. 15%.
  • Metamorphosis (Rank 2) renamed to Rush of Chaos Rush of Chaos
  • Chaos Nova (Rank 2) renamed to Chaos Fragments Chaos Fragments.
  • Furious Gaze Furious Gaze  - When Eye Beam finishes fully channeling, your Haste is increased by an additional 10% for 9 12 sec.
  • Chaos Strike renamed to Critical Chaos Critical Chaos and changed. Increases the chance that Chaos Strike will refund 20 Fury by 20%. The chance that Chaos Strike will refund 20 Fury is increased by 25% of your critical strike chance.
  • Metamorphosis renamed to Improved Metamorphosis Improved Metamorphosis and changed. The Demon Hunter gains an additional 20% 10% Haste during Metamorphosis.
  • Vengeful Retreat renamed to Vengeful Restraint Vengeful Restraint.
  • Mastery: Demonic Presence renamed to Pursuit Pursuit.
  • Eye Beam (Rank 2) renamed to Looks Can Kill Looks Can Kill.
  • Demonic Wards changed to Improved Warding (NYI) Improved Warding (NYI)Your tattoos reduce magic damage taken by 10%. Demonic Wards reduces magic damage taken by an additional 5%.
  • Blind Fury Blind Fury - Eye Beam generates 40 20 Fury every sec. and its duration is increased by 50% 25%.
  • Demonic Appetite Demonic Appetite - Chaos Strike has a chance to spawn a Lesser Soul Fragment. Consuming any Soul Fragment grants 30 15 Fury.
  • Demon Blades Demon Blades - Your auto attacks deal an additional [ 15.18% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage and generate 7-12 10-10 Fury.
  • Unbound Chaos Unbound Chaos - Activating Immolation Aura increases the damage of your next Fel Rush by 500% 250%. Lasts 20 12 sec.
  • Soul Rending Soul Rending - Leech increased by 10% 5%. Gain an additional 20% 10% Leech while Metamorphosis is active.
  • Essence Break Essence Break - Slash all enemies in front of you for [ 59.07% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage, and increase the damage your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance deal to them by 40% for 8 6 sec.
  • First Blood First Blood Reduces the Fury cost of Blade Dance by 20 and increases its damage to [ 155.1% of Attack Power ] against the first target struck. Blade Dance deals [ 155.1% of Attack Power ] additional Chaos damage to the first target struck.
  • Cycle of Hatred renamed to Cycle of Hatred Cycle of Hatred (NYI) - Chaos Strike also reduces the cooldown of Eye Beam by 1 0.5 sec, and an additional 1 0.5 sec when it critically strikes refunds Fury.
  • Master of the Glaive Master of the Glaive - Throw Glaive has 2 charges, and snares all enemies hit by 50% for 6 sec. 1 additional charge.
  • Unleashed Power Unleashed Power Removes the fury cost of Chaos Nova and reduces its cooldown by 33%. Reduces the Fury cost of Chaos Nova by 50% and its cooldown by 20%.
  • Momentum Momentum - Fel Rush, Felblade, Glide, The Hunt, and Vengeful Retreat increase your damage done by 15% 12% for 6 sec.

Vengeance

  • Soul Cleave (Rank 2) renamed to Focused Cleave Focused Cleave. Soul Cleave damage increased by 10%. Soul Cleave deals 25% increased damage to your primary target.
  • Soul Cleave Soul Cleave - Viciously strike all up to 5 enemies in front of you for [ 70.2% 87.75% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and heal yourself for [ 50% of Attack Power ]. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Now costs 35 Fury (was 30).
  • Sigil of Flame Sigil of Flame now generates 30 Fury.
  • Sigil of Misery renamed to Improved Sigil of Misery Improved Sigil of Misery.
  • Abyssal Strike Abyssal Strike - Infernal Strike creates a Sigil of Flame when you land and its cooldown is reduced by 8 sec land.
  • Spirit Bomb Spirit Bomb - Consume up to 5 8 Soul Fragments within 25 yds and then explode, afflicting nearby enemies with Frailty for 20 6 sec and damaging them for [ 22.11% of Attack Power ] Fire per fragment. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 8 targets. Now costs 45 Fury (up from 30).
  • Charred Flesh Charred Flesh - Immolation Aura damage increases the duration of your Fiery Brand by 0.50 0.25 sec.
  • Infernal Armor Infernal Armor - Immolation Aura increases your armor by 20% 10% and causes melee attackers to suffer [ 5% of Attack Power ] Fire damage.
  • Concentrated Sigils Concentrated Sigils - All Sigils are now targeted placed at your location, and the duration of their effects is increased by 2 sec.
  • Void Reaver Void Reaver Frailty now also causes afflicted enemies to deal 5% reduced damage to you. Enemies struck by Soul Cleave deal 6% less damage to you are afflicted with Frailty for 12 6 sec.

New Talents

The following new Demon Hunter talents were added:

  • Soulrend Soulrend - Throw Glaive causes targets to take an additional 60% of damage dealt as Chaos over 6 sec.
  • Felfire Heart Felfire Heart - Increases duration of Immolation Aura and Sigil of Flame by 1 sec.
  • Initiative [NYI] Initiative [NYI] - Damaging an enemy before they damage you increases your critical strike chance by 15% for 5 sec. Using Vengeful Retreat refreshes your potential to trigger this effect on any enemies you are in combat with.
  • Ragefire Ragefire - Each time Immolation Aura deals critical damage 50% of the damage dealt is gathered as Ragefire. When Immolation Aura expires you explode, dealing all stored Ragefire damage to nearby enemies.
  • Demon Muzzle [NYI] Demon Muzzle [NYI] - Enemies deal 8% reduced magic damage to you for 8 sec after being afflicted by one of your Sigils.
  • Chaos Theory Chaos Theory - Blade Dance causes your next Chaos Strike within 8 sec to have a 10-18% increased critical strike chance.
  • Misery in Defeat Misery in Defeat - Enemies affected by Sigil of Misery take an additional 10% damage.
  • Shattered Destiny Shattered Destiny - The duration of your active demon form is extended by 0.1 sec per 5 Fury spent.
  • Will of the Illidari Will of the Illidari - Increases maximum health by 2%.
  • Tactical Retreat Tactical Retreat - Vengeful Retreat has a 5 sec reduced cooldown and generates 80 Fury over 10 sec.
  • Flames of Fury Flames of Fury - Sigil of Flame generates 2 additional Fury per target hit.
  • Inner Demon Inner Demon - Entering demon form causes your next Chaos Strike to unleash your inner demon, causing it to crash into your target and deal [ 136.5% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage to all nearby enemies.
  • Cycle of Binding Cycle of Binding - Afflicting an enemy with a Sigil reduces the cooldown of your Sigils by 1 sec.
  • Illidari Knowledge Illidari Knowledge - Reduces magic damage taken by 2%.
  • Fel Flame Fortification Fel Flame Fortification - You take 6% reduced magic damage while Immolation Aura is active.
  • Extended Sigils Extended Sigils - Increases the duration of Sigil effects by 1 sec.
  • Long Night Long Night - Increases the duration of Darkness by 2 sec.
  • Retaliation Retaliation - While Demon Spikes is active, melee attacks against you cause the attacker to take 1,259 Physical damage. Generates high threat.
  • Down in Flames Down in Flames - Fiery Brand has 1 additional charge.
  • Debilitating Cuts Debilitating Cuts - Throw Glaive snares all enemies hit by 50% for 6 sec.
  • Precise Sigils Precise Sigils - All Sigils are now placed at your target's location.
  • Sigil of Chains Sigil of Chains - Place a Sigil of Chains at the target location that activates after 2 sec. All enemies affected by the sigil are pulled to its center and are snared, reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec. (Instant, 30 yd range, 1.5 min cooldown)
  • Sigil of Flame Sigil of Flame - Place a Sigil of Flame at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Deals [ 11.5% of Attack Power ] Fire damage, and an additional [ 28.38% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 6 sec, to all enemies affected by the sigil. Generates 30 Fury.
  • Pitch Black Pitch Black - Reduces the cooldown of Darkness by 120 sec.
  • Unnatural Malice Unnatural Malice - Increase the damage over time effect of The Hunt by 30%.
  • Sigil of Misery Sigil of Misery - Place a Sigil of Misery at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Causes all enemies affected by the sigil to cower in fear, disorienting them for 20 sec. (Insant, 30 yd range, 3 min cooldown)
  • Sigil of Silence Sigil of Silence - Place a Sigil of Silence at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Silences all enemies affected by the sigil for 6 sec. (Instant, 30 yd range, 2 min cooldown)
  • Precise Sigils Precise Sigils - All Sigils are now placed at your target's location.
  • Felfire Haste Felfire Haste - Fel Rush increases your movement speed by 10% for 8 sec.
  • Shattered Restoration Shattered Restoration - The healing of Shattered Souls is increased by 5%.
  • Elysian Decree Elysian Decree - Place a Kyrian Sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal [ 350% of Attack Power ] Arcane damage and shatter up to 3 Lesser Soul Fragments from enemies affected by the sigil. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. (Instant, 30 yd range, 60 sec cooldown)
  • Lost in Darkness Lost in Darkness - Spectral Sight lasts an additional 6 sec if disrupted by attacking or taking damage.
  • Fel Bombardment Fel Bombardment - Immolation Aura damage has a chance to grant you a stack of Fel Bombardment, increasing the damage that your next Throw Glaive deals to your primary target by 50% and launching an additional glaive at a nearby target. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
  • Frailty Frailty - Enemies struck by Sigil of Flame are afflicted with Frailty for 6 sec. You heal for 10% of all damage you deal to targets with Frailty.
  • Tactical Retreat Tactical Retreat - Vengeful Retreat has a 5 sec reduced cooldown and generates 80 Fury over 10 sec.
  • Dancing with Fate Dancing with Fate - The final slash of Blade Dance deals an additional 50% damage.
  • The Weak-Willed The Weak-Willed - Multiple applications of Frailty may overlap. Soul Cleave applies Frailty to your primary target for 6 sec.
  • Vulnerability Vulnerability - Frailty now also increase all damage you deal to afflicted enemies by 10%.
  • Relentless Onslaught Relentless Onslaught - Chaos Strike has a 8% chance to trigger a second Chaos Strike.
  • Restless Hunter Restless Hunter - Leaving demon form grants a charge of Fel Rush and increases the damage of your next Blade Dance by 50%.
  • Shear Fury Shear Fury - Shear generates 5 additional Fury.
  • Collective Anguish Collective Anguish - Casting Fel Devastation summons an allied Havoc Demon Hunter who casts Eye Beam.
  • Serrated Glaive Serrated Glaive - Enemies hit by Throw Glaive take 10% increased damage from Eye Beam.
  • Growing Inferno Growing Inferno - Immolation Aura's damage increases by 15% each time it deals damage.
  • Ragefire Ragefire - Each time Immolation Aura deals critical damage 50% of the damage dealt is gathered as Ragefire. When Immolation Aura expires you explode, dealing all stored Ragefire damage to nearby enemies.
  • Soulrend Soulrend - Throw Glaive causes targets to take an additional 60% of damage dealt as Chaos over 6 sec.
  • Burning Blood Burning Blood - Fire damage increased by 10%.
  • Chaos Theory Chaos Theory - Blade Dance causes your next Chaos Strike within 8 sec to have a 10-18% increased critical strike chance.
  • Ragefire Ragefire - Each time Immolation Aura deals critical damage 50% of the damage dealt is gathered as Ragefire. When Immolation Aura expires you explode, dealing all stored Ragefire damage to nearby enemies.
  • Fodder to the Flame [NYI] Fodder to the Flame [NYI] - Your damaging abilities have a chance to call forth a demon from the Theater of Pain for 25 sec. Throw Glaive deals lethal damage to the demon, which explodes on death, dealing [ 192.5% of Attack Power ] damage to nearby enemies and healing you for 25% of your maximum health. The explosion deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • Burning Wound [NYI] Burning Wound [NYI] - Demon's Bite leaves an open wound on your enemy dealing [ 100% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage over 15 sec and increasing damage taken from your Immolation Aura by 65%.

Druid

New Talents

  • Celestial Alignment Celestial Alignment
  • Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Incarnation: Chosen of Elune - An improved Moonkin Form that grants the benefits of Celestial Alignment, and 10% critical strike chance. Lasts 30 sec. You may shapeshift in and out of this improved Moonkin Form for its duration. (Instant, 40 yd range, 3. min cooldown)
  • Syzygy Syzygy - Celestial Alignment blasts all enemies in a targeted area for [ 200% of Spell Power ] Astral damage and applies Stellar Flare to them.

Evoker

Devastation

  • Shattering Star Shattering Star - Exhale a bolt of concentrated power from your mouth for [ 150% 160% of Spell Power ] Spellfrost damage that cracks the target's defenses, increasing the damage they take from you by 20% for 4 sec.
  • Ruby Embers Ruby Embers - Living Flame deals [ 20% 18.4% of Spell Power ] damage over 12 sec to enemies, or restores [ 40% of Spell Power ] health to allies over 12 sec. Stacks 3 times.
  • Eternity Surge Eternity Surge - Focus your energies to release a salvo of pure magic, dealing [ 369% 340% of Spell Power ] Spellfrost damage to an enemy.
  • Firestorm Firestorm - An explosion bombards the target area with white-hot embers, dealing [ 210% 193.2% of Spell Power ] Fire damage to enemies over 12 sec.
  • Volatility Volatility - Pyre has a 30% 20% chance to flare up and explode again on a nearby target.

Preservation

  • Cycle of Life Cycle of Life - Every 3 Emerald Blossoms leaves behind a tiny sprout which gathers 10% of your healing over 10 15 sec. The sprout then heals allies within 25 yards, divided evenly among targets.
  • Temporal Anomaly Temporal Anomaly - Send forward a vortex of temporal energy, healing 3 injured allies within 10 yards every 2 sec for [173% of Spell Power ] absorbing [ 175% of Spell Power ] damage on 2 nearby allies every 2 sec for [ 173% of Spell Power]. Lasts 6 sec. Now costs 7.5% of Base Mana (was 11.5%).

New Talents

  • Flow State Flow State - Empower spells cause time to flow 10% faster for you for 5 sec.

Hunter

Baseline

  • Fury of the Eagle Fury of the Eagle - Furiously strikes all enemies in front of you, dealing [ 236.2% of Attack Power ] Physical damage over 4 sec. Critical strike chance increased by 30% 50% against any target below 20% health. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • Improved Traps Improved Traps - The cooldown of Tar Trap, Steel Trap, Hi-explosive Trap, and Freezing Trap is reduced by 2.5 sec.

Beast Mastery

  • Aspect of the Wild Aspect of the Wild Grants you and your pet 5 Focus per sec and 10% increased critical strike chance for 20 sec. Fire off a Cobra Shot at your current target and  1 other enemies near your current target. For the next 20 sec, your Cobra Shot will fire at 1 extra targets and Cobra Shot Focus cost reduced by 10. Now has a 40-yard range (was 100).
  • Barbed Shot Barbed Shot Fire a shot that tears through your enemy, causing them to bleed for [ 130.5% 225% of Attack Power ] damage over 8 sec. Now has 2 charges (up from 1).
  • Barbed Wrath Barbed Wrath - Barbed Shot reduces the cooldown of Bestial Wrath by 0.0 sec and the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 0.0 12.0 sec.
  • Kill Command Kill Command - 7.5 sec cooldown changed to recharge. 
  • Stampede Stampede - Summon a herd of stampeding animals from the wilds around you that deal [ 132.7% of Attack Power ] Physical damage to your enemies for over 12 sec. Enemies struck by the stampede are snared by 30%, and you have 10% increased critical strike chance against them for 5 sec.

Marksmanship

  • Crack Shot Crack Shot - Arcane Shot and Chimaera Shot Focus cost reduced by 10 20.
  • Dead Eye Dead Eye - Kill Shot now has 2 charges and has its cooldown reduced by 3.0 sec.

Survival

  • Alpha Predator Alpha Predator - Kill Command now has 2 charges, and deals 30% 15% increased damage.
  • Guerrilla Tactics Guerrilla Tactics - Wildfire Bomb now has 2 charges, and the initial explosion deals 100% 50% increased damage.
  • Wildfire Infusion Wildfire Infusion - Reacts violently with poison, causing an extra explosion [ 24.57% of Attack Power ] Fire damage against enemies suffering from your Serpent Sting and applies Serpent Stings to up to 5 3 targets.
  • Birds of Prey Birds of Prey Attacking your pet with Mongoose Bite, Raptor Strike, or Butchery / Carve extends the duration of Coordinated Assault by 1.5 sec. Kill Shot strikes up to 3 targets while coordinated Assault is active.

New Talents

  • Kill Cleave Kill Cleave - While Beast Cleave is active, Kill Command now also strikes nearby enemies for 50% of damage dealt.
  • Master Handler Master Handler - Each temporary beast summoned reduces the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 2.0 sec.
  • Eagletalon's True Focus Eagletalon's True Focus - Trueshot lasts an additional 1.5 sec, reduces the Focus cost of Arcane Shot, Chimaera Shot, and Multi-Shot by 12%, and reduces the Focus Cost of Aimed Shot by 12%.
  • Snake Bite Snake Bite - While Aspect of the Wild is active, Cobra Shot deals 30% increased damage.
  • Coordinated Kill Coordinated Kill - While Coordinated Assault is active, the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb is reduced by 25%, Wildifre Bomb generates 5 Focus when thrown, Kill Shot's cooldown is reduced by 25%, and Kill Shot can be used against any target, regardless of their current health.
  • Readiness Readiness - Wailing Arrow resets the cooldown of Rapid Fire and generates 2 charges of Aimed Shot.
  • Windrunner's Barrage Windrunner's Barrage - Wailing Arrow fires off 5 Wind Arrows at your primary target, and 10 Wind Arrows split among any secondary targets hit.
  • Serrated Shots Serrated Shots - Serpent Sting and Bleed damage increased by 10%. This value is increased to 20% against targets below 30% health.
  • Bombardier Bombardier - Wildfire Bomb's cooldown is reset at the start and end of Coordinated Assault.
  • Arctic Bola Arctic Bola - Raptor Strike has a chance to fling an Arctic Bola at your target, dealing [ 20% of Attack Power ] Frost damage and snaring the target by 20% for 3 sec. The Arctic Bola bounces up to 2 times.
  • Spearhead Spearhead - You and your pet charge your enemy, striking them for [ 35% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. You then become one with your pet for 12 sec. While active, your pet damage is increased by 25%, Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite deal an additional 35% damage over 4 sec, and Kill Command has a 20% increased chance to reset.
  • Wildfire Bomb Wildfire Bomb - While Coordinated Assault is active, the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb is reduced by 25%, Wildifre Bomb generates 5 Focus when thrown, Kill Shot's cooldown is reduced by 25%, and Kill Shot can be used against any target, regardless of their current health.

Mage

Arcane

  • Conjure Mana Gem Conjure Mana Gem - Conjures a Mana Gem that can be used to instantly restore 10% 25% mana and holds grant 5% Spellpower for 12 sec. Holds up to 3 charges.
  • Presence of Mind Presence of Mind - Cooldown reduced to 45 sec (was 60).
  • Evocation Evocation - Cooldown reduced to 1.5 minutes (was 2).
  • Arcane Echo Arcane Echo - Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by Touch of the Magi, causes an explosion that deals [ 6.55% 11% of Spell Power ] Arcane damage to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  • Nether Tempest Nether Tempest - Places a Nether Tempest on the target which deals [ 17.06% 19.62% of Spell Power ] Arcane damage over 12 sec to the target and nearby enemies within 10 yards. Limit 1 target. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets.

Fire

  • Dragon's Breath Dragon's Breath - Enemies in a cone in front of you take 0 [ 58.25% of Spell Power ] Fire damage and are disoriented for 4 sec. Damage will cancel the effect.

Frost

  • Flurry Flurry - Unleash a flurry of ice, striking the target 3 times for a total of [ 104.3% of Spell Power ] Frost damage. Each hit reduces the target's movement speed by 70% for 1 sec and applies Winter's Chill to the target. Winter's Chill causes the target to take damage from your spells as if it were frozen.
  • Improved Frost Nova Improved Frost Nova - Frost Nova duration is increased by 1 2 sec.
  • Ice Lance Ice Lance - Quickly fling a shard of ice at the target, dealing [ 37.8% [ 34.02% of Spell Power ] Frost damage. Ice Lance damage is tripled against frozen targets.
    • Splitting Ice: Quickly fling a shard of ice at the target, dealing [ 37.8% [ 34.02% of Spell Power ] Frost damage, and [ 30.2% [ 27.2% of Spell Power ] Frost damage to a second nearby target.
  • Chain Reaction Chain Reaction - Your Ice Lances against frozen targets increase the damage of your Ice Lances by 2% 1% for 10 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

New Talents

  • Volatile Detonation Volatile Detonation - Greatly increases the effect of Blast Wave's knockback. Blast Wave's cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
  • Blast Wave Blast Wave - Causes an explosion around yourself, dealing [ 47.25% of Spell Power ] Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards, knocking them back, and reducing movement speed by 70% for 6 sec.
  • [NYI] [NYI]
  • [NYI] [NYI]
  • Reflection Reflection - Teleports you back to where you last Blinked. Only usable within 8 sec of Blinking. (Instant, 40 yd range, 45 sec cooldown)

Monk

Baseline

  • Roll Roll Grants an additional charge of Roll a short distance and Chi Torpedo.

Brewmaster

  • Gift of the Ox Gift of the Ox - When you take damage, you have a chance to summon a Healing Sphere visible only to you. Moving through this Healing Sphere heals you for [ 150% 75% of Attack Power ].
  • Exploding Keg Exploding Keg - Hurls a flaming keg at the target location, dealing [ 258% of Attack Power ] Fire damage to nearby enemies, causing your attacks against them to deal [ 20% of Attack Power ] additional Fire damage, and causing them to miss their melee attacks to deal 100% reduced damage for the next 3 sec.
  • High Tolerance High Tolerance - You gain up to 15% 10% Haste based on your current level of Stagger.

Mistweaver

New Talents

  • Awakened Faeline Awakened Faeline - Your abilities reset Faeline Stomp 100% more often. While within Faeline Stomp, your Tiger Palms strike 2 targets and your Spinning Crane Kick heals 5 nearby allies for 15% of the damage done.
  • Ancient Concordance Ancient Concordance - Your Blackout Kicks strike 1 additional target and have an additional 3% chance to reset the cooldown of your Rising Sun Kick while within your Faeline Stomp.
  • Yu'lon's Blessing Yu'lon's Blessing - Mana cost of Enveloping Mist reduced by s1%.
  • Generous Pour Generous Pour - You and your allies within 10 yards have 10% increased avoidance.
  • Close to Heart Close to Heart - You and your allies within 10 yards have 2% increased Leech.
  • Claw of the White Tiger Claw of the White Tiger - Deals [ 100% of Attack Power ] Nature damage. (Instant, 40 yd range, 2 sec cooldown)
  • Close to Heart Close to Heart - Leech increased by 10%.
  • Resonant Fists [NYI] Resonant Fists [NYI] - When your healing spells heal an ally whose health is below 35% maximum health, you gain an additional 10% healing for the next 4 sec.
  • Bounce Back [NYI] Bounce Back [NYI] - When a hit deals more than 20% of your maximum health, reduce all damage by 0% for 4 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.
  • Face Palm Face Palm - Tiger Palm has a 50% chance to deal 200% of normal damage and reduce the remaining cooldown of your Brews by 1 additional sec.
  • Generous Pour Generous Pour - Avoidance increased by 10%.
  • Shocking Blow [NYI] Shocking Blow [NYI] - Crackling Jade Lightning deals 40% less damage and has a cost of 40 energy, but is now instant and causes your next Blackout Kick against the target to shock them, dealing additional Nature damage.
  • Staggering Strikes Staggering Strikes - When you Blackout Kick, your Stagger is reduced by [ 50% of Attack Power ].
  • Save Them All Save Them All - Healing increased by 10%
  • Crackling Jade Lightning Crackling Jade Lightning - Cast Jade lightning, causing [ 13.44% of Attack Power ] Nature damage and your next Blackout Kick against the target to deal additional Nature damage. (Instant, 40 Energy, 40 yd range)

Paladin

Baseline

  • Turn Evil Turn Evil - The power of the Light compels an Undead, Aberration, or Demon target to flee for up to 40 sec. Damage may break the effect. Lesser creatures have a chance to be destroyed. Only one target can be turned at a time. Limited to 1 target(s)

Retribution

New Talents

  • Sentinel Sentinel - Gain 15 stacks of Divine Resolve, increasing your maximum health by 2% and reducing your damage taken by 2% per stack for 20 sec. After 5 sec, you will begin to lose 1 stack per second, but each 3 Holy Power spent will delay the loss of your next stack by 1 sec. Combines with Avenging Wrath. (Instant, 2 min cooldown)

Shaman

Elemental

  • Elemental Shaman Elemental Shaman (Spec Aura)
    • Increases damage/healing by 150% 100%:
      • Elemental Blast
    • Increases damage/healing by 20%:
      • Chain Lightning, Maelstrom, Ride the Lightning
    • Decreases damage/healing by 15%:
      • Lightning Bolt and Maelstrom
    • Decreases damage/healing by 20%:
      • Lightning Bolt and Maelstrom
    • Decreases damage/healing by 20%:
      • Lava Burst and Maelstrom
  • Earth Shock Earth Shock - Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing [ 273% 218.4% of Spell Power ] Nature damage.
  • Earthquake Earthquake - Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing [ 147.8% 110.9% of Nature Spell Power ] Physical damage over 6 sec and has a 5% chance to knock the enemy down.

Enhancement

  • Feral Spirit Feral Spirit - Cooldown reduced to 1.5 min (was 2).
  • Improved Stormbringer renamed to Stormblast Stormblast.
  • Forceful Winds Forceful Winds - Windfury causes each successive Windfury attack within 15 sec to increase the damage of Windfury by 35% 45%, stacking up to 5 times.
  • Hot Hand Hot Hand - Melee auto-attacks with Flametongue Weapon active have a 5% chance to reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash by 75% 38% and increase the damage of Lava Lash by 100% 50% for 8 sec.
  • Elemental Assault Elemental Assault - Stormstrike damage is increased by 8% 10%, and Stormstrike now generates has a 50% chance to generate 1 stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
  • Elemental Spirits Elemental Spirits Reduces the cooldown of Feral Spirit by 30 sec and causes your Feral Spirits to be imbued with Fire, Frost, or Lightning, enhancing your abilities. Your Feral Spirits are now imbued with Fire, Frost, or Lightning, enhancing your abilities.

New Talents

  • Unruly Winds Unruly Winds - Windfury Weapon has a 100% chance to trigger a third attack.
  • Stormblast Stormblast - Stormbringer now also causes your next Stormstrike to deal 25% additional damage as Nature damage.
  • Primal Lava Actuators Primal Lava Actuators - Each time Flame Shock deals Periodic damage, increase the damage of your next Lava Lash by 12% and reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash by 0.5 sec.
  • Primal Primer Primal Primer Melee attacks with Flametongue active increase the damage the target takes from your next Lava Lash by 0, stacking up to 10 times.

Warlock

Affliction

  • Vile Taint Vile Taint - Now has a 30 sec cooldown (up from 20 sec).
  • Creeping Death Creeping Death - Your Agony, Corruption, Siphon Life, and Unstable Affliction deal their full damage 15% faster.

Demonology

  • Soul Link Soul Link 20% 10% of all damage you take is taken by your demon pet instead. Soul Leech also heals you for 25% and your pet for 50% of the absorption it grants.
  • Nether Portal Nether Portal cast time reduced to 1.5 sec (was 2.5).

Destruction

  • Rain of Fire Rain of Fire - Calls down a rain of hellfire, dealing [ 86.4% 71.7% of Spell Power ] Fire damage over 8 sec to enemies in the area.
  • Mastery: Chaotic Energies Mastery: Chaotic Energies - Your spells deal 8.0% increased damage, plus a random amount of up to 8.0% additional increased damage.You take 1.8% reduced damage, plus a random amount of up to 1.8% additional reduced damage.
  • Immolate Immolate - Burns the enemy, causing [ 48% 39.84% of Spell Power ] Fire damage immediately and an additional [ 180% 149.4% of Spell Power ] Fire damage over 18 sec.
  • Incinerate Incinerate - Draws fire toward the enemy, dealing [ 138.46% 96.92% of Spell Power ] Fire damage.
  • Conflagrate Conflagrate - Triggers an explosion on the target, dealing [ 110% 93.5% of Spell Power ] Fire damage.
  • Chaos Bolt Chaos Bolt - Unleashes a devastating blast of chaos, dealing a critical strike for [ 336% 235.2% of Spell Power ] Chaos damage. Damage is further increased by your critical strike chance.
  • Soul Fire Soul Fire - Burns the enemy's soul, dealing [ 420% 315% of Spell Power ] Fire damage and applying Immolate.
  • Shadowburn Shadowburn - Blasts a target for [ 160% 80% of Spell Power ] Shadowflame damage, gaining 50% critical strike chance on targets that have 20% or less health.
  • Fire and Brimstone Fire and Brimstone - Incinerate now also hits all enemies near your target for 7% 13% damage.

New Talents

  • Fel Blast Fel Blast - Blasts the enemy target with a blast of fel magic, causing [ 10% of Spell Power ] Shadowflame damage.
  • Resolute Barrier Resolute Barrier - Attacks received that deal at least 5% of your health decrease Unending Resolve's cooldown by 10 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 30 sec.
  • Soul Combustion Soul Combustion - Summons a Soulkeeper that consumes all Tormented Souls you've collected, blasting nearby enemies for [ 22% of Spell Power ] Chaos damage every 1 sec for each Tormented Soul consumed. You collect Tormented Souls from each target you kill and occasionally escaped souls you previously collected.
  • Fel Synergy Fel Synergy - Soul Leech also heals you for 25% and your pet for 50% of the absorption it grants.
  • Soul Armor Soul Armor - When your health drops below 35%, the percentage of damage shared via your Soul Link is increased by an additional 5%.
  • Demonic Resilience Demonic Resilience - Reduces the chance you will be critically struck by 2%. All damage your primary demon takes is reduced by 8%.
  • Abyss Walker Abyss Walker - Using Demonic Circle: Teleport or your Demonic Gateway reduces all damage you take by 4% for 10 sec.
  • Gorefiend's Resolve Gorefiend's Resolve - Targets resurrected with Soulstone resurrect with 20% additional health and 15% additional mana.
  • Soul-Eater's Gluttony Soul-Eater's Gluttony - Whenever Unstable Affliction deals damage, the cooldown of Soul Rot is reduced by 0.5 sec.
  • Abyss Walker Abyss Walker - Using Demonic Circle: Teleport or your Demonic Gateway reduces all damage you take by 4% for 10 sec.
  • Malefic Affliction Malefic Affliction - Malefic Rapture causes your active Unstable Affliction to deal 5% additional damage, up to 15%, for the rest of its duration.
  • Dread Touch Dread Touch - If Malefic Affliction exceeds 3 stacks, the target instead takes 20% additional damage from your damage over time effects for 6 sec.
  • Doom Blossom Doom Blossom - If Corruption damages a target affected by your Unstable Affliction, it has a 10% chance per stack of Malefic Affliction to deal [ 68% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
  • Grim Reach Grim Reach - When Darkglare deals damage, it deals 50% of that damage to all enemies affected by your damage over time effects.
  • Reign of Tyranny Reign of Tyranny - Active Wild Imps grant 1 stack of Demonic Servitude. Active greater demons grant 2 stacks of Demonic Servitude. Demonic Tyrant deals 3% additional damage for each stack of Demonic Servitude active at the time of his summon.

Warrior

Arms

  • Execute Execute - Attempts to finish off a foe, causing up to [ 340% 265% of Attack Power ] Physical damage based on Rage spent. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
  • Mortal Strike Mortal Strike - A vicious strike that deals [ 194.3% 174.3% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target by 50% for 10 sec.
  • Overpower Overpower - Overpower the enemy, dealing [ 110.7% 97% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
  • Sudden Death Sudden Death - Your attacks have a chance to make your next Execute cost no Rage, Execute, be usable on any target regardless of their health, and deal damage as if you spent 40 Rage. health. Approximately 1.7 1.5 procs per minute.
  • Rend Rend - Wounds the target, causing [ 32.1% of Attack Power ] Physical damage instantly and an additional [ 133% 115% of Attack Power ] Bleed damage over 15 sec.
  • Massacre Massacre - Execute is now usable on targets below 35% 25% health.
  • Dreadnaught Dreadnaught - Overpower has 2 charges and causes a seismic wave, dealing [ 46% [ 31% of Attack Power ] damage to all enemies in a 10 yd line. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Fury

  • Single-Minded Fury Single-Minded Fury - While dual-wielding a pair of one-handed weapons, your damage done is increased by 12% 5% and your movement speed is increased by 5%.
  • War Machine War Machine - Your auto attacks generate 25% 20% more Rage.
  • Sudden Death Sudden Death - Approximately 1.7 1.5 procs per minute.
  • Frenzy Frenzy - Rampage increases your Haste by 2% for 12 sec, stacking up to 4 3 times. This effect is reset if you Rampage a different primary target.
  • Frothing Berserker Frothing Berserker Your abilities that cost rage Rampage, Mortal Strike, Cleave and Revenge have a 20% chance to immediately refund 20% of the Rage spent.
  • Cruelty Cruelty - While Enraged, Raging Blow deals 20% 10% more damage and has a 30% 15% chance to instantly reset its own cooldown.

Protection

  • Execute Execute - Attempts to finish off a foe, causing up to [ 340% 265% of Attack Power ] Physical damage based on Rage spent. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.
  • Avatar Avatar - Now generates 20 Fury (down from 30).
  • Massacre Massacre - Execute is now usable on targets below 35% 25% health.
  • Ravager Ravager - Cooldown increased to 1.5 min (was 45 sec).

New Warrior Talents

  • Critical Thinking Critical Thinking - Critical Strike chance increased by 1.50% and both Cleave and Whirlwind deal 5% increased critical strike damage.
  • Unbridled Ferocity Unbridled Ferocity - Rampage has a 10% chance to grant Recklessness for 4 sec.
  • Deft Experience Deft Experience - Mastery increased by 1.50% and Rend's initial damaging strike deals 50% more damage.
  • Recklessness Recklessness - Go berserk, increasing all Rage generation by 100% and granting your abilities 20% increased critical strike chance for 4 sec. (Instant, 1.5 min cooldown)
  • Bladestorm Bladestorm - Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking all nearby enemies for [ 500% of Attack Power ] Physical damage over 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and avoid attacks. Generates 20 Rage over the duration. (Instant, 60 sec cooldown)
  • Avatar Avatar -Transform into a colossus for 4 sec, causing you to deal 20% increased damage and removing all roots and snares. Generates 30 Rage.
  • Memory of a Tormented Titan Memory of a Tormented Titan - Activating Avatar casts Odyn's Fury, activating Odyn's Fury casts Avatar at reduced effectiveness.
  • Memory of a Tormented Berserker Memory of a Tormented Berserker - Activating Avatar or Recklessness casts the other at reduced effectiveness.
  • Memory of a Tormented Guardian Memory of a Tormented Guardian - Activating Avatar or Recklessness casts Bladestorm at reduced effectiveness.
  • Memory of a Tormented Blademaster Memory of a Tormented Blademaster - Activating Avatar or Bladestorm casts the other at reduced effectiveness.
  • Memory of a Tormented Warlord Memory of a Tormented Warlord - Activating Avatar or Thunderous Roar casts Recklessness at reduced effectiveness.
  • Odyn's Fury Odyn's Fury - Unleashes your power, dealing [ 268% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and an additional [ 84% of Attack Power ] Physical damage over 4 sec to all enemies within 12 yards. Generates 20 Rage. (Instant, 45 sec cooldown)
  • Furious Blows Furious Blows - Increases auto attack speed by 5%.
  • Placeholder Talent Placeholder Talent - Not yet implemented.

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On 8/30/2022 at 12:25 PM, Stan said:

Melee auto-attacks with Flametongue Weapon active have a 5% chance to reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash by 75% 38% and increase the damage of Lava Lash by 100% 50% for 8 sec.

This nerf makes little to no sense. The talent is RNG heavy anyhow, when it procs its a great payoff that has to be juggled with other abilities. Come on blizzard

 

EDIT: Even though the changes don't mention it, I realized it has to do with it becoming a 2 point node and not a 1 point node.

Edited by Rhondis

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