wow Demon Hunter Changes in Dragonflight Beta Build 45779

[Stan 5,018]

Here are the Demon Hunter changes that went live in the latest Dragonflight Beta build.

Demon Hunter

• Throw Glaive - Throw a demonic glaive at the target, dealing [ 36.68% 39.61% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. The glaive can ricochet to an additional enemy within 10 yards.
• Consume Magic renamed to Swallowed Anger.
• Metamorphosis - Leap into the air and land with explosive force, dealing [ 36.04% 38.92% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage to enemies within 8 yds, and stunning them for 3 sec. Players are Dazed for 3 sec instead.

Havoc

• Hot Feet renamed to Blazing Path.
• Chaos Nova - Unleash an eruption of fel energy, dealing [ 22.52% 24.32% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 2 sec.
• Chaos Strike - Slice your target for [ 113.9% 123% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage. Chaos Strike has a 20% chance to refund 20 Fury.
• Eye Beam - Blasts all enemies in front of you, dealing guaranteed critical strikes for up to ${({?a320,415[{${( 14.85% 15.3% of Attack Power )*10*2}}][{${( 14.85% 15.3% of Attack Power )*10}}])} Chaos damage over 2 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
• Vengeful Retreat - Remove all snares and vault away. Nearby enemies take [ 13.13% 14.18% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and have their movement speed reduced by 70% for 3 sec.
• Blade Dance
  • Normal: Strike all nearby enemies for [ 66% 71.3% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • First Blood: Strike your primary target for [ 155.1% 167.5% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage and all nearby enemies for [ 66% 71.3% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
• Fel Rush - Rush forward, incinerating anything in your path for [ 25.3% 27.32% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage.
• Demon's Bite - Quickly attack for [ 57.28% 61.86% of Attack Power ] Physical damage.
• Vengeful Retreat renamed to Vengeful Bonds.
• Immolation Aura - Increases the duration of Immolation Aura by 100% 6 sec.
• Felblade - Charge to your target and deal [ 66.69% 72.03% of Attack Power ] Fire damage.
• Demon Blades - Your auto attacks deal an additional [ 10.12% 10.93% of Attack Power ] Shadow damage and generate 10-10 Fury.
• Glaive Tempest - Launch two demonic glaives in a whirlwind of energy, causing [ 214.2% 231.3% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage over 3 sec to all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
• Trail of Ruin - The final slash of Blade Dance inflicts an additional [ 58.96% 63.68% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage over 4 sec.
• Essence Break - Slash all enemies in front of you for [ 252% 272.16% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage, and increase the damage your Chaos Strike and Blade Dance deal to them by 100% for 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
• First Blood - Blade Dance deals [ 155.1% 167.5% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage to the first target struck.
• Fel Barrage - Unleash a torrent of Fel energy over 3 sec, inflicting [ 314.6% 339.8% of Attack Power ] Chaos damage to all enemies within 8 yds. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.

Vengeance

• Felblade - Charge to your target and deal [ 66.69% 72.03% of Attack Power ] Fire damage.
• Spirit Bomb - Consume up to 5 available Soul Fragments then explode, damaging nearby enemies for [ 30% 30.9% of Attack Power ] Fire damage per fragment consumed, and afflicting them with Frailty for 5 sec, causing you to heal for 8% of damage you deal to them. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
• Infernal Armor - Immolation Aura increases your armor by 10% and causes melee attackers to suffer [ 5% 5.15% of Attack Power ] Fire damage.
• Fracture - Rapidly slash your target for [ 120% 123.6% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, and shatter 2 Lesser Soul Fragments from them.
• Ruinous Bulwark - Fel Devastation heals for an additional 10%, and 50% 100% of its overhealing healing is converted into an absorb shield for 10 sec.
• Bulk Extraction - Demolish the spirit of all those around you, dealing [ 30% 30.9% of Attack Power ] Fire damage to nearby enemies and extracting up to 5 Lesser Soul Fragments, drawing them to you for immediate consumption.

New Talents

• Demon Muzzle - Enemies deal 8% reduced magic damage to you for 8 sec after being afflicted by one of your Sigils.
• Elysian Decree -Place a Kyrian Sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal [ 350% of Attack Power ]
  • Any Means Necessary: Chaos 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)
• Flames of Fury - Sigil of Flame generates 2 additional Fury per target hit.

PvP Talents

• Demonic Origins renamed to First of the Illidari.
• Shear - Shears an enemy for [ 40.36% 41.58% of Attack Power ] Physical damage, and shatters two Lesser Soul Fragments from your target.
• Infernal Strike - Leap through the air toward a targeted location, dealing [ 38.9% 40.07% of Attack Power ] Fire damage to all enemies within 6 yards.
• Fiery Brand - Brand an enemy with a demonic symbol, instantly dealing [ 133.17% of Attack Power ] Fire damage and [ 50% 51.5% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 10 sec. The enemy's damage done to you is reduced by 40% for 10 sec.
• Fiery Brand - Fiery Brand deals [ 5% 5.15% of Attack Power ] Fire damage every 2 sec.
• Soul Cleave - Viciously strike up to 5 enemies in front of you for [ 121.1% 124.7% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and heal yourself for [ 50% of Attack Power ].
• Sigil of Flame - Deals [ 11.5% 11.85% of Attack Power ] Fire damage, and an additional [ 28.38% 29.22% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 6 sec, to all enemies affected by the sigil.
• Sigil of Flame - Sigil of Flame deals an additional [ 28.38% 29.22% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 6 sec, to all enemies affected by the sigil.
• Fel Devastation - Unleash the fel within you, damaging enemies directly in front of you for [ 155.6% 160.3% of Attack Power ] Fire damage over 2 sec. Causing damage also heals you for up to [ 409.5% of Attack Power ] health.

[Hariko 1]

3 hours ago, Stan said:

 

New Talents

• Elysian Decree -Place a Kyrian Sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal [ 350% of Attack Power ]
  • Any Means Necessary: Chaos 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)

 

What does this mean? Is the skill name changed to "Any Means Necessary"? I've been concerned about Shadowlands abilities making it into Dragonflight without any modifications at all, especially where their animations/theme make 0 sense outside of covenants.

[Stan 5,018]

17 hours ago, Hariko said:

What does this mean? Is the skill name changed to "Any Means Necessary"? I've been concerned about Shadowlands abilities making it into Dragonflight without any modifications at all, especially where their animations/theme make 0 sense outside of covenants.

Any Means Necessary is a new Havoc talent implemented a few builds ago. It increases the damage of Elysian Decree, so it's mentioned in the tooltip.

• Any Means Necessary - Mastery: Demonic Presence now also causes your Arcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow damage to be dealt as Chaos instead and increases that damage by 14.4%.

I don't know why Blizzard keeps adding copies of existing spells to the game. Maybe it's easier for testing purposes to clone an existing spell and modify it rather than changing an existing version back and forth.