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By Starym
We're getting two more days of testing on Antorus bosses, this time mostly focused on Raid Finder, with Wednesday being all about the Forbidden Descent part of the raid and Hope's End coming on Friday and will remain open over the weekend.
October 18-24 (source)
Wednesday, October 18th - Friday, October 20th
Forbidden Descent - Raid Finder Antorus, the Burning Throne
13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
Friday, October 20th
Varimathras - Mythic Antorus, the Burning Throne
13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
Aggramar - Mythic Antorus, the Burning Throne
14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
Hope's End - Raid Finder Antorus, the Burning Throne
15:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
Hope's End Raid Finder will remain open over the weekend.
As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a PTR environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session, change the bosses being tested, or cancel a test entirely, due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc. Keep an eye on this forum for the latest information, and thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.
Q: How do I get into the raid zone?
A: In Dalaran, Orgrimmar, or Stormwind, you may speak to Nexus-Lord Donjon Rade Sr. in order to teleport into the raid zone while it is open for testing. (The option to teleport into a zone will not be available when the zone is not open for testing.)
Q: What character should I use to test the raid?
A: Whichever you prefer. We will be scaling players' effective level to 110 for raid testing, and their item level to an appropriate threshold for the encounter(s) being tested.
Q: How long does testing last?
A: The primary purpose of testing is to give us the information we need to balance the encounters, evaluate how mechanics are playing out in practice, and identify bugs. Once we're satisfied that we've received that information for a given boss, we'll be shutting down testing. Usually this takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, but there are no guarantees.
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By Stan
Argus the Unmaker drops interesting trinkets with secondary on-equip effects and Blizzard explained how they work in more detail.
Path of the Titans Trinkets
The final boss of the upcoming raid drops trinkets that have two on-equip effects. While the primary effect functions just like any other trinket, the secondary on-equip effect only activates under certain conditions.
Aggramar's Conviction - Mark of Aggramar Aman'Thul's Vision - Mark of Aman'thul Eonar's Compassion - Mark of Eonar Golganneth's Vitality - Mark of Golganneth Khaz'goroth's Courage - Mark of Khaz'goroth Norgannon's Prowess - Mark of Norgannon Clarifications
The secondary "When empowered by the Pantheon..." proc on the trinkets will only activate within Antorus the Burning Throne raid. Only four unique buffs are needed to trigger the secondary proc (down from 6). Aman'Thul's Vision ignores the rule as a "wild card" and the item does not count toward the Legion Legendary cap, so you can have 3 Legendary items equipped at the same time. Pantheon's Blessing is used to upgrade Pantheon trinkets up to item level 1,000. Blizzard (Source)
Hey guys,
A slightly different discussion here, but just popping in with a note that the secondary Equip effect on the Antorus trinkets that note "When empowered by the Pantheon...", such as 'Aman'Thul's Grandeur' on Aman'Thul's Vision or 'Khaz'goroth's Shaping' on Khaz'goroth's Courage will only function within the Antorus raid once it is live.
Currently on the PTR this effect works outside of the raid, but its worthwhile to offer some clarification so there's no confusion once the raid itself is live.
If you have any questions on this, let me know!
While it won't function in Mythic+ we did change the six requirement so you only need four unique buffs to trigger the Pantheon secondary proc inside Antorus. You can have any possible combination of the unique five to activate this additional proc. Aman'Thul's Vision ignores the rule as a "wildcard" filling any gap that you might be missing from the other five.
So for example you can have two Aman'Thul's and two of the other uniques and it will trigger the Pantheon proc.
Keep in mind we're still tweaking and making changes to the trinkets so please keep voicing your feedback about it :)
Currently all of the trinkets on PTR behave like Aman'Thul's Vision does in the Pantheon proc but will be changed to be unique before it goes live, other than Aman'Thul's which will stay as a wild card.
Still as always subject to change but that's the current plan.
All trinkets have received updates in the latest Patch 7.3.2 PTR build:
Aggramar's Conviction
Mark of Aggramar - Taking damage has a chance to increase your Armor Versatility by 1,197 2,697 for 15 14 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, your maximum health is increased by 652,038 459,366 for 15 sec, and you are healed to full health. Approximately 2.2 1.4 procs per minute. Aman'Thul's Vision
Mark of Aman'thul - Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant you 741 1,089 Speed, Avoidance, and Leech for 12 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, your Intellect is increased by 1.414 1,087 for 15 sec. Approximately 2.5 1.4 procs per minute. Eonar's Compassion
Mark of Eonar - Your healing effects have a chance to grow an Emerald Blossom nearby, which heals a random injured ally for 23,392 36,100 every 2 sec. Lasts 14 12 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, your next 4 direct healing spells grant the target a shield that prevents 65,204 71,132 damage for 30 sec. Approximately 2 1.2 procs per minute. Golganneth's Vitality
Mark of Golganneth - Your damaging abilities have a chance to create a Ravaging Storm at your target's location, inflicting 63,728 148,698 Nature damage split among all enemies within 6 yds over 8 6 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, your autoattacks cause an explosion of lightning dealing [ 870,400% 1,357,400% of Mainhand Weapon Speed ] Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yds of the target. Lasts 15 sec. Approximately 4 1.8 procs per minute. Khaz'goroth's Courage
Mark of Khaz'goroth - Your damaging attacks have a chance to make your weapon glow hot with the fire of Khaz'goroth's forge, causing your autoattacks to do [ 929,400% 1,327,700% of Mainhand Weapon Speed ] additional Fire damage for 12 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, your Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery, or Versatility is increased by 1.413 2,614 for 15 sec. Khaz'goroth always empowers your highest stat. Approximately 2 1.4 procs per minute. Norgannon's Prowess
Mark of Norgannon - Your damaging spells have a chance to increase your Intellect by 1,303 3,257 for 12 sec. When empowered by the Pantheon, you gain 6 charges of Norgannon's Command for 15 sec. Your damaging spells expend a charge to inflict an additional 34,321 45,760 damage to the target, from a random school of magic. Approximately 3 1.4 procs per minute. -
By Stan
Yesterday, the final boss of Antorus the Burning Throne was tested on Heroic difficulty. Here's a video preview of the encounter.
WoWReloe uploaded a video of the fight, where the raid team managed to bring him down to 26%. All stages and transition phases included, so definitely check it out!
Stage 3
At 5:47 during the second transition phase, Argus retreats and Constellar Designates spawn.
The Discs of Norgannon grants each Constellar Designate a 200% increased damage vulnerability from a single school.
Vulnerability Types
Arcane Vulnerability Fire Vulnerability Frost Vulnerability Holy Vulnerability Nature Vulnerability Physical Vulnerability Shadow Vulnerability You need to be careful with interrupts, because of Impending Inevitability. When you interrupt a Constellar Designate, he will become immune to interrupts for the next 20 seconds (Inevitability), so you should interrupt Cosmic Beacon over Starblast.
Periodically, Constellar Designates will enter melee range and gain the effects of Blades of the Eternal and Sword of the Cosmos.
Stage 4
When you reach Stage 4, Argus kills all players with Reap Soul. It's very similar to the Lich King encounter back in Wrath. You're not able to resurrect for a short time and then Eonar casts Gift of the Lifebinder, creating a tree that can be used to return players back to life, as long as it it is healed up (Withering Roots).
Gift of the Lifebinder - Eonar causes the Gift of the Lifebinder to spring forth to save the players. While the Gift of the Lifebinder lives, players may freely Release Spirit after dying. If players move to the tree as ghosts, they will be returned to life, at the cost of some of the Gift of the Lifebinder's Life Energy. When the Gift of the Lifebinder's Life Energy is depleted, it becomes the Withered Gift of the Lifebinder. Withered Gift of the Lifebinder Players may heal the Withered Gift of the Lifebinder. Additionally, when they use it to resurrect, it is afflicted by Withering Roots. Withering Roots - Inflicts 850,000 Nature damage every 2 sec. This effect stacks. The tank debuff gets nasty in the last stage and lasts until the fight is over (Deadly Scythe). In the final stage, Reorigination Modules will spawn and they need to be killed as soon as possible to decrease radius of their Initialization Sequence.
For all Argus' abilities, check out the Dungeon Journal entry here. Argus will probably have a secret phase on Mythic difficulty involving Sargeras.
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By Stan
A new ban wave went out earlier today, targeting users of third-party software.
Blizzard has suspended accounts that were found to be using bots. For more details about the ban wave check out the ongoing discussion on reddit.
Blizzard (Source)
We’ve recently taken action against a number of accounts that were found to be using third-party programs that automate gameplay. These programs (commonly called cheats, bots, or hacks) automate certain aspects of gameplay, or provide unintended advantages and abilities to the player. This type of cheating undermines other players' experience and severely upsets the balance of the game environment.
As a reminder, in order to ensure fair play and competitive integrity, we closely monitor these and other activities that violate the Terms of Use.
We’re committed to providing an equal and fair playing field for everyone in World of Warcraft, and will continue to take action against those found in violation of our Terms of Use. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated. -
By Stan
A collection of all Tier 21 bonuses from Antorus.
An overview of all Tier 21 set effects from Antorus the Burning Throne as of Patch 7.3.2 Build 25255.
Death Knight
Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Blood Item - Death Knight T21 Blood 2P Bonus When a charge of Bone Shield is consumed, the cooldown of Dancing Rune Weapon is reduced by 3.0 sec. Item - Death Knight T21 Blood 4P Bonus When Dancing Rune Weapon fades, your Rune regeneration rate is increased by 15% for 10 sec. Frost Item - Death Knight T21 Frost 2P Bonus Howling Blast damage increased by 15% and Obliterate damage increased by 15%. Item - Death Knight T21 Frost 4P Bonus When you deal Frost damage, you have a chance to release a barrage of icy spikes at your target dealing [ 3.000 * 280% of weapon damage ] Frost damage. Approximately 2 procs per minute. Unholy Item - Death Knight T21 Unholy 2P Bonus Death Coil causes the target to take an additional 25% of the direct damage dealt over 4 sec. Item - Death Knight T21 Unholy 4P Bonus Death Coil has a 20% chance to deal damage a second time. Demon Hunter
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Havoc Item - Demon Hunter T21 Havoc 2P Bonus Eye Beam damage increased by 30%. Item - Demon Hunter T21 Havoc 4P Bonus When Eye Beam finishes fully channeling, your Haste is increased by 15% for 8 sec. Vengeance Item - Demon Hunter T21 Vengeance 2P Bonus While Demon Spikes is active, your parry chance is increased by an additional 5%. Item - Demon Hunter T21 Vengeance 4P Bonus When you parry an attack, the cooldown of Metamorphosis is reduced by 5.0 sec. This can only occur once every 1.0 sec. Druid
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Balance Item - Druid T21 Balance 2P Bonus Increase the damage of Starfall by 10% and Starsurge by 10%. Item - Druid T21 Balance 4P Bonus When you cast Starsurge or Starfall , the damage of your Moonfire and Sunfire spells is increased by 10% for 6 sec. Feral Item - Druid T21 Feral 2P Bonus When Rip deals damage, there is a 10% chance for it to deal damage again. Item - Druid T21 Feral 4P Bonus When Rip deals damage, you have a 4% chance to cause your next Ferocious Bite to consume no Combo Points and count as if you spent the maximum amount of Energy. Guardian Item - Druid T21 Guardian 2P Bonus When Gore is consumed, the cooldown of Barkskin is reduced by 1.0 sec. Item - Druid T21 Guardian 4P Bonus When Barkskin fades, all healing done to you is increased by 10% for 20 sec. Restoration Item - Druid T21 Restoration 2P Bonus Ysera's Gift now applies Dreamer to the target, healing them for [ 100% of Spell Power ] over 8 sec. Item - Druid T21 Restoration 4P Bonus When you cast Wild Growth, you have a 100% chance to cause Ysera's Gift to heal a target 400% more frequently for 5 sec. Hunter
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Beast Mastery Item - Hunter T21 Beast Mastery 2P Bonus Kill Command damage increased by 10% Item - Hunter T21 Beast Mastery 4P Bonus When you use Kill Command, the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild is reduced by 2.0 sec. Marksmanship Item - Hunter T21 Marksmanship 2P Bonus Your Focus generating attacks deal 30% more damage and generate 25% more Focus. Item - Hunter T21 Marksmanship 4P Bonus Marked Shot has a 30% chance to fire at up to 3 additional targets hit by Marked Shot an additional time. Survival Item - Hunter T21 Survival 2P Bonus Flanking Strike has a 50% chance to increase the critical strike chance of your next Raptor Strike by 100% and the critical strike damage of Raptor Strike by 50% within the next 20 sec. Item - Hunter T21 Survival 4P Bonus Each cast of Mongoose Bite increases the damage of your next Raptor Strike by 20%. Stacks up to 6 times. Mage
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Arcane Item - Mage T21 Arcane 2P Bonus Each Arcane Charge you spend increases your damage dealt by 2% for 8 sec. Item - Mage T21 Arcane 4P Bonus When you generate an Arcane Charge, you have a 4% chance to increase your haste by 20% for 6 sec. Fire Item - Mage T21 Fire 2P Bonus Increases the duration of Combustion by 2.0 sec. Item - Mage T21 Fire 4P Bonus Combustion also increases your critical strike damage by 12% for 14 sec. Frost Item - Mage T21 Frost 2P Bonus Each successive ice bolt of a cast of Flurry deals 25% more damage. Item - Mage T21 Frost 4P Bonus When you consume Brain Freeze, the damage of your next Ice Lance is increased by 25%. Monk
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Brewmaster Item - Monk T21 Brewmaster 2P Bonus Breath of Fire has a 100% chance to generate an additional stack of Elusive Brawler for each target hit. Item - Monk T21 Brewmaster 4P Bonus When you dodge an attack, you have a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of Breath of Fire. Mistweaver Item - Monk T21 Mistweaver 2P Bonus When Gust of Mists heals a target, they have a 100% chance to gain Tranquil Mist which heals them for [ 228% of Spell Power ] health over 12 sec. Item - Monk T21 Mistweaver 4P Bonus When you cast Renewing Mist you have a 100% chance to send a bolt of healing Chi at all targets affected by Tranquil Mist, healing them for [ 300% of Spell Power ]. Windwalker Item - Monk T21 Windwalker 2P Bonus When you gain the Blackout Kick! effect, the damage of your next Blackout Kick is increased by 150%. Item - Monk T21 Windwalker 4P Bonus When you consume Blackout Kick!, you have a 100% chance to generate 1 Chi. Paladin
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Holy Item - Paladin T21 Holy 2P Bonus Flash of Light and Holy Light transfer 40% additional healing to your Beacon of Light target. Item - Paladin T21 Holy 4P Bonus Holy Shock has a 30% chance to increase the critical healing of your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light of Dawn by 100% for 10 sec. Protection Item - Paladin T21 Protection 2P Bonus You gain Vindicator's Shield, increasing your block chance by 10%. Item - Paladin T21 Protection 4P Bonus While not affected by Shield of the Righteous, the effect of Vindicator's Shield is increased by 100%. Retribution Item - Paladin T21 Retribution 2P Bonus Judgment damage increased by 60%. Item - Paladin T21 Retribution 4P Bonus When you use Judgment, the cost of your next Holy Power spending ability is reduced by 1. Priest
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Discipline Item - Priest T21 Discipline 2P Bonus Reduces the recharge time of Power Word: Radiance by 3.0 sec. Item - Priest T21 Discipline 4P Bonus When you cast Power Word: Radiance, the damage of your next Penance is increased by 30%. Holy Item - Priest T21 Holy 2P Bonus Prayer of Healing increases the healing done by your next Flash Heal or Heal by 60%. Item - Priest T21 Holy 4P Bonus Your Flash Heal or Heal spells increase the healing amount of your next Prayer of Healing spell by 30%. Shadow Item - Priest T21 Shadow 2P Bonus Mind Flay and Mind Blast critical strike bonus damage increased by 50%. Item - Priest T21 Shadow 4P Bonus Each stack of Void Form increases the critical strike chance of Mind Flay, Void Bolt, and Mind Blast by 1%. Rogue
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Assassination Item - Rogue T21 Assassination 2P Bonus When you use Envenom, your Deadly and Wound poisons have 15% increased chance to critically strike for 6 sec. Item - Rogue T21 Assassination 4P Bonus When your Deadly and Wound poisons critically strike the target, you have a 100% chance to gain 4 Energy. Outlaw Item - Rogue T21 Outlaw 2P Bonus Extra attacks from Saber Slash increase the damage of your next Run Through by 5%, stacking up to 4 times. Item - Rogue T21 Outlaw 4P Bonus Run Through has a 10% chance to grant you a Roll the Bones combat enhancement buff you do not already have for 10 sec. Subtlety Item - Rogue T21 Subtlety 2P Bonus Each Combo Point spent reduces the cooldown of Symbols of Death by 0.2 sec. Item - Rogue T21 Subtlety 4P Bonus Backstab and Shadowstrike have a 5% chance to grant you Shadow Gestures, causing your next finishing move to refund 100% of Combo Points spent when used. Shaman
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Elemental Item - Shaman T21 Elemental 2P Bonus Lava Burst increases the damage of your next Earth Shock or Earthquake by 20%. Item - Shaman T21 Elemental 4P Bonus Earth Shock and Frost Shock have a 15% chance to cause an Elemental Overload. Enhancement Item - Shaman T21 Enhancement 2P Bonus Casting Stormstrike has a 15% chance to increase the damage of your next Rockbiter by 100%. Item - Shaman T21 Enhancement 4P Bonus Rockbiter causes the target to take 10% increased Fire, Frost, and Nature damage from your attacks for 4.5 sec. Restoration Item - Shaman T21 Restoration 2P Bonus When you cast Healing Rain, up to 6 allies within its area are immediately healed for [ 225% of Spell Power ]. Item - Shaman T21 Restoration 4P Bonus Healing Wave and Healing Surge casts have a 100% chance to heal a player standing in your Healing Rain for 40% of the amount. Warlock
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Affliction Item - Warlock T21 Affliction 2P Bonus When Agony deals damage, there is a 8% chance to increase the duration of Unstable Affliction on the target by 2.0 sec. Item - Warlock T21 Affliction 4P Bonus When you cast Unstable Affliction or Seed of Corruption, all targets within 60 yards suffering from your Agony take 10% increased damage from your Corruptionand Agony for 6 sec. Demonology Item - Warlock T21 Demonology 2P Bonus Each Soul Shard spent on Hand of Gul'dan increases the damage dealt by your next Call Dreadstalkers by 4%. Item - Warlock T21 Demonology 4P Bonus When you cast Demonic Empowerment, your Dreadstalkers will immediately use Dreadbite again at 50% increased damage.
This can only occur once per cast of Call Dreadstalkers. Destruction Item - Warlock T21 Destruction 2P Bonus Chaos Bolt increases the critical strike chance of Incinerateon the target by 20% for 8 sec. Item - Warlock T21 Destruction 4P Bonus Chaos Bolt will deal an additional 12% of its direct damage caused to the target over 4 sec. Warrior
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Specialization 2P Bonus Effect 4P Bonus Effect Arms Item - Warrior T21 Arms 2P Bonus When you use Colossus Smash, your critical damage is increased by 15% for 8 sec. Item - Warrior T21 Arms 4P Bonus Mortal Strike increases the damage and critical strike chance of your next Whirlwind or Slam by 15%, stacking up to 3 times. Fury Item - Warrior T21 Fury 2P Bonus Rampage causes the target to bleed for an additional 30% of the direct damage dealt to the target over 4 sec Item - Warrior T21 Fury 4P Bonus When you activate Battle Cry, the damage of Rampage is increased by 75% for 8 sec. Protection Item - Warrior T21 Protection 2P Bonus While Battle Cry is active, the cooldown of Shield Slam is reduced by 100%. Item - Warrior T21 Protection 4P Bonus Blocking an attack increases the value of an existing Ignore Pain effect by [ 400% of Attack Power ].
This can only occur once every 1 sec. (Source)
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