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The Story of Xal'atath in Patch 8.1.5 Xal'atath, the Legion Priest Artifact, returns in Patch 8.1.5.

An overview of Class changes from the initial 8.1.5 PTR build. Today at 01:18 by Stan 9 comments

With the big Season 2 update coming next week, we're getting previews for all the big updates to the main features and today Blizzard are taking a look at PvP. From Conquest reward updates and schedule (featuring weeks, item levels and gear) to ranked rewards, a change to the Gladiator title and a lot more.

You can also check out the broader Season 2 changes coming to the game as previewed by Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, or one of our own previews for the new allied races, their druid forms, totems, the new raiding with leashes, profession changes and more. Today at 00:18 by Starym

New Profession quests called Tools of the Trade are coming in Patch 8.1.5. They were first shown off at last year's BlizzCon and some of the items have been added to the game in the initial 8.1.5 build. Today at 00:11 by Stan 2 comments

Four New Collectible Blizzard Books Coming This Fall

Blizzard today announced the release of four books, scheduled for Fall 2019: The Art of Hearthstone Vol. 2, The Art of Diablo, The Cinematic Art of WoW & The WoW Pop-Up Book. The books will be available for purchase on the Blizzard Gear Store or at your local bookstore. Yesterday at 22:45 by Stan

Kul Tiran & Zandalari Druid Empowered Moonkin Form

Here's a preview of both Moonkin Forms empowered by the Incarnation: Chosen of Elune talent. Yesterday at 12:57 by Stan 7 comments

Allied Races: Are Mechagnomes and Vulpera Next?

With Kul Tirans and Zandalari Trolls confirmed for Patch 8.1.5, it's time to speculate about the next set of Allied Races that will be added later in Battle for Azeroth. Yesterday at 00:10 by Stan 20 comments

Blizzard rolled out a hotfix to live realms and items not intended for your class will no longer yield Titan Residuum when scrapped or disenchanted. Jan 15, 2019 at 23:49 by Stan 4 comments

Xal'atath is back in Patch 8.1.5 as part of the Crucible of Storms raid intro. This article contains spoilers. Jan 15, 2019 at 22:34 by Stan 7 comments

The first Patch 8.1.5 build is available for playtesting on PTR and here's what's new. Jan 15, 2019 at 17:51 by Stan 4 comments

We're one week away from Mythic Season 2 and Battle of Dazar'alor. Reputation gains from world quests are increased by 50% this week. Jan 15, 2019 at 16:06 by Stan

Today we have Game Director Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas diving into Season 2 of Battle for Azeroth, into what exactly is changing and what isn't and how to prepare and handle the new stuff. We'll also be getting separate posts for the raid, M+ and PvP, but for now we have details on the ilevel increase, everything new with Warfronts, world content, dungeons, PvP, Azerite armor and more! Jan 14, 2019 at 23:46 by Starym 10 comments

Bruce (Brawlers Guild Mount) in Patch 8.1.5

Brawler's Guild returns in Patch 8.1.5 with new encounters and rewards that include Bruce, a new crocolisk mount! Jan 13, 2019 at 21:56 by Stan 3 comments

Episode 33 of the Icy Veins Podcast is here, and we discuss Brode's Second Dinner announcement, Blizzard surveying players about Hearthstone Esports, Imperius in Heroes, and World of Warcraft's Patch 8.1.5. Jan 12, 2019 at 19:47 by Stan 3 comments

Mythic Season 2 is scheduled for January 22 and Thaumaturge Vashreen will be selling ilvl 400 and 415 pieces of Azerite Armor for Titan Residuum that will be significantly more expensive than the current Season 1 gear, according to Game Director Ion Hazzikostas. Jan 12, 2019 at 18:44 by Stan 13 comments

It's been a busy week for hotfixes, as we get our third today, focusing on Island Expedition QoL tweaks to the specific enemy types like reducing knockbacks, visibility impacting abilities and more. Other than that we also have the announced PvP tuning for Druids, Monks and Shamans aka Balance, Mistweaver and Elemental. Jan 11, 2019 at 02:17 by Starym 1 comment

Bungie Regains Publishing Rights for Destiny

Bungie today announced on their website that they're regaining publishing rights for Destiny. They thanked Activision for their partnership on the game and said they're ready to publish on their own moving forward. Jan 10, 2019 at 21:39 by Stan 23 comments

Blizzard just announced PvP changes coming to Balance Druids, Mistweaver Monks, and Elemental Shamans tomorrow. Jan 10, 2019 at 18:19 by Stan

With Kul Tirans playable on 8.1.5 PTR, it's time to look at their new Shaman totem models. Jan 10, 2019 at 16:00 by Stan 3 comments

Raiding with Leashes VI: Pets of Pandaria Overview

The Raiding with Leashes VI: Pets of Pandaria achievement has been added to the game Patch 8.1.5, allowing players to collect new pets from Mists of Pandaria raids. Jan 10, 2019 at 14:06 by Stan 9 comments

Upcoming Nerfs to the Zandalari Troll Regeneratin Racial

Yesterday, we previewed Kul Tiran and Zandalari Troll racials. The Zandalari racial Regeneratin' truly stood out, because the current iteration heals for 25% every second for 4 seconds on a 1.5 min cooldown and the cast is not interrupted by taking damage. Blizzard already announced upcoming nerfs to the racial, and the channel should be interrupted by damage. Jan 10, 2019 at 13:38 by Stan 11 comments

As the next patch PTR comes up, so do new hotfixes and today we have another pretty big batch. The big news is refundable armor bought from Titan Residuum, then there's some more Mage and Shaman Azerite trait fixes, Monk, Paladin and Rogue PvP tuning and more. Jan 10, 2019 at 04:21 by Starym 2 comments

New Portal Rooms in Orgrimmar & Stormwind

The two main faction hubs have been updated with portal rooms in Patch 8.1.5. When taking a Mage portal to Stormwind or Orgrimmar, you'll automatically land in one of them. Portal rooms provide access to a variety of zones. Read on for more details! Jan 09, 2019 at 18:17 by Stan 7 comments

Kul Tirans & Zandalari Trolls Coming in Patch 8.1.5

Both highly-anticipated Allied Races will be finally available for play in Patch 8.1.5, but the upcoming content update just hit test realms yesterday, so don't expect them go live before February 26. Jan 09, 2019 at 16:14 by Stan 15 comments

Darkmoon Faire Roller Coaster in Patch 8.1.5

Blizzard at last year's BlizzCon confirmed the addition of a roller coaster to the Darkmoon Island and in this article, we're looking at it in more detail. Jan 09, 2019 at 14:41 by Stan 6 comments

Crusaders Direhorn (Zandalari Troll Paladin Mount)

Paladins have been confirmed as a playable race for Zandalari Trolls in Patch 8.1.5 and while the lore surrounding the class is not certain yet, it has something to do with Kimbul, not Rezan. Anyway, the class mount is Crusader's Direhorn, a gold-plated dinosaur. Jan 09, 2019 at 13:06 by Stan 14 comments

Patch 8.1.5 is now available for testing on PTR and first, we're looking at Kul Tiran and Zandalari Troll racials that are have been added to the game. Jan 09, 2019 at 12:26 by Stan 13 comments

Crucible of Storms raid testing begins this week with the Restless Cabal encounter. Jan 09, 2019 at 00:49 by Stan

8.1.5 is coming to the PTR very soon and we have some developer notes to find out what's coming with it! The two new allied races are coming, with Zandalari Trolls and Kul Tiran Humans finally within our reach, some new invasions of the Naga variety, some updates for capital cities (new portal rooms) and WSG and AB, as well as new War Campaign quests, Wintergrasp as an Epic Battleground, the return of the Brawler's Guild and a lot more!

You can also check out our allied races guides for more info on what we'll be getting and how to unlock them. Jan 08, 2019 at 20:22 by Starym 13 comments

This week's events include Arena Skirmishes, Darkmoon Faire, and Warsong Scramble PvP Brawl. Jan 08, 2019 at 19:00 by Stan

Here we go with the first hotfixes of 2019! We have a lot of tweaks today, from a G'huun 5% Hp nerf on all difficulties, to Hunter and Shaman Hear of Azeroth trait fixes, dungeon changes, Druid, Priest and Shaman PvP tweaks, Rhan'ka's Escape Plan no longer being usable in M+, raids and rated PvP (which was announced a while ago) and more!

We also had some tuning for the Isle of Conquest earlier today, which you can check out here. Jan 08, 2019 at 03:23 by Starym

Podcast #33

Blizzard Adjacent

WoW

Patch 8.1.5 details
Overwatch

Bastet short story, armor nerf patch
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Imperius reveal
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eSports survey question, Second Dinner announcement
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The Darkening of Tristram returns
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Bungie and Activision part ways, Bungie keeps Destiny

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CHANGELOG

13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Azerite Traits and Armor
- Updated Streaking Stars and some rankings.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Boss by Boss Strategies
- Updated some talent recommendations.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Builds and Talents
- Updated PvP talent recomendations.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Easy Mode
- Minor updates to recommendations.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid How to Improve
- Added a Mobility section.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Macros and Addons
- Updated AP Pro Bar.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
- Added a Nature's Balance opener section and amended the Starlord section.
13 Jan. 2019: Balance Druid Spell Summary
- Cleaned up some formatting.

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