It seems it was bound to happen, and so the nerfs have arrived! The best belt for all specs in patch 11.1.7 is losing a lot of its power, as two of its top abilities are getting their damage reduced. The absolutely most used power is getting a massive decrease, 62%, and others are actually getting some significant buffs. Blizzard explains Charged Bolts was vastly overperforming and the goal of the changes is to make other choices viable.
The changes arrive with the weekly reset. Let’s take a look.
The Durable Information Storage Container belt effects will have the following adjustments with weekly restarts on June 24:
- Critical Chain – Increased by 25%.
- Static Charge – Increased by 50%.
- Charged Crystal – Decreased by 24%.
- Charged Bolt – Decreased by 62%.
- Developers’ notes: A couple of bug fixes alongside tuning changes caused the power of the Charged Bolt effect to go far beyond the other choices and so we are bringing it more in line with the other choices in the upcoming weekly restarts. This will remain top for specs that favor damage procs, but may adjust desired choices for other specs. We are also buffing Static Charge a bit after the ICD change has put it well behind.
