The latest hotfix for Mists of Pandaria aims to make the Sha of Fear fight in Terrace of Endless Spring easier on Heroic difficulty. When transitioning to Phase 2 (the heroic-only phase), players gain the 
Fading Light buff, restoring health and resetting cooldowns to help with the new phase of the encounter. This buff, however, was not resetting all cooldowns, and Blizzard has addressed this by adding a ton of new spells to this cooldown reset.
Mists of Pandaria Classic Hotfixes – Updated September 12
September 12, 2025
Mists of Pandaria Classic
- Players should no longer be prompted for an additional bonus roll when zoning into Terrace of Endless Spring.
- Touch of Sha should no longer target players affected by Spirit of Redemption.
- The following cooldowns will now reset during the Sha of Fear heroic transition: Vigilance, Holy Avenger, Light’s Hammer, Execution Sentence, Spectral Guise, Death’s Advance, Gorefiend’s Grasp, Remorseless Winter, Astral Shift, Windwall Totem, Totemic Projection, Dark Regeneration, Demonic Breath, Sacrificial Pact, Dark Bargain, Blood Horror, Unbound Will, Grimoire of Service Imp / Voidwalker / Succubus / Felhunter / Felguard / Incubus, Mannoroth’s Fury, Invoke Xuen, Diffuse Magic, Dampen Harm, Summon Black Ox Statue, Displacer Beast, Mass Entanglement, Disorienting Roar, Ursol’s Vortex, Heart of the Wild, and Purgatory.
Heroic Sha of Fear, unsurprisingly, has the lowest clear rate out of all current available bosses, with just over 9% of groups downing him. With this change, guilds that were very close to a kill beforehand should be able to secure a kill on their next pulls, gaining valuable damage on Sha of Fear at the start of Phase 2.
Will this change help your guild progress on Heroic Sha of Fear, or have you noticed your cooldowns not properly resetting upon entering Phase 2 of the fight?
