Priest: change history

1. Oct 1, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Oct 1, 2026)Buff 1Nerf 1Fix 2Official notes ↗
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   Devouring Plague

   Devouring Plague can now correctly critically strike.

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   Devouring Plague can now correctly critically strike.

   Fix

   Shadow Word: Death

   Fixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death always benefited from the Early Demise talent, regardless of the target's health.

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   Fixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death was always benefitting from the Early Demise talent regardless of the target's health %.

   Nerf

   Discipline Inner Focus

   Inner Focus no longer applies its Critical Strike increase to periodic effects.

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   Inner Focus no longer applies its Critical Strike increase to Periodic Effects.

   Buff

   Shadow Shadow Weaving

   Shadow Weaving can no longer fail to apply.

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   Shadow Weaving can no longer fail to apply.

2. Sep 24, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Sep 24, 2026)Buff 1Adjust 2Fix 4Official notes ↗
   Fix

   Renew

   Corrected an issue and now Renew can land critical hits.

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   Corrected an issue and now Renew can land critical hits.

   Buff

   Power Word: Shield

   Power Word: Shield can now always overwrite an existing Power Word: Shield on a target that does not have Weakened Soul.

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   Power Word: Shield can now always overwrite an existing Power Word: Shield on a target that does not have Weakened Soul.

   Fix

   Gnome Contingency Plan

   Corrected an issue and now Contingency Plan can land critical hits.

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   Corrected an issue and now Contingency Plan can land critical hits.

   Adjust

   Gnome Confounding Flash

   Confounding Flash now has a cast visual that looks more Holy than Arcane, and its sounds were updated to match.

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   Confounding Flash now has a cast visual. The casting visual is now more Holy oriented than Arcane and the sounds have been updated to match.

   Fix

   Night Elf Starshards

   Starshards now correctly gains resistance to spell pushback from the Twilight Focus talent.

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   Starshards now correctly gains resistance to spell pushback from the Twilight Focus talent.

   Adjust

   Undead Dark Sacrifice

   Dark Sacrifice no longer breaks Crowd Control that breaks on damage.

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   Dark Sacrifice no longer breaks Crowd Control that breaks on damage.

   Fix

   Undead Dark Sacrifice

   Dark Sacrifice's tooltip now correctly displays that the Mana gained from the ability scales with Spirit.

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   Dark Sacrifice's tooltip now correctly displays that the Mana gained from the ability scales with Spirit.

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