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Mage: change history

212 changes across 8 patches (Feb 25, 2026 to Oct 6, 2026), newest first. Nerf Radar tracks the 10 most recent official updates for World of Warcraft (Retail), back to Feb 25, 2026.
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  1. WoW Retail Hotfixes: October 6, 2026Buff 10Nerf 3Adjust 22Fix 2Official notes ↗
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    PvP · Fire
    World in Flames now empowers Flamestrike to deal up to 75% more damage (was 50%).
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    World in Flames now empowers Flamestrike to deal up to 75% more damage (was 50%).
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    PvP · Fire
    Glass Cannon now increases the damage of Fireball, Scorch, and Ignite by 25% (was 20%).
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    Glass Cannon now increases the damage of Fireball, Scorch, and Ignite by 25% (was 20%).
    Buff
    PvP · Frost
    Frost Bomb damage increased by 150%.
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    Frost Bomb damage increased by 150%.
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    PvP · Frost
    Icy Feet now grants snare immunity for 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
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    Icy Feet now grants snare immunity for 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
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    PvP · Arcane
    Chrono Shift (PvP Talent) now reduces movement speed by 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
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    Chrono Shift (PvP Talent) now reduces movement speed by 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
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    Fire
    Meteor's damage over time increased by 100%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    Meteor's damage over time increased by 100%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    Fire · Frostfire
    Dualcasting Adept now increases Flamestrike damage by 15% (was 10%).
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    Dualcasting Adept now increases Flamestrike damage by 15% (was 10%).
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    Fire · Sunfury
    Burden of Power now increases Flamestrike damage by 6% (was 3%).
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    Burden of Power now increases Flamestrike damage by 6% (was 3%).
    Buff
    Frost
    Frozen Orb damage increased by 15%.
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    Frozen Orb damage increased by 15%.
    Buff
    Frost
    Comet Storm damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    Comet Storm damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    Frost
    Frostbite's Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
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    Frostbite's Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
    Buff
    Frost
    Glacial Assault icy comet damage increased by 50%.
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    Glacial Assault icy comet damage increased by 50%.
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    PvP · Fire
    Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast or Flamestrike by 160% in PvP combat (was 180%).
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    Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast or Flamestrike by 160% in PvP combat (was 180%).
    Fix
    Hero Talents · Spellslinger
    Fixed an issue causing Splinters from Augury Abounds to sometimes strike crowd-controlled targets when other non-crowd controlled targets are available.
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    Fixed an issue causing Splinters from Augury Abounds to sometimes strike crowd-controlled targets when other non-crowd controlled targets are available.
    Buff
    Fire
    All ability damage increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    All ability damage increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
    Buff
    Frost
    All ability damage increased by 6%.
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    All ability damage increased by 6%.
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    PvP
    Improved Conjuration reduces the cooldown of Mirror Image by 15 sec in PvP combat.
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    Improved Conjuration reduces the cooldown of Mirror Image by 15 sec in PvP combat.
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    PvP
    Winter's Protection reduces Ice Block cooldown by 15/30 sec in PvP combat. Tooltip in PvP will be updated in a later patch.
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    Winter's Protection reduces Ice Block cooldown by 15/30 sec in PvP combat. Tooltip in PvP will be updated in a later patch.
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    PvP · Arcane
    Prismatic Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
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    Prismatic Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
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    PvP · Fire
    Blazing Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
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    Blazing Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Fire
    All damage reduced by 3% in PvP combat.
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    All damage reduced by 3% in PvP combat.
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    PvP · Frost
    Ice Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
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    Ice Barrier absorb reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
    Fix
    Fire
    Resolved an issue where the 2-piece set bonus: Flamestrike did not correctly always grant Hot Streak when it is a guaranteed critical strike due to Pyroclasm.
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    Resolved an issue where the 2-piece set bonus: Flamestrike did not correctly always grant Hot Streak when it is a guaranteed critical strike due to Pyroclasm.
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    Frost
    Ice Barrier absorb amount increased to 35% of maximum health (was 30%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
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    Ice Barrier absorb amount increased to 35% of maximum health (was 30%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
    Buff
    Frost
    Blizzard damage increased by 10%.
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    Blizzard damage increased by 10%.
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    Frost
    Frostbite Talent: Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
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    Frostbite Talent: Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
    Buff
    Frost
    Frostfire: Isothermic Core — Meteor damage increased by 25%.
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    Frostfire: Isothermic Core - Meteor damage increased by 25%.
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    PvP · Fire
    Burnout now explodes for 50% of remaining Ignite damage in PvP combat (was 75%).
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    Burnout now explodes for 50% of remaining Ignite damage in PvP combat (was 75%).
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    PvP · Fire
    Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 180% in PvP combat (was 230%).
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    Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 180% in PvP combat (was 230%).
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    PvP · Fire
    Molten Fury now increases damage to targets below 35% health by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
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    Molten Fury now increases damage to targets below 35% health by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
    Buff
    Arcane
    All ability damage increased by 3%.
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    All ability damage increased by 3%.
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    Arcane
    Venomous Abyss 2-piece set bonus updated – Arcane Missiles damage bonus reduced to 5% (was 20%).
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    Venomous Abyss 2-piece set bonus updated – Arcane Missiles damage bonus reduced to 5% (was 20%).
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    Arcane
    Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus updated – Cumulative Power damage bonus per stack reduced to 3% (was 5%).
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    Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus updated – Cumulative Power damage bonus per stack reduced to 3% (was 5%).
    Buff
    PvP · Fire
    Pyroblast damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
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    Pyroblast damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Fire
    Meteor damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
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    Meteor damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Fire
    Comet Storm damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
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    Comet Storm damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
    Adjust
    PvP · Fire
    Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus updated – Now decreases the cast time of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 30% (was 10%) and increases Pyroclasm's damage bonus by 5% (was 10%) in PvP combat.
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    Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus updated – Now decreases the cast time of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 30% (was 10%) and increases Pyroclasm's damage bonus by 5% (was 10%) in PvP combat.
  2. WoW Retail: 12.1.5 Content Update NotesAdjust 4Fix 6Official notes ↗
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    Arcane
    Several Arcane spells have been added to the Spell Density system for additional visibility options for non-Mage players.
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    Several Arcane spells have been added to the Spell Density system for additional visibility options for non-Mage players.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue where Splitting Ice's damage modifier would not apply to Frostbolt, causing both Frostbolts to hit for full damage.
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    Fixed an issue where Splitting Ice's damage modifier would not apply to Frostbolt, causing both Frostbolts to hit for full damage.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue where casting a Frostfire Bolt and then switching to Spellslinger Hero Specialization would cause Frostbolt to have the Splitting Ice damage multiplier apply to the main target in addition to the secondary target.
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    Fixed an issue where casting a Frostfire Bolt and then switching to Spellslinger Hero Specialization would cause Frostbolt to have the Splitting Ice damage multiplier apply to the main target in addition to the secondary target.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue where a Splitting Ice Frostbolt had a smaller search radius for its second target than other spells.
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    Fixed an issue where a Splitting Ice Frostbolt had a smaller search radius for its second target than other spells.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue with Shatter where if two Ice Lances were in the air at the same time, with the first benefitting from Fingers of Frost and the second not, neither would benefit from Fingers of Frost. This could also occur with Thermal Void, which is also fixed.
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    Fixed an issue with Shatter where if two Ice Lances were in the air at the same time, with the first benefitting from Fingers of Frost and the second not, neither would benefit from Fingers of Frost. This could also occur with Thermal Void, which is also fixed.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue with Crystalline Refraction where interrupting Ray of Frost by casting Ray of Frost could cause it to not generate Fingers of Frost.
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    Fixed an issue with Crystalline Refraction where interrupting Ray of Frost by casting Ray of Frost could cause it to not generate Fingers of Frost.
    Fix
    Frost · Frostfire
    Fixed an issue preventing Frostfire Empowerment's effects from applying to the second target when Frostfire Bolt hit a second target due to Splitting Ice.
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    Fixed an issue preventing Frostfire Empowerment's effects from applying to the second target when Frostfire Bolt hit a second target due to Splitting Ice.
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    Frost · Frostfire
    Frostfire Infusion's tooltip has been updated, functionality unchanged.
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    Frostfire Infusion's tooltip has been updated, functionality unchanged.
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    Frost · Spellslinger
    Splinterstorm is now trackable in the Cooldown Manager as a Buff.
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    Splinterstorm is now trackable in the Cooldown Manager as a Buff.
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    Frost · Spellslinger
    Splinterstorm is no longer removed on start of a raid encounter or Mythic+.
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    Splinterstorm is no longer removed on start of a raid encounter or Mythic+.
  3. WoW Retail: Curse of Ula'tek Content Update Notes (Aug 6, 2026)Buff 6Adjust 38New 3Removed 1Fix 3Official notes ↗
    New
    New Talent: Improved Warding – Damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 4%.
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    New Talent: Improved Warding – Damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 4%.
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    Improved Prismatic Barrier has been redesigned – Prismatic Barrier gains an additional charge and further reduces magic damage taken by 5%.
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    Improved Prismatic Barrier has been redesigned – Prismatic Barrier gains an additional charge and further reduces magic damage taken by 5%.
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    Improved Blazing Barrier has been redesigned – Blazing Barrier gains an additional charge and cauterizes your wounds, healing you for 15% of the damage it absorbs.
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    Improved Blazing Barrier has been redesigned – Blazing Barrier gains an additional charge and cauterizes your wounds, healing you for 15% of the damage it absorbs.
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    Improved Ice Barrier has been redesigned – Ice Barrier gains an additional charge and reduces your physical damage taken by 10%.
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    Improved Ice Barrier has been redesigned – Ice Barrier gains an additional charge and reduces your physical damage taken by 10%.
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    Temporal Realignment has been updated – Now immediately heals 20% of your health and heals an additional 30% over 6 seconds.
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    Temporal Realignment has been updated – Now immediately heals 20% of your health and heals an additional 30% over 6 seconds.
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    Hero Talents · Spellslinger
    Spellfrost Teachings's tooltip has been adjusted for clarity. Functionality unchanged.
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    Spellfrost Teachings's tooltip has been adjusted for clarity. Functionality unchanged.
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Rondurmancy has been redesigned – Your chance to generate a Spellfire Sphere is increased by 6%/12%. Spellfire Spheres grant an additional 1% spell damage.
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    Rondurmancy has been redesigned – Your chance to generate a Spellfire Sphere is increased by 6%/12%. Spellfire Spheres grant an additional 1% spell damage.
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Ashes of Inspiration has been redesigned – Each time your Phoenix casts a spell, gain 1 stack of Mana Cascade. Exceptional Spells grant 1 additional stack.
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    Ashes of Inspiration has been redesigned – Each time your Phoenix casts a spell, gain 1 stack of Mana Cascade. Exceptional Spells grant 1 additional stack.
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Memory of Al'ar has been updated – Combustion and Arcane Surge no longer cause the Mage to gain twice as many stacks of Mana Cascade.
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    Memory of Al'ar has been updated – Combustion and Arcane Surge no longer cause the Mage to gain twice as many stacks of Mana Cascade.
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Spellfire Spheres orb generation chance reduced to 6% for Arcane Mages and 12% for Fire Mages (was 12% and 25%).
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    Spellfire Spheres orb generation chance reduced to 6% for Arcane Mages and 12% for Fire Mages (was 12% and 25%).
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Mana Cascade no longer has a stack cap.
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    Mana Cascade no longer has a stack cap.
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    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Mana Cascade is now also gained when the Mage casts Arcane Pulse or Prismatic Bolt.
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    Mana Cascade is now also gained when the Mage casts Arcane Pulse or Prismatic Bolt.
    Fix
    Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Fixed an issue for Arcane that caused Mana Cascade to be gained from some unintended spells.
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    Fixed an issue for Arcane that caused Mana Cascade to be gained from some unintended spells.
    New
    Arcane
    New Apex Talent: Prismatic Bolt.
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    New Apex Talent: Prismatic Bolt
    • Rank 1: Arcane Barrage has a 1% chance per Arcane Salvo stack consumed to trigger Prismatic Bolt. Prismatic Bolt devastates the target with overwhelming energy, dealing Arcane damage to your target and reduced Arcane damage to nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Generates 4 Arcane Charges. Not affected by Arcane Blast talents or effects and does not scale its damage or mana cost with Arcane Charges.
    • Rank 2: Prismatic Bolt has a 50%/100% chance to grant Clearcasting. Arcane Missiles damage increased by 15%/30%.
    • Rank 3: Arcane Salvo grants an additional 1% chance to trigger Prismatic Bolt. Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15%.
    New
    Arcane
    New Talent: Refractive Images – 10% of damage you would take is instead dealt over 8 seconds. Casting Mirror Image increases this effect to 30% for 15 seconds.
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    New Talent: Refractive Images – 10% of damage you would take is instead dealt over 8 seconds. Casting Mirror Image increases this effect to 30% for 15 seconds.
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    Arcane
    Arcane Pulse has been redesigned – Cast time reduced to 2 seconds (was 2.25 seconds). Radius increased to 8 yards (was 2 yards). Now has a 15-second cooldown, generates 1 Arcane Charge for each enemy struck, and costs 10% of base mana. No longer has its cast time, radius, mana cost, or cast speed affected by Arcane Charges.
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    Arcane Pulse has been redesigned – Cast time reduced to 2 seconds (was 2.25 seconds). Radius increased to 8 yards (was 2 yards). Now has a 15-second cooldown, generates 1 Arcane Charge for each enemy struck, and costs 10% of base mana. No longer has its cast time, radius, mana cost, or cast speed affected by Arcane Charges.
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    Arcane
    Orb Mastery has been redesigned – Casting Arcane Orb fires 2 additional orbs at 50% effectiveness.
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    Orb Mastery has been redesigned – Casting Arcane Orb fires 2 additional orbs at 50% effectiveness.
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    Arcane
    Expanded Mind has been updated – Casting Arcane Orb grants 1 stack of Arcane Salvo (was 2). Casting Prismatic Bolt now grants 4 stacks of Arcane Salvo.
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    Expanded Mind has been updated – Casting Arcane Orb grants 1 stack of Arcane Salvo (was 2). Casting Prismatic Bolt now grants 4 stacks of Arcane Salvo.
    Buff
    Arcane
    Arcane Blast damage increased by 20%.
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    Arcane Blast damage increased by 20%.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Impetus no longer affects Arcane Pulse.
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    Impetus no longer affects Arcane Pulse.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Prodigious Savant no longer affects Arcane Pulse.
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    Prodigious Savant no longer affects Arcane Pulse.
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    Arcane
    Amplification moved below Presence of Mind / Slipstream in the talent tree.
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    Amplification moved below Presence of Mind / Slipstream in the talent tree.
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    Arcane
    Improved Clearcasting moved above Arcane Pulse in the talent tree, where Amplification was previously located.
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    Improved Clearcasting moved above Arcane Pulse in the talent tree, where Amplification was previously located.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue with how the tooltip calculated Clearcasting's chance to occur with different talent selections. Clearcasting's functionality is unchanged.
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    Fixed an issue with how the tooltip calculated Clearcasting's chance to occur with different talent selections. Clearcasting's functionality is unchanged.
    Removed
    Arcane
    Touch of the Archmage has been removed.
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    Touch of the Archmage has been removed.
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    Arcane · Hero Talents · Spellslinger
    Polished Focus has been updated – Casting Arcane Barrage while at 20 or more Arcane Salvo stacks refunds 3 Arcane Salvo stacks (was 5).
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    Polished Focus has been updated – Casting Arcane Barrage while at 20 or more Arcane Salvo stacks refunds 3 Arcane Salvo stacks (was 5).
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    Arcane · Hero Talents · Spellslinger
    Splintering Orbs damage bonus to Arcane Orb increased to 50% (was 10%).
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    Splintering Orbs damage bonus to Arcane Orb increased to 50% (was 10%).
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    Arcane · Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Glorious Incandescence now summons a Meteorite for every 5 stacks of Arcane Salvo consumed (was 6 stacks).
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    Glorious Incandescence now summons a Meteorite for every 5 stacks of Arcane Salvo consumed (was 6 stacks).
    Fix
    Arcane · Hero Talents · Sunfury
    Fixed an issue that prevented Meteorites from granting Clearcasting.
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    Fixed an issue that prevented Meteorites from granting Clearcasting.
    Buff
    Fire
    All damage increased by 19%.
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    All damage increased by 19%.
    Buff
    Fire
    Pyroblast damage increased by 15%.
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    Pyroblast damage increased by 15%.
    Buff
    Fire
    Flamestrike damage increased by 15%.
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    Flamestrike damage increased by 15%.
    Adjust
    Fire
    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 1) now grants 2% increased Fire damage for 8 seconds (was 4% for 12 seconds).
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    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 1) now grants 2% increased Fire damage for 8 seconds (was 4% for 12 seconds).
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    Fire
    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 2) now increases Fire damage by 5%/10% (was 3%/6%).
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    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 2) now increases Fire damage by 5%/10% (was 3%/6%).
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    Fire
    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 3) chance to occur during Combustion has been slightly reduced.
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    Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 3) chance to occur during Combustion has been slightly reduced.
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    Fire
    Pyroclasm duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
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    Pyroclasm duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
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    Frost
    Glacial Bulwark has been updated – No longer grants an additional charge of Ice Barrier.
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    Glacial Bulwark has been updated – No longer grants an additional charge of Ice Barrier.
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    Frost
    Splitting Ice has been updated – Flurry and Frostbolt effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 80%).
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    Splitting Ice has been updated – Flurry and Frostbolt effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 80%).
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    Frost
    Fractured Frost has been updated – Ice Lance effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 100%).
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    Fractured Frost has been updated – Ice Lance effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 100%).
    Buff
    Frost
    All ability and pet damage increased by 7%.
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    All ability and pet damage increased by 7%.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Apex Talent: Hand of Frost (Rank 2) now grants 0.5%/1% increased spell damage (was 1%/2%).
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    Apex Talent: Hand of Frost (Rank 2) now grants 0.5%/1% increased spell damage (was 1%/2%).
    • Developers' notes: Hand of Frost in combination with Frost's Hero Talents was providing more burst than we'd like.
    Buff
    PvP
    Arcanosphere damage increased by 25%.
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    Arcanosphere damage increased by 25%.
    Adjust
    PvP
    Overpowered Barrier increases barrier absorption by 60% (was 100%).
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    Overpowered Barrier increases barrier absorption by 60% (was 100%).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Overpowered Barrier movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
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    Overpowered Barrier movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Blast Wave movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
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    Blast Wave movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Freezing Cold movement slow reduced to 70% in PvP combat (was 80%).
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    Freezing Cold movement slow reduced to 70% in PvP combat (was 80%).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Ring of Frost movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 65%).
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    Ring of Frost movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 65%).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Improved Mass Invisibility reduces cooldown by 3 minutes (was 4 minutes).
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    Improved Mass Invisibility reduces cooldown by 3 minutes (was 4 minutes).
    Adjust
    PvP
    Ring of Fire duration increased to 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
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    Ring of Fire duration increased to 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
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    PvP · Arcane
    Overpowered Barrier no longer grants Invisibility and immunity. Instead, it grants Time Warp for 6 seconds if the barrier is fully consumed.
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    Overpowered Barrier no longer grants Invisibility and immunity. Instead, it grants Time Warp for 6 seconds if the barrier is fully consumed.
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    PvP · Frost
    Snowdrift movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
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    Snowdrift movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
  4. WoW Retail Hotfixes: July 28, 2026Buff 2Nerf 1Official notes ↗
    Buff
    Arcane
    All ability damage increased by 3%.
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    All ability damage increased by 3%.
    Nerf
    PvP · Frost
    Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
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    Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Frost
    All damage increased 3% in PvP combat.
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    All damage increased 3% in PvP combat.
  5. WoW Retail Hotfixes: June 12, 2026Buff 10Nerf 2Adjust 9Fix 5Official notes ↗
    Buff
    Arcane
    All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
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    All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
    Buff
    Arcane
    Arcane Missiles damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
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    Arcane Missiles damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Sunfury: Burden of Power — Arcane Blast damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%). Arcane Pulse damage bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).
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    Sunfury: Burden of Power - Arcane Blast damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%). Arcane Pulse damage bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).
    Buff
    Fire
    Pyroblast damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
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    Pyroblast damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
    Buff
    Fire
    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
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    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP.
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    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP
    Buff
    Frost
    Frostfire: Duality — Pyroblast damage increased by 25%.
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    Frostfire: Duality - Pyroblast damage increased by 25%.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Dualcasting Adept — Shatter damage bonus increased to 40% (was 15%).
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    Frostfire: Dualcasting Adept - Shatter damage bonus increased to 40% (was 15%).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Heat Sink — Flurry damage bonus increased to 25% (was 10%).
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    Frostfire: Heat Sink - Flurry damage bonus increased to 25% (was 10%).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Blast Radius — Comet Storm damage bonus increased to 50% (was 20%).
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    Frostfire: Blast Radius - Comet Storm damage bonus increased to 50% (was 20%).
    Buff
    PvP · Fire
    Fireball and Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 35% in PvP combat.
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    Fireball and Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 35% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Fire
    Meteor direct damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
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    Meteor direct damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
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    Frost
    Shatter damage to the primary target reduced by 6%.
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    Shatter damage to the primary target reduced by 6%.
    • Developers' notes: Bug fixes last week to Hand of Frost and Flurry provided a meaningful damage increase to Frost. This change is primarily intended to offset the boost from those fixes.
    Buff
    PvP · Arcane
    Arcane Blast damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
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    Arcane Blast damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Arcane
    Arcane Missile damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
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    Arcane Missile damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Fire
    Pyroblast damage reduced by 6% in PvP combat.
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    Pyroblast damage reduced by 6% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Fire
    Fireball damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
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    Fireball damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
    Adjust
    PvP · Fire
    Sunfury: Codex of the Sunstriders now increases spell damage during Combustion by 1% for each Spellfire Sphere consumed in PvP combat (was 2%).
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    Sunfury: Codex of the Sunstriders now increases spell damage during Combustion by 1% for each Spellfire Sphere consumed in PvP combat (was 2%).
    Nerf
    PvP · Frost
    Ray of Frost damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
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    Ray of Frost damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue causing some spells to be incorrectly locked during Party Sync.
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    Fixed an issue causing some spells to be incorrectly locked during Party Sync.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost Rank 2 to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
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    Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost Rank 2 to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue that could cause Flurry to not benefit fully from the damage bonus of Brain Freeze, when a non-Brain-Freeze-affected Flurry was cast immediately afterwards.
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    Fixed an issue that could cause Flurry to not benefit fully from the damage bonus of Brain Freeze, when a non-Brain-Freeze-affected Flurry was cast immediately afterwards.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue causing some Tracked Buffs for Frostfire to not display correctly.
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    Fixed an issue causing some Tracked Buffs for Frostfire to not display correctly.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Casting Mass Invisibility now correctly interrupts the Mage's current spell.
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    Casting Mass Invisibility now correctly interrupts the Mage's current spell.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost (Rank 2) to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
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    Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost (Rank 2) to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
    Adjust
    PvP
    Mass Invisibility will no longer target players carrying the Deephaul Crystal in Deephaul Ravine.
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    Mass Invisibility will no longer target players carrying the Deephaul Crystal in Deephaul Ravine.
  6. WoW Retail: 12.0.5 Content Update NotesAdjust 4Fix 2Official notes ↗
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Arcane Pulse cast time is now 2.25 seconds (was 1.75 seconds) and its cast time is reduced by 8% for each Arcane Charge you have.
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    Arcane Pulse cast time is now 2.25 seconds (was 1.75 seconds) and its cast time is reduced by 8% for each Arcane Charge you have.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue where Arcane Missiles with Aether Attunement talented or an Overpowered Missiles proc would target critters and pull them into combat, but not deal damage to them.
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    Fixed an issue where Arcane Missiles with Aether Attunement talented or an Overpowered Missiles proc would target critters and pull them into combat, but not deal damage to them.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Icicles has been updated – No longer generates rapidly out of combat.
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    Icicles has been updated – No longer generates rapidly out of combat.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Glacial Spike now has a duration of 60 seconds (was unlimited).
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    Glacial Spike now has a duration of 60 seconds (was unlimited).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frozen Orb can now be cast without a target selected.
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    Frozen Orb can now be cast without a target selected.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue causing Freezing Rain's effect duration to not match the duration of Frozen Orb.
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    Fixed an issue causing Freezing Rain's effect duration to not match the duration of Frozen Orb.
  7. WoW Retail Hotfixes: April 17, 2026Buff 11Nerf 3Adjust 14Fix 22Official notes ↗
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Sunfury: Burden of Power now increases Arcane Blast damage by 25% (was 5%) and Arcane Pulse damage by 15% (was 5%).
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    Sunfury: Burden of Power now increases Arcane Blast damage by 25% (was 5%) and Arcane Pulse damage by 15% (was 5%).
    • Developers' notes: Arcane Sunfury is a bit farther behind our expectations in single target damage.
    Fix
    Fire
    Fixed an issue causing the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight to not suggest Flamestrike when the target-cast version of Flamestrike was talented.
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    Fixed an issue causing the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight to not suggest Flamestrike when the target-cast version of Flamestrike was talented.
    Buff
    PvP · Arcane
    Arcanosphere damage increased by 250%.
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    Arcanosphere damage increased by 250%.
    Adjust
    PvP · Fire
    Each stack of Fired Up now increases Fire damage by 2% in PvP combat (was 4%).
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    Each stack of Fired Up now increases Fire damage by 2% in PvP combat (was 4%).
    Adjust
    PvP · Fire
    Burn It All now increases spell damage by 5% during Combustion in PvP combat (was 10%).
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    Burn It All now increases spell damage by 5% during Combustion in PvP combat (was 10%).
    Fix
    Fire
    Fixed an issue causing Fire Blast to not damage players in stealth.
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    Fixed an issue causing Fire Blast to not damage players in stealth.
    Fix
    PvP
    Fixed an issue where Counterspell would sometimes grant Precognition to enemy Mages, even if they were successfully interrupted.
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    Fixed an issue where Counterspell would sometimes grant Precognition to enemy Mages, even if they were successfully interrupted.
    Adjust
    Mass Invisibility will now correctly affect the pets and summons of the units it affects.
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    Mass Invisibility will now correctly affect pets and summons of units it applies to.
    Adjust
    Spellslinger: Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instincts to incorrectly reattribute damage from support effects.
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    Spellslinger: Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instincts to incorrectly reattribute damage from support effects.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue causing Eureka to not affect all 3 Orbs fired from Clearcasted Arcane Orbs.
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    Fixed an issue causing Eureka to not affect all 3 Orbs fired from Clearcasted Arcane Orbs.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue preventing Arcane Echo from triggering correctly.
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    Fixed an issue preventing Arcane Echo from triggering correctly.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue preventing Brainstorm from triggering correctly.
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    Fixed an issue preventing Brainstorm from triggering correctly.
    Fix
    Arcane
    Fixed an issue causing Touch of the Magi to not reattribute damage from support effects correctly.
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    Fixed an issue causing Touch of the Magi to not reattribute damage from support effects correctly.
    Buff
    PvP · Arcane
    All damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.
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    All damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Arcane
    Arcane Missiles damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
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    Arcane Missiles damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
    Fix
    Frost
    Fixed an issue where Splintering Orb damage was unintentionally reduced.
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    Fixed an issue where Splintering Orb damage was unintentionally reduced.
    Buff
    Arcane
    Arcane Blast damage increased by 25%.
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    Arcane Blast damage increased by 25%.
    Buff
    Arcane
    Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP.
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    Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Arcing Cleave additional targets receive 40% of Arcane Barrage's damage (was 60%).
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    Arcing Cleave additional targets receive 40% of Arcane Barrage's damage (was 60%).
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus reduced to 10% (was 25%).
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    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus reduced to 10% (was 25%).
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Controlled Instincts Cleave percentage reduced to 40% (was 60%).
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    Spellslinger: Controlled Instincts Cleave percentage reduced to 40% (was 60%).
    Adjust
    Fire
    Ignition now increases Flamestrike's Ignite damage by 15% (was 50%).
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    Ignition now increases Flamestrike's Ignite damage by 15% (was 50%).
    Adjust
    Fire
    Season 1 set 2-piece: Now increases Pyroblast and Flamestrike damage by 6% (was 8%).
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    Season 1 set 2-piece: Now increases Pyroblast and Flamestrike damage by 6% (was 8%).
    Adjust
    Fire
    Season 1 set 4-piece: Fire Blast cooldown reduction reduced to 0.3 seconds (was 0.5 seconds).
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    Season 1 set 4-piece: Fire Blast cooldown reduction reduced to 0.3 seconds (was 0.5 seconds).
    Buff
    Fire
    Fireball damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
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    Fireball damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    Buff
    Fire
    Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
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    Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    Buff
    Fire
    Fire Blast damage increased by 25%. Does not affect PvP combat.
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    Fire Blast damage increased by 25%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Frost
    Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
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    Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Frost
    Frostbolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.
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    Frostbolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.
    Buff
    PvP · Frost
    Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.
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    Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.
    Adjust
    PvP · Frost
    Brain Freeze now increases the damage of Flurry by 25% in PvP combat (was 50%).
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    Brain Freeze now increases the damage of Flurry by 25% in PvP combat (was 50%).
    Buff
    PvP · Frost
    Flurry damage increased by 75% in PvP combat.
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    Flurry damage increased by 75% in PvP combat.
    Adjust
    PvP · Frost
    Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment now increases the damage of Frostfire Bolt by 10% (was 36%) in PvP combat.
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    Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment now increases the damage of Frostfire Bolt by 10% (was 36%) in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Mistweaver
    All healing reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
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    All healing reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
    Nerf
    PvP · Mistweaver
    Sheilun's Gift healing decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
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    Sheilun's Gift healing decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue where Reverberate's additional cast was incorrectly generating Splinters, Arcane Salvo stacks, and Spellfire Spheres.
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    Fixed an issue where Reverberate's additional cast was incorrectly generating Splinters, Arcane Salvo stacks, and Spellfire Spheres.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue where Comet Storm was usable while Fleeing or Feared.
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    Fixed an issue where Comet Storm was usable while Fleeing or Feared.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Scorch to not deal the correct damage when talented into Scald and Heat Shimmer.
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    Fixed an issue causing Scorch to not deal the correct damage when talented into Scald and Heat Shimmer.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing the Fractured Frost to incorrectly reduced Ice Lance's damage.
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    Fixed an issue causing the Fractured Frost to incorrectly reduced Ice Lance's damage.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Spontaneous Combustion to grant an incorrect number of Fire Blast charges.
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    Fixed an issue causing Spontaneous Combustion to grant an incorrect number of Fire Blast charges.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Splitting Ice to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
    Source line
    Fixed an issue causing Splitting Ice to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
    Source line
    Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
    Source line
    Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instinct's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
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    Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instinct's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Splintering Ray's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
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    Fixed an issue causing Splintering Ray's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue allowing Arcane Surge to be usable in the Assisted Rotation for Arcane Mages.
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    Fixed an issue allowing Arcane Surge to be usable in the Assisted Rotation for Arcane Mages.
    Adjust
    Chilled effect no longer shows "Immune" floating combat text when an enemy is not crowd-controllable.
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    Chilled effect no longer shows "Immune" floating combat text when an enemy is not crowd-controllable.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Comet Storm to pull enemies through walls without damaging them.
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    Fixed an issue causing Comet Storm to pull enemies through walls without damaging them.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Shatter to pull enemies through walls.
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    Fixed an issue causing Shatter to pull enemies through walls.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Duality Pyroblasts to pull enemies through walls.
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    Fixed an issue causing Duality Pyroblasts to pull enemies through walls.
  8. WoW Retail Hotfixes: February 25, 2026Buff 2Nerf 7Adjust 14Fix 6Official notes ↗
    Adjust
    Arcane Warding now reduces magic damage taken by 4/8% (was 2/4%).
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    Arcane Warding now reduces magic damage taken by 4/8% (was 2/4%).
    Adjust
    All Mage Barrier spells absorb an additional 5% maximum health.
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    All Mage Barrier spells absorb an additional 5% maximum health.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue allowing Hand of Frost to trigger from Shatter effects on units with no Freezing stacks.
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    Fixed an issue allowing Hand of Frost to trigger from Shatter effects on units with no Freezing stacks.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Slipstream to cease functioning after consuming a stack of Clearcasting with Orb Mastery.
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    Fixed an issue causing Slipstream to cease functioning after consuming a stack of Clearcasting with Orb Mastery.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Thermal Void to not Shatter additional stacks on secondary Ice Lance targets.
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    Fixed an issue causing Thermal Void to not Shatter additional stacks on secondary Ice Lance targets.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Frost Bomb to only apply Chilled to its main target.
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    Fixed an issue causing Frost Bomb to only apply Chilled to its main target.
    Fix
    Fixed an issue causing Scorch's impact visual to play on the caster and its target.
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    Fixed an issue causing Scorch's impact visual to play on the caster and its target.
    Adjust
    Overpowered Missiles no longer highlights Arcane Missiles on your action bar.
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    Overpowered Missiles no longer highlights Arcane Missiles on your action bar.
    Adjust
    Fired Up no longer highlights Fire Blast on your action bar.
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    Fired Up no longer highlights Fire Blast on your action bar.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Arcane Pulse cast time reduced to 1.75 seconds (was 2.25 seconds).
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    Arcane Pulse cast time reduced to 1.75 seconds (was 2.25 seconds).
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus reduced to 25% (was 35%).
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    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus reduced to 25% (was 35%).
    Nerf
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Arcane Splinter damage reduced by 50%.
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    Spellslinger: Arcane Splinter damage reduced by 50%.
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Signature Spell now increases Arcane Blast and Arcane Pulse damage by 15% (was 25%).
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    Spellslinger: Signature Spell now increases Arcane Blast and Arcane Pulse damage by 15% (was 25%).
    Adjust
    Arcane
    Spellslinger: Polished Focus now increases Barrage damage by 15% (was 25%).
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    Spellslinger: Polished Focus now increases Barrage damage by 15% (was 25%).
    Fix
    Fire
    Fixed an issue with Flame On not correctly reducing the cooldown of Fire Blast.
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    Fixed an issue with Flame On not correctly reducing the cooldown of Fire Blast.
    Nerf
    Frost
    Shatter damage reduced by 10%.
    Source line
    Shatter damage reduced by 10%.
    Nerf
    Frost
    Blizzard damage reduced by 10%.
    Source line
    Blizzard damage reduced by 10%.
    Nerf
    Frost
    Frostbolt damage reduced by 10%.
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    Frostbolt damage reduced by 10%.
    Nerf
    Frost
    Frozen Orb damage reduced by 20%.
    Source line
    Frozen Orb damage reduced by 20%.
    Nerf
    Frost
    Winter's End damage reduced by 75%.
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    Winter's End damage reduced by 75%.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Flash Freezeburn Glacial Spike damage bonus reduced to 15% (was 25%).
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    Frostfire: Flash Freezeburn Glacial Spike damage bonus reduced to 15% (was 25%).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Frostfire: Dualcasting Adept now increases Shatter and Blizzard's damage by 15% (was 10%).
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    Frostfire: Dualcasting Adept now increases Shatter and Blizzard's damage by 15% (was 10%).
    Buff
    Frost
    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 10%.
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    Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 10%.
    Adjust
    Frost
    Spellslinger: Polished Focus now increases Shatter's damage by 20% (was 10%).
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    Spellslinger: Polished Focus now increases Shatter's damage by 20% (was 10%).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Spellslinger: Signature Spell now increases Frostbolt and Blizzard's damage by 25% (was 15%).
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    Spellslinger: Signature Spell now increases Frostbolt and Blizzard's damage by 25% (was 15%).
    Adjust
    Frost
    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus increased to 40% (was 25%).
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    Spellslinger: Splintering Orbs damage bonus increased to 40% (was 25%).
    Buff
    Frost
    Spellslinger: Frost Splinter damage increased by 10%.
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    Spellslinger: Frost Splinter damage increased by 10%.
    Nerf
    PvP · Fire
    All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.
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    All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.
    Adjust
    PvP · Fire
    Sunfury: Pyroblast damage from Arcane Phoenix reduced by 58% in PvP combat.
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    Sunfury: Pyroblast damage from Arcane Phoenix reduced by 58% in PvP combat.

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