WoW Retail: Curse of Ula'tek Content Update Notes (Aug 6, 2026): what changed

Continue the story of Zul'jan as the fog lifts from the island off the east coast of Zul'Aman.

This new three boss dungeon will be available up to Mythic 0 difficulty at the launch of the content update and will join the Mythic+ rotation once Midnight Season 2 begins a week after the launch.

Arriving with the start of Midnight Season 2, players face Ula'tek herself in the Venomous Abyss.

• This new raid dungeon will feature eight new boss encounters and you'll ultimately face off against Ula'tek as the final boss.

Introducing Lairs an evolution on world bosses located in instanced encounters with scaling difficulty up to flexible Mythic with 15-25 players. These will be found in specific locations similar to Delves and will come complete with a summoning stone outside the lair.

Take on three new Delves with one of these as a new Nemesis Delve. You'll step into The Ring of Glory, Gnarldor Isle, and the Venomfall Deeps Nemesis Delve for new rewards (and a little glory). With the start of Midnight Season 2 on August 18, Bountiful Delves become available and players will be able to push into the upper tiers to challenge themselves beyond Tier 7 and face the new Nemesis boss.

After the introduction to Battlegrounds versus bots, we're introducing 3v3 Arenas versus bots to players who want to dip their toes into the Arena and start learning the ropes.

Blueprints let players save their housing creations to swap between or share them with other players!

• Blueprints operate on the entire house (both inside and out), the interior only, the exterior only, or a single room.

Players can place up to 100 beds inside and up to 25 beds outside. Once a bed is placed, players can select a pet to make its home there.

Houses can now reach level 12, unlocking increased limits, large exteriors, and more.

Baseline experience gained from exploring zones reduced by 60%.

Effectiveness of Well Fed gained from Ingest Minerals increased by 30%.

Player health and creature damage has been increased by 25% at max level. Health consumable values have been adjusted to match new health values.

• Developers' notes: In Curse of Ula'tek, we've decided to increase player health and enemy damage by 25% for max level players. We've made similar adjustments at the start of Midnight and also in early Dragonflight. Our intent is for damage to be less spiky and for healing gameplay to be more satisfying. When healing is too bursty, enemies have to be tuned to deal spiky damage which requires quick reactions to survive, and we feel that leads to unsatisfying and more stressful gameplay. While we are increasing overall creature damage with this change, we are hand tuning encounter abilities to deal appropriate damage alongside these changes to meet our goals. We're also making adjustments to several healing and absorb spells for DPS and Tank specializations so that they retain their relative impact.

All class interrupts (such as Kick, Pummel, Counterspell, etc) will now display a "missed" visual over the target's head if used while the target was not casting a spell. It will also play a separate sound to represent a missed interrupt. This is intended to help players recognize when enemies or allies have used their interrupt ability even if a spell was not interrupted.

Diminishing return categories will reset after 20 seconds (was 16 seconds).

• Developers' notes: We've been monitoring the changes made to the diminishing returns system for crowd control effects in PvP during Season 1 and are pleased with the reduction in the number of repeat CC effects a player can be affected by before they become immune to those effects, lowering it from 3 to 2. At this time we also decreased the amount of time it takes before this immunity or reduction resets, and we wanted to make updates to that portion of the system to continue to reduce the total amount of time that players are not in control of their characters. As a result, we're increasing the reset timer from 16 seconds to 20 seconds for Season 2.

Blood Beast auto-attack damage increased by 1400%.

Blood-Soaked Ground now reduces physical damage taken by 8% (was 5%).

Apex Talent: Dance of Midnight (Rank 2) has been updated – Damage taken for each active Dancing Rune Weapon is reduced by 6% (was 4%).

Melee damage increased by 20%.

Heart Strike damage increased by 25%.

Marrowrend damage increased by 50%.

Dancing Rune Weapon now increases Parry by 30% (was 25%).

Permafrost grants a shield equal to 50% of damage dealt (was 40%).

Voracious grants 15% Leech (was 12%).

Relish in Blood healing increased by 25%.

Rapid Decomposition increases Blood Plague healing by 85% (was 50%).

Sanguinary Burst heals you for 18% of damage dealt (was 15%).

Umbilicus Eternus absorbs damage equal to 6 times damage dealt by Blood Plague (was 5).

Perseverance of the Ebon Blade now reduces damage taken by 4% when consuming Crimson Scourge. Duration increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Bloodshot now also reduces damage taken while Blood Shield is active by 4%.

Reaper's Mark damage to the primary target increased by 20%.

Exterminate damage to the primary target increased by 20%.

Pact of the San'layn now stores 15% of all Shadow damage dealt (was 10%).

Vampiric Strike damage increased by 25%.

Visceral Strength now grants 10% Strength (was 12%).

Frenzied Bloodthirst's Death Strike and Death Coil damage bonus reduced to 5% per stack (was 6%).

Blood is Life now accumulates 15% of the damage dealt from the Blood Beast (was 25%).

All ability damage reduced by 10%.

Melee damage reduced by 20%.

Pillar of Frost now increases Strength by 20% (was 30%).

Howling Blast damage increased by 100%.

Empower Rune Weapon damage increased by 30%.

Glacial Advance damage increased by 30%.

Icy Death Torrent damage increased by 30%.

Frost Fever damage increased by 100%.

Remorseless Winter damage increased by 40%.

Frostscythe damage increased by 20%.

Frost Strike damage increased by 25%. Does not affect Frostbane.

Obliterate damage reduced by 12.5%.

Breath of Sindragosa damage reduced by 20%.

Frostbane damage reduced by 30%.

Frostwyrm's Fury damage reduced by 20%.

Permafrost grants a shield equal to 35% of damage dealt (was 30%).

Wither Away now causes Frost Fever to deal its damage 75% faster (was 100%).

Deathly Blows now increases Frost Strike damage by 35% (was 15%).

Reaper's Mark cast and explosion damage reduced by 25%.

Exterminate damage reduced by 17%.

Whitemane's Undeath damage reduced by 30%.

Reanimation renamed to Lord of the Dead and its secondary effect has been redesigned – When you control 3 Magus of the Dead, sacrifice them to summon their Lord of the Dead for 15 seconds, casting Frostbolts that chain between 2 enemies. Magus with higher remaining duration grant increased power.

Apex Talent: Forbidden Knowledge (Rank 3) has been updated – Magus of the Dead no longer grants stacking damage to Necrotic Coil and Graveyard. The effectiveness of Putrefy activated by Dread Plague has been increased to 100% (was 60%).

Apex Talent: Forbidden Knowledge – Necrotic Coil damage reduced by 6% and Graveyard damage increased by 17.3%.

Soul Reaper has been updated – No longer consumes charges of Putrefy to cast. Now consumes up to 3 Lesser Ghoul stacks to summon them instantly.

Unholy Aura has been updated – Magus of the Dead now grant the Haste buff on spawn for 15 seconds.

Army of the Dead has been updated – Summon or empower Lesser Ghouls to form an unholy army of 8 for 30 seconds. While active, you command your army through Scourge Strike, executing Orders based on nearby enemies instead of summoning Lesser Ghouls.

• Death Order – Lesser Ghouls strike with you, dealing Shadow damage to your target.
• Epidemic Order – Lesser Ghouls erupt in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Army of the Dead Lesser Ghoul damage reduced by 25%.

Menacing Magus now has an additional effect – Your Lord of the Dead Frostbolts now chain to 3 additional enemies.

All damage reduced by 3%.

Auto-attack damage increased by 100%.

Lesser Ghoul damage reduced by 6.5%.

Epidemic damage increased by 54%. Does not affect Graveyard.

Magus of the Dead damage reduced by 15%.

Putrefy damage reduced by 15%.

Putrefy area-of-effect damage increased by 35%.

Pestilence damage reduced by 25%.

Infected Claw damage reduced by 25%.

Virulent Plague damage increased by 2%.

Commander of the Dead now causes Dark Transformation to increase the damage of your summoned creatures by 10%/20% for 30 seconds (was 15%/30%).

Ruptured Viscera now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Blightburst now causes Putrefy to extend the duration of plagues by 3 seconds (was 4.5 seconds).

Runic Power spenders now extend the duration of plagues by 1 second (was 1.5 seconds).

Dread Plague now retains its extended duration when applied to a new target while within 40 yards of the Death Knight.

Fixed an issue causing Nazgrim's Conquest to grant additional Strength when Magus of the Dead is sacrificed for Lord of the Dead.

Nazgrim's Conquest will no longer grant Strength from critters and low level targets.

Players other than the Death Knight can now only see up to 3 Lesser Ghouls at a time.

Whitemane Death Coil damage reduced by 25%.

Whitemane Undeath damage reduced by 25%.

Demon Hunters can now equip daggers.

• Developers' notes: This will allow Devourer Demon Hunters to acquire and use daggers with Intelligence on them.

Mastery: Monster Within has been updated – Bonus damage during Void Metamorphosis reduced by 66%.

All ability damage increased by 32%.

Collapsing Star damage increased by 12%.

Eradicate damage reduced by 6% and secondary target damage reduced by 15%.

Consume damage increased by 60% (does not affect Devour).

Void Metamorphosis now increases Void Ray damage by 40% (was 67%).

Impending Apocalypse now causes each Collapsing Star to grant 20% increased damage to the next one (was 30%).

Hungering Slash now properly gives a temporary charge of Vengeful Retreat rather than giving a free cast and also resetting its cooldown.

Otherworldly Focus now increases Collapsing Star and Voidfall Meteor damage against a single target by 30% (was 35%).

Final Hour now causes Voidfall bonuses to persist for 6 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Demon Blades, Blade Dance, and Chaos Strike now require equipped Warglaives, Axes, Swords, and Fist Weapons.

New Talent: Never Say Die – Damage increased by 3% while above 50% Health. Leech increased by 5% while below 50% Health.

Trail of Ruin has been updated – Damage is now applied immediately, rather than as a damage over time effect over 4 seconds.

Serrated Glaive has been updated – Effect is now a buff on the Demon Hunter with a 12 second duration, rather than a debuff on enemy targets with a 15 second duration.

Blade Dance damage increased by 6%.

Death Sweep damage increased by 6%.

Chaos Strike damage increased by 6%.

Annihilation damage increased by 6%.

The Hunt damage increased by 12%.

Immolation Aura damage reduced by 8%.

Essence Break initial damage increased by 49%.

Burning Hatred now causes Immolation Aura to generate an additional 30 Fury (was 40).

Demon Blades now generates 10-16 Fury per attack (was 8-15).

Blind Fury now causes Eye Beam to generate 10/20 Fury per second (was 15/30 Fury).

Inertia now increases damage by 12% for 6 seconds (was 18% for 5 seconds).

Inner Demon has moved and is now a choice node option with Chaos Theory (was a choice node option with Chaotic Transformation).

Dash of Chaos has been removed.

Fracture and Soul Cleave now require equipped Warglaives, Axes, Swords, and Fist Weapons.

Sigil of Chains is now learned at level 35 and is no longer a talent.

Sigil of Chains cooldown reduced to 60 seconds (was 90 seconds).

Sigil of Chains no longer replaces Sigil of Misery.

Sigil of Silence now replaces Sigil of Misery when selected.

Improved Sigil of Misery no longer affects Sigil of Chains.

Improved Sigil of Misery now reduces the cooldown of Sigil of Silence by 15 seconds when Sigil of Silence is selected.

All damage increased by 5.5%.

Soul Cleave healing increased by 25%.

Fel Devastation healing increased by 25%.

Charred Warblades heals you for 5% of Fire damage you deal (was 4%).

Frailty causes you to heal for 10% of damage dealt to afflicted targets (was 8%).

Feast of Souls healing increased by 25%.

Revel in Pain causes 6% of your Fire damage to shield you (was 5%).

Several talents have changed locations in the talent tree.

Matted Fur absorb increased by 25%.

Heart of the Wild empowered Wild Growth healing increased by 25%.

Shred and Cat Form Swipe damage increased by 10%.

New passive ability learned at level 42: Stellar Protection – If Moonfire and Sunfire are dispelled, Stellar Flare is applied to the target. Generates 12 Astral Power.

Umbral Intensity has been updated – Now increases Wrath and Starfire damage by 12% at all times.

Apex Talent: Ascendant Eclipses (Rank 2) – Astral Smolder damage reduced to 10%/20% of critical strike damage (was 12%/24%) and its duration is increased to 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Apex Talent: Ascendant Eclipses – Solar Bolt increased by 27% and Lunar Bolt damage increased by 10%.

All damage dealt increased by 8%

Moonfire damage increased by 5%.

Sunfire damage increased by 5%.

Wrath damage increased by 10%.

Starfire damage increased by 20%.

Starsurge damage increased by 71%.

Starfall damage increased by 4%.

Shooting Stars damage increased by 10%.

Meteorites damage increased by 15%.

Rejuvenation healing increased by 25%.

Wild Growth healing increased by 25%.

Regrowth healing increased by 25%.

Celestial Fire increases the damage of Moonfire, Sunfire, and Shooting Stars by 10% (was 8%).

Orbit Breaker effectiveness reduced to 50% (was 60%).

Touch the Cosmos chance to trigger from Wrath reduced to 12% (was 15%), and chance to trigger from Starfire reduced to 15% (was 20%).

Total Eclipse chance to trigger increased to 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).

Sculpt the Stars and Astral Communion have swapped positions in the talent tree.

Sculpt the Stars reduces Eclipse cooldown by 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).

Stellar Amplification is now only applied to 1 target.

Orbit Breaker Aura can be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.

Fixed an issue causing some Cooldown Manager elements such as damage-over-time timers and buff trackers to sometimes not show accurate information.

Star Cascade no longer triggers off of gaining Astral Power with Wrath.

Star Cascade has a 30% chance to launch a Starsurge at 50% effectiveness (was 40% at 70% effectiveness).

• Developers' notes: With the increased number of builders that Balance is casting in Season 2, this talent is overperforming its intended value.

Bask in Moonlight increases the damage of Starsurge by 5% (was 10%).

Bounteous Bloom now extends the duration of Force of Nature Treants by 4 seconds instead of adding a fourth Treant.

Cenarius' Might haste increase reduced to 6% (was 8%).

Potent Enchantments haste increase reduced to 6% (was 10%).

Sylvan Beckoning Dryad's Starfall damage increased to 250% effectiveness (was 200%).

Spirit of the Thicket increases Starfall damage by 18% (was 12%).

Dream Burst damage increased by 30%.

Power of Nature increases your treant melee damage by 300% (was 200%).

All damage dealt increased by 3%.

Rampant Ferocity damage increased by 25%.

Saber Jaws damage bonus increased to 60% per point (was 50%).

Focused Frenzy damage bonus reduced to 15% (was 20%).

Rip and Tear damage bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).

Chomp damage increased by 30%.

Apex Predator's Craving base chance to trigger reduced to 4% (was 5%).

Merciless Claws increases Shred and Swipe damage by 25% (was 20%).

Blood Spattered increases Ferocious Bite damage by 8% (was 2%), but maxes out at 6 stacks (was 10).

Taste for Blood increases Ferocious Bite damage by 16% (was 12%) and another 8% during Tiger's Fury (was 12%).

Cooldown Manager updated so elements show the "empowered" icon versions for instances of DoTs like Rake and Rip that have been enhanced by Tiger's Fury.

Merciless Claws and Rampant Ferocity have swapped positions in the talent tree.

Gory Fur has been redesigned – Ironfur has a chance to make your next Maul, Raze, or Ravage free. Maul, Raze, or Ravage have a chance to make your next Ironfur free.

Apex Talent: Wild Guardian has been redesigned –

• Rank 1: Spending Rage has a 10% chance to awaken a guardian spirit for 8 seconds, which attacks a nearby enemy when you cast Thrash or Mangle.
• Rank 2: Mangle, Ravage, Raze, and Maul deal 20%/40% additional Nature damage over 12 seconds. Your Mastery is increased by 3%/6%.
• Rank 3: When a spirit is awakened, the cooldowns of Thrash and Mangle are reset, and they deal 30% increased damage while the spirit is with you. Each time a spirit attacks, you generate 8 additional Rage. After casting Berserk or Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc, gain 1 charge of Wild Guardian:
• Wild Guardian: Your next cast of Ravage, Raze or Maul is guaranteed to awaken a spirit.

All damage increased by 8%.

Brambles absorb increased by 25%.

After the Wildfire healing increased by 25%.

Lunar Beam healing increased by 25%.

Lunation reduces Lunar Beam's cooldown by 20 seconds (was 3 seconds per Arcane ability).

Ursoc's Fury grants an absorb for 35% of Thrash and Maul damage (was 30%).

Elune's Favored heals you for 18% of Arcane damage dealt (was 15%).

Fixed an issue where Dream Guide was incorrectly being consumed by Regrowths cast via Reinvigoration.

Boundless Moonlight – Lunar Beam now causes you to Leech 12% of damage dealt to affected enemies (was 10%).

New Talent: Overgrowth – Nature's Swiftness causes your next Regrowth to apply Lifebloom, Rejuvenation, and Wild Growth's heal over time effect to an ally.

New Talent: Flash of Clarity – Omen of Clarity increases Regrowth's healing by 40%. Now available where Cultivation previously was in the talent tree.

Cultivation is now available below Flash of Clarity in the talent tree.

Innervate has been redesigned – Now regenerates 25% of the target's maximum mana over 8 seconds, rather than causing spells to be free for 8 seconds.

Abundance has been redesigned – While you have at least 5 Rejuvenations active, Regrowth's critical strike chance is increased by 50% and its mana cost is reduced by 50%.

Tranquility has been updated – Now grows protective roots at your feet, absorbing damage equal to 60% of your health and preventing knockbacks.

Incarnation: Tree of Life has been updated – Now casts Regrowth on up to 3 nearby injured allies when you initially shapeshift.

Swiftmend has been updated – Healing increased by 40% of the consumed heal over time effect.

Everbloom (Rank 3) has been updated – Its heal effect now triggers when you press Swiftmend (was Soul of the Forest).

Verdant Infusion has been updated – No longer extends heal over time effects.

Germination has been updated – No longer increases Rejuvenation's duration by 2 seconds.

Ysera's Gift has been updated – If its healing would overheal the Druid, the overhealing amount is instead transferred to a nearby ally.

Mastery: Harmony healing bonus increased by 15%.

All spell and ability healing increased by 6%.

Wild Growth healing increased by 20% and mana cost increased by 15%.

Verdancy healing increased by 40%.

Rejuvenation mana cost reduced by 10%.

Regrowth healing reduced by 20% and mana cost reduced by 10%.

Lifebloom mana cost reduced by 20%.

Passing Seasons reduces Nature's Swiftness cooldown by 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).

Symbiotic Relationship now highlights itself on the action bar while it is not active.

Germination and Verdancy have swapped positions in the talent tree.

Nature's Splendor has been removed.

Panacea healing increased by 25%.

Wingleader has been redesigned – Mass Disintegrate/Mass Eruption reduces the remaining cooldown of Deep Breath/Breath of Eons by 0.5 seconds/1 second for each target struck.

Command Squadron's Pyre damage increased by 40%.

Maneuverability's damage over time increased by 40%.

Apex Talent: Duplicate – Upheaval casts by your Duplicate no longer knock enemies into the air.

All ability and pet damage increased by 3%.

Living Flame healing increased by 25%.

Verdant Embrace healing increased by 25%.

Emerald Blossom healing increased by 25%.

Defy Fate healing increased by 25%.

Molten Blood healing increased by 25%.

The Midnight Season 1 2-set bonus no longer increases the duration that Eruption extends Ebon Might.

Double-time has been updated - The additional stats granted when Ebon Might critically strikes now last 15 seconds (modified by Mastery: Timewalker), and Double-time is extended if Ebon Might reapplies it while it is already active. Double-time's functionality with Prescience is unchanged.

Wingleader now reduces the cooldown of Breath of Eons by 1.5 seconds per target struck (was 1 second).

Apex Talent: Rising Fury (Rank 3) has been redesigned – When Dragonrage ends, Rising Fury persists for 4 seconds per stack, and Dragonrage becomes Unbound Flame. Unbound Flame may be cast 4 times before Dragonrage finishes its cooldown.

• Unbound Flame – Exhale destructive flame, critically striking for Fire damage to your target and nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Causes 1 Essence Burst. Instant cast and 25-yard range.

Tyranny has been updated – Now interacts with Unbound Flame, causing Unbound Flame to always gain the maximum benefit of Mastery: Giantkiller regardless of the targets' health.

Deep Breath damage increased by 30%.

Pyre damage increased by 10%.

Disintegrate damage increased by 40%.

Living Flame damage increased by 50% and healing increased by 25%.

Shattering Stars that are released from an Eternity Surge due to Scintillation are now subject to Scintillation's 40% effectiveness multiplier.

Risen Fury has been removed.

Twin Flame damage and healing reduced by 20%.

Fixed an issue where Twin Flame was not scaling with Mastery.

Wingleader now reduces the cooldown of Deep Breath by 1 second per target struck (was 0.5 seconds).

Apex Talent: Merithra's Blessing has been updated – Now increases all healing of Dream Breath by 60% (was 250%, and previously applied only to its instant healing).

Font of Magic has been updated – Now also reduces the empower time of Dream Breath and Fire Breath by 20%.

Dream Breath instant healing reduced by 50%.

Dream Breath periodic healing increased by 118%.

Temporal Barrier absorption increased by 30%.

Inner Flame increases periodic healing by 50% (was 60%).

Spiritual Clarity reduces the cooldown of Dream Breath by 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Fluttering Seedlings healing is now also increased by Titan's Gift.

Fixed an issue that could cause Time Dilation to not clear its stored damage on death.

Fixed an issue where Consume Flame healing was not being increased by Grace Period or similar effects.

Expanded Lungs increases the healing of Dream Breath by 20% (was 30%).

Conduit of Flame increases critical chance by 10% (was 15%). Does not affect Devastation Evoker.

Fulminous Roar causes Fire Breath and Dream Breath to deal their damage 15% more often (was 20%). Does not affect Devastation Evoker.

Fluttering Seedlings can now trigger Consume Flame.

Emerald Blossom and Fluttering Seedlings now prefer to heal injured allies with Dream Breath active while talented into Consume Flame.

Consume Flame heals for 240% of the amount consumed (was 200%).

Fixed an issue where Consume Flame's healing component could not critically heal.

Bleak Arrows damage increased by 300%.

Withering Fire's Black Arrow damage reduced by 40%.

Fixed an issue where Through The Eyes was not properly increasing Withering Fire's damage.

Heart of the Pack renamed to Razor Sharp and has been redesigned – Increases the damage of your pet's Bite, Claw, and Smack by 100%.

Piercing Fangs has been redesigned – Kill Command critical damage increased by 15%.

Bloody Frenzy has been updated – Now reduces Barbed Shot's periodic rate increase by 33% (was 50%).

Kill Cleave has been updated – Kill Command now only cleaves 20% of its damage during Beast Cleave (was 40%).

Auto Shot damage increased by 720%.

Barbed Shot damage increased by 10%.

Kill Command damage increased by 20%.

Cobra Shot damage increased by 25%.

Beast Cleave now causes your pets to strike nearby enemies for 55% of the damage dealt (was 40%).

Beast Cleave duration increased to 10 seconds (was 8 seconds) and can no longer be cancelled.

Serpentine Strikes now increases Cobra Shot's critical strike damage by 20% (was 50%).

Cobra Senses now increases Cobra Shot's damage by 10% (was 35%).

Dire Beast summons can now be tracked on the Cooldown Manager.

Wild Instincts has been removed.

Dark Hound summons can now be tracked on the Cooldown Manager.

Hogstrider now increases the damage of your next Cobra Shot by 100% (was 200%).

Hoof and Blade now increases the bonus Cobra Shot damage from Hogstrider by 25% (was 50%).

New Talent: Unstable Trigger – Explosive Shot can be used a second time if used within 3 seconds. Explosive Shot incorporates any remaining damage from previous Explosive Shots on your target.

Explosive Shot has been redesigned – Fire an explosive shot at your target. Every 1 second for 3 seconds, the target explodes, dealing Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Recasting Explosive Shot incorporates any remaining damage from previous Explosive Shots on your target.

• Developers' notes: We are pivoting the design of Explosive Shot quite a bit to attempt to find a stronger identity. The changes to the core Explosive Shot as well as the Explosive Shot related talents should give it a distinct feel to play with compared to your other main abilities.

Explosive Shot's visual has been updated.

Explosive Shot's tooltip has been updated and now includes contextual notes when Unstable Trigger is talented.

Precision Detonation has been redesigned – Explosive Shot lasts for 1 additional second.

Shrapnel Shot renamed to Accuracy by Volume and has been redesigned – Bulletstorm now affects your next 1 Aimed Shots.

Windrunner Quiver has been redesigned – Rapid Fire damage increased by 10%. Rapid Fire has a 30% chance to grant the Lock and Load effect.

Apex Talent: Take Aim (Rank 2) has been redesigned – Your critical strike damage is increased by 5%/10%. Your ranged abilities deal 3%/6% increased damage.

Apex Talent: Take Aim (Rank 3) has been updated – Spotter's Mark now increases the damage of your next Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire against the target (was Aimed Shot only).

• Developer's notes: The previous version of Marksmanship's Apex Talents put too much emphasis on Aimed Shot and its critical damage modifiers. This new version should better interact with more of your specialization's abilities.

Bulletstorm has been redesigned – Rapid Fire now increases the damage of your next Aimed Shot by 20%.

Deathblow has been updated – Aimed Shot now has a chance to cause your next Aimed Shot to grant the Deathblow effect.

• Developers' notes: Our goal with our Deathblow updates for Marksmanship Hunters is to make it clear to you when you should follow up an Aimed Shot with a Kill Shot or Black Arrow cast rather than having the uncertainty of which button to press. Rapid Fire's 100% chance to get the Deathblow effect is unchanged, you should always be able to follow-up a Rapid Fire with a Kill Shot or Black Arrow.

Aspect of the Hydra has been updated – Arcane Shot no longer cleaves.

All damage dealt by your abilities increased by 5%.

Auto Shot damage increased by 756%.

Aimed Shot damage increased by 20%.

Rapid Fire damage increased by 44%.

Arcane Shot damage increased by 38%.

Steady Shot damage increased by 50%.

Multi-Shot damage increased by 73%.

Volley damage increased by 20%.

Kill Shot damage increased by 50%.

Eagle's Accuracy is now a 1-point talent that increases the damage of Aimed Shot by 5% (was 10%) and Rapid Fire by 10% (was 20%).

Focused Aim now reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot by 1 second (was 2 seconds).

Small Game Hunter is now a 2-point talent. Values unchanged.

Aimed Shot has a new icon.

Some talents have changed positions in the talent tree.

The following talents have been removed:

• Double Tap
• Headshot

Through the Eyes has been redesigned – Increases the damage of Kill Shot and Black Arrow by 10%.

Black Arrow damage increased by 25%.

Black Arrow direct damage reduced by 40%.

Black Arrow no longer highlights itself whenever it is able to be used against the target.

Ebon Bowstring now causes Black Arrow to have a chance to cause your next Aimed Shot to grant the Deathblow effect.

Dark Minion summons can now be tracked on the Cooldown Manager.

Moon's Blessing now only causes 1 second of cooldown reduction to Aimed Shot (was 2 seconds).

New Talent: Razor Edge – Raptor Strike, Raptor Swipe, and Kill Command gain 10% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical damage dealt.

New Talent: Bombardier – Wildfire Bomb damage, critical strike chance, and critical damage dealt increased by 15%.

Wildfire Imbuement has been redesigned – Throwing a Wildfire Bomb has a chance to imbue your weapon with flames, causing you and your pet's auto-attacks to deal additional Fire damage for 10 seconds.

Grenade Juggler has been redesigned – Boomstick increases the cooldown recovery rate of Wildfire Bomb by 60% for 8 seconds.

Grenade Juggler is now tracked in the Cooldown Manager.

Lunge now increases your Agility by 3% (was 2%), plus an additional 1% (was 2%) while dual-wielding.

Wildfire Shells now grants 3 seconds of cooldown reduction to Wildfire Bombs (was 2 seconds).

Primal Surge has been moved up to an easier to access location in the talent tree.

Fixed an issue where Raptor Swipe could cause Sentinel's Mark to be applied to a target that was not your currently selected target. If you do not have a target selected when using Raptor Swipe, a target hit by Raptor Swipe will be chosen.

Fixed an issue where Outland Venom was not properly applied by various periodic effects from either the Hunter, their current pet, or other summons from the Pack Leader Hero Talents.

Fixed an issue where Mastery: Spirit Bond incorrectly affected some summons from the Pack Leader Hero Talents twice.

Hogstrider now lasts for 1 minute (was 20 seconds).

Hogstrider is now cancelled when starting a Raid encounter or Mythic+ dungeon.

Open Fire has been redesigned – Fire damage dealt increased by 5%.

Lethal Barbs has been updated – Auto-attacks now have a very high chance to generate 3 Focus, rather than granting 1 Focus per auto-attack.

• Developers' notes: The previous version of the Lethal Barbs talent favored dual wielding the fastest attack speed weapons. We're changing it to be a very high chance to generate 3 Focus, which should normalize the Focus gain and allow you to wield your preferred weapon types.

Scout's Vigil no longer increases stealth detection radius while using Camouflage.

Moon's Blessing now grants 6 seconds of Wildfire Bomb cooldown reduction when applying Sentinel's Mark (was 4 seconds).

Sentinel's Mark duration increased to 16 seconds (was 12 seconds).

New Talent: Improved Warding – Damage taken from area of effect attacks reduced by 4%.

Improved Prismatic Barrier has been redesigned – Prismatic Barrier gains an additional charge and further reduces magic damage taken by 5%.

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.

Improved Ice Barrier has been redesigned – Ice Barrier gains an additional charge and reduces your physical damage taken by 10%.

Temporal Realignment has been updated – Now immediately heals 20% of your health and heals an additional 30% over 6 seconds.

Spellfrost Teachings's tooltip has been adjusted for clarity. Functionality unchanged.

Rondurmancy has been redesigned – Your chance to generate a Spellfire Sphere is increased by 6%/12%. Spellfire Spheres grant an additional 1% spell damage.

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.

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.

Spellfire Spheres orb generation chance reduced to 6% for Arcane Mages and 12% for Fire Mages (was 12% and 25%).

Mana Cascade no longer has a stack cap.

Mana Cascade is now also gained when the Mage casts Arcane Pulse or Prismatic Bolt.

Fixed an issue for Arcane that caused Mana Cascade to be gained from some unintended spells.

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 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.

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.

Orb Mastery has been redesigned – Casting Arcane Orb fires 2 additional orbs at 50% effectiveness.

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.

Arcane Blast damage increased by 20%.

Impetus no longer affects Arcane Pulse.

Prodigious Savant no longer affects Arcane Pulse.

Amplification moved below Presence of Mind / Slipstream in the talent tree.

Improved Clearcasting moved above Arcane Pulse in the talent tree, where Amplification was previously located.

Fixed an issue with how the tooltip calculated Clearcasting's chance to occur with different talent selections. Clearcasting's functionality is unchanged.

Touch of the Archmage has been removed.

Polished Focus has been updated – Casting Arcane Barrage while at 20 or more Arcane Salvo stacks refunds 3 Arcane Salvo stacks (was 5).

Splintering Orbs damage bonus to Arcane Orb increased to 50% (was 10%).

Glorious Incandescence now summons a Meteorite for every 5 stacks of Arcane Salvo consumed (was 6 stacks).

Fixed an issue that prevented Meteorites from granting Clearcasting.

All damage increased by 19%.

Pyroblast damage increased by 15%.

Flamestrike damage increased by 15%.

Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 1) now grants 2% increased Fire damage for 8 seconds (was 4% for 12 seconds).

Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 2) now increases Fire damage by 5%/10% (was 3%/6%).

Apex Talent: Fired Up (Rank 3) chance to occur during Combustion has been slightly reduced.

Pyroclasm duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Glacial Bulwark has been updated – No longer grants an additional charge of Ice Barrier.

Splitting Ice has been updated – Flurry and Frostbolt effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 80%).

Fractured Frost has been updated – Ice Lance effectiveness against the second target reduced to 50% (was 100%).

All ability and pet damage increased by 7%.

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.

Chi Transfer now causes Touch of Death to heal you for 60% of damage it deals (was 50%).

Vigorous Expulsion increases Expel Harm's healing by 6% (was 5%).

Silent Sanctuary healing increased by 25%.

Stagger reduction from Staggering Strikes increased by 25%.

Spirit of the Ox chance to generate a healing sphere increased by 20%.

Celestial Brew and Celestial Infusion absorb increased by 150% and cooldown increased by 100%.

Awakening Spirit's maximum absorb value increased by 25%.

Vital Flame heals for 50% of Fire or Nature damage dealt (was 40%).

The following buffs are now tracked in the Cooldown Manager: Fuel on the Fire, Hot Potato, Scorched, Crackling Jade Lightning, and August Blessing.

New Talent: Vital Expenditure – Soothing Mist's healing is increased by 300%, but its mana cost is increased by 200%. Choice node with Dancing Mists.

Dance of the Wind has been updated – Your physical damage taken is reduced by 10% and an additional 10% every 4 seconds until you receive a physical attack, stacking up to 4.

All healing reduced by 3%.

Mastery: Gust of Mist healing increased by 50%.

Spinning Crane Kick damage decreased by 7%.

Way of the Crane now transfers 280% of damage done (was 340%).

Jadefire Teachings now increases Ancient Teaching's transfer amount by 320% (was 270%).

Morning Breeze effectiveness reduced by 60%.

• Developers' notes: Morning Breeze's value is being adjusted down in accordance with the Mastery: Gust of Mist increases in Curse of Ula'tek. This should leave the talent's effectiveness at a similar overall level.

Fixed an issue that caused Temple Training's Spinning Crane Kick damage increase to apply to Mistweaver.

Melee auto-attack damage increased by 30%.

Zenith Stomp damage reduced by 30%.

Blackout Kick damage increased by 50%.

Tiger Palm damage increased by 200%.

Dual Threat damage increased by 30%.

Spinning Crane Kick damage decreased by 12%.

Whirling Dragon Punch area of effect damage increased by 30%.

Jade Ignition damage increased by 50%.

Weapon of Wind now increases damage during Zenith by 5% (was 10%).

Apex Talent: Tigereye Brew (Rank 2) now increases Critical Strike damage by 5%/10% (was 10%/20%).

Vivify healing increased by 25%.

Expel Harm healing increased by 25%.

Combat Wisdom now increases Stamina by 5%.

Calming Presence now reduces damage taken by 10% (was 6%).

Celestial Conduit damage reduced by 25%.

Temple Training increases the damage of Fists of Fury and Spinning Crane Kick by 30% (was 10%).

Golden Path healing increased by 25%.

Lightforged Blessing healing increased by 25%.

Brought to Light healing increased by 25%.

Divine Guidance has been updated – For each Holy Power ability cast, your next Consecration deals Holy damage immediately, split across all enemies. Up to 3 nearby allies are each healed for a percentage of the total damage.

Rite of Adjuration healing increased by 25%.

All healing increased by 19%.

Eternal Flame healing increased by 20%.

Word of Glory healing increased by 20%.

Holy Shock healing increased by 10%.

All damage increased by 20%.

Judgment damage increased by 25%.

Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 25%.

Avenging Crusader now transfers 55% of healing done (was 80%).

Pillar of Light's Beacon of Virtue healing increased by 50%.

Shield of the Righteous mana return increased by 25%.

Unworthy debuff now lasts for 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Ringing of the Heavens now casts Divine Toll at 200% effectiveness (was 100%).

Truth Prevails healing increased by 30%.

Saved by the Light absorb increased by 50%.

Tirion's Devotion now reduces the cooldown of Lay on Hands by 40% (was 30%).

Awakening now activates on a 15% chance (was 10%).

Glistening Radiance now absorbs 2% of max health, up to 6% (was 1%, up to 5%).

Overflowing Light now transfers 50% of Holy Shock's healing (was 30%).

Call of the Righteous now decreases the duration of Avenging Wrath by 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and decreases the duration of Avenging Crusader by 2 seconds per point (was 2.5 seconds).

New Talent: Blessed Word – Word of Glory can no longer critically strike, but its healing is increased by your critical strike chance and 80% of its overhealing shrouds its target in Light, granting an absorb shield.

Improved Ardent Defender has been redesigned – Now increases maximum HP by 20% while active and no longer cancels remaining duration if fatal damage is sustained.

Seal of Reprisal has been redesigned – Blessed Hammer reduces enemy damage dealt to you by 10% for 8 seconds.

Masterwork has been updated – After casting a Holy Armament, your next 3 casts of Hammer of the Righteous/Blessed Hammer/Crusader Strike bestow a Lesser Armament of the same kind on a nearby ally.

Judgment damage increased by 51%.

Consecration damage increased by 100%.

Shield of the Righteous damage increased by 150%.

Hammer of the Righteous primary damage increased by 50%.

Avenging Wrath increases damage and healing done by 10%, and critical strike by 10%.

Avenger's Shield damage increased by 30%.

Lesser Weapon damage increased by 50%.

Hammer of Light damage reduced by 33%.

Empyrean Hammer damage reduced by 33%.

Hammer and Anvil damage reduced by 20%.

Divine Exaction's Divine Toll effectiveness reduced to 80% (was 150%).

Sentinel duration increased to 20 seconds.

Greater Judgment debuff now lasts for 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Guardian of Ancient Kings now has a 8 second initial cooldown.

Undying Embers heals you for 125% of damage dealt by Refining Fire (was 100%).

Bulwark of Order absorb increased to 75% of Avenger's Shield damage (was 60%).

Solace causes Consecration to heal you for 375% of damage it deals (was 300%).

Bulwark of Righteous Fury increases the damage of your next Shield of the Righteous by 10% per stack (was 20%).

Sacred Weapon and Holy Bulwark extend their duration when reapplied by the same caster.

Glory of the Vanguard now deals damage as a percentage of Avenger's Shield's initial damage.

Sentinel now inherits Avenging Wrath's critical strike bonus.

Valiant Crusade no longer cancels on death.

Reflection of Radiance's chance to activate has been significantly reduced.

Improved Ardent Defender now applies a debuff to indicate when fatal damage has been sustained.

Hammer of Light, Divine Resonance, Sacrosanct Crusade, Bulwark of Order, Empyreal Ward, Strength in Adversity, and Seal of Reprisal can now be tracked with the Cooldown Manager.

Fixed an issue where Authoritative Rebuke was incorrectly reducing Rebuke's cooldown from Avenger's Shield casts.

Fixed an issue where Instrument of the Divine was causing Shield of the Righteous to extend Sentinel's stacks by an incorrect amount.

Fixed an issue where Quickened Invocation was incorrectly reducing the cooldown of Holy Armaments.

Fixed an issue where abilities that knocked enemies into the air could cause Glory of the Vanguard to deal its damage additional times.

Fixed an issue where casting Hammer of Light in between direct casts of Consecration could allow Consecration to exceed its limit.

Many talents have changed position in the talent tree.

Sanctified Wrath has been removed.

Blessed Assurance now increases the damage and healing of your next Blessed Hammer or Hammer of the Righteous by 100% (was 200%).

Apex Talent: Light Within (Rank 1) now has an additional effect – Art of War and Righteous Cause can now each accumulate an additional time.

Apex Talent: Light Within (Rank 3) damage reduced by 25%.

Art of War has been updated – Now increases Blade of Justice damage by 80% (was 150%).

Art of War no longer activates from additional Skyfury attacks.

All damage reduced by 6%.

Blade of Justice damage increased by 40%.

Final Verdict damage increased by 15%.

Divine Storm damage increased by 26%.

Avenging Wrath now increases damage done and critical strike chance by 15% (was 20%).

Templar Strike damage increased by 50%.

Templar Slash damage increased by 50%.

Judgment damage increased by 50%.

Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 50%.

Divine Toll's Judgment now deals 50% increased damage (was 100%).

Flash of Light healing increased by 25%.

Word of Glory healing increased by 25%.

Eternal Flame healing increased by 25%.

Divine Arbiter damage benefits from Divine Purpose and Greater Judgment.

• Developers' notes: We want to address the unintuitive rotational priority that the tier set can create under specific situations.

Additional Skyfury attacks no longer generate Holy Power when talented into Crusading Strikes.

Crusading Strikes now increases auto-attack speed by 15% (was decreasing by 20%).

Execution Sentence area of effect radius increased to 10 yards and now includes the bounding radius of the target (was 8 yards).

Hammer of Light damage reduced by 30%. Does not affect PvP combat.

Hammer of Light now costs 3 Holy Power (was 5).

New Talent: Grim Deliverance – Shadow Mend heals for 30% more and applies Atonement for an additional 4 seconds, but its cast time is increased by 0.5 seconds.

Shadow Mend's chance to trigger is no longer based on Shadow Word: Pain damage and has been redesigned to a passive upgrade – Flash Heal is upgraded to Shadow Mend, a stronger heal with a higher mana cost.

Apex Talent: Master the Darkness (Rank 3) has been updated – Mind Blast now upgrades your next Power Word: Shield to Void Shield. Void Shield's chance to trigger from Penance reduced to 15% (was 33%). Void Shield absorption reduced by 28%.

Apex Talent: Master the Darkness can now accumulate up to 2 charges.

All healing and absorption increased by 10%.

Atonement heals for 32% of damage done (was 30%).

Flash Heal healing increased by 25%.

Smite damage increased by 40%.

Inescapable Torment damage reduced by 30%.

Penance no longer applies Atonement when cast on an ally.

• Developers' notes: We updated Penance to apply Atonement going into Midnight but have felt this has not been playing well as it causes too much friction between casting Penance on allies that need healing, allies that need Atonement applied, and enemies you want to deal damage to.

Ultimate Penitence damage and healing increased by 30%.

Greater Smite duration increased to 4 seconds (was 2 seconds) and is now a 1-point talent.

Unfolding Vision has been redesigned – When Power Word: Shield or Void Shield expires with absorption remaining, it jumps to a nearby injured ally instead. Can only happen once per shield.

Void Blast damage increased by 25%.

Voidwraith damage increased by 30%.

Void Infusion now increases Atonement healing from Void Blast and Penance by 75% while Entropic Rift is active (was 50%).

Divine Hymn has been updated – Now additionally grants Guardian Spirit while channeled.

• Developers' notes: We are adding a benefit to channeling Divine Hymn to make it easier to use. If you already have Guardian Spirit active on yourself, Divine Hymn will add 5 seconds to its duration. If Divine Hymn's channeling is ended early, it will remove whatever time is remaining from the amount that it added.

Apex Talent: Benediction (Rank 3) has been updated – Apotheosis no longer upgrades Flash Heal to Benediction. Holy Word: Serenity now has a 100% chance to upgrade your next Flash Heal to Benediction.

Apex Talent: Benediction mana cost reduced by 30% and healing increased by 15%.

• Developers' notes: We want to address Benediction's performance by spreading its availability beyond Apotheosis and Prayer of Mending. Additionally, we are increasing the throughput of Benediction, so its impact is felt and contributes more to Holy's overall throughput. Lastly, we want to further lessen how expensive the rotation of Holy is by specifically targeting Flash Heal and Prayer of Healing.

All healing increased by 16%.

Flash Heal mana cost reduced by 10%.

Prayer of Healing mana cost reduced by 10%.

Apotheosis now reduces the mana cost of Holy Words by 70% (was 50%).

Resonant Energy has been slightly redesigned – Creating a Halo increases healing done by 2% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 4 times.

New Talent: Shadeburst – Shadowy Apparitions that float towards your primary target explode, dealing Shadow damage to all enemies within 8 yards. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.

Improved Voidform has been redesigned – Voidform increases your spell damage by an additional 5% and grants 2 additional uses of Void Volley.

Ancient Madness has been redesigned – Shadow Word: Madness increases your Haste during Voidform by 2% and increases its duration by 1.5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. When Voidform ends, the Haste lingers and decays over 10 seconds.

All ability damage done increased by 8%.

Void Volley damage reduced by 10%.

Voidform now grants 3 uses of Void Volley instead of Void Volley having a cooldown during Voidform.

Power Word: Shield absorb increased by 25%.

Idol of N'Zoth now generates 2 Insanity (was 4) at 50 stacks and 6 Insanity (was 12) at 100 stacks.

• Developers' notes: Insanity generation from this talent has been high relative to other passive sources, and we've been feeling there's too much Insanity being generated overall to where it can become difficult to spend Insanity and keep up with rotational procs. We're bringing the Insanity generation of this talent down to help balance the Insanity economy.

Fixed an issue causing Tentacle Slam to apply extra stacks of Horrific Visions when talented for Maddening Tentacles and Idol of N'Zoth.

Fixed an issue causing Improved Voidform to generate Insanity when casting Voidform.

Phantom Menace has been removed.

Focused Outburst has been redesigned – Void Volley deals 5% increased damage and Shadow Word: Madness casts during Voidform unleash a Void Volley at your target at 25% effectiveness.

Resonant Energy has been slightly redesigned – Creating a Halo increases your spell damage by 2% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 4 times.

Thistle Tea is now a choice talent – Players may now choose between the existing version, which casts automatically at low Energy in addition to being usable actively, and a new version that must be cast actively.

Atrophic Poison now reduces damage dealt by 4% (was 3%).

Atrophic Poison duration increased to 60 seconds (was 10 seconds). Duration remains unchanged in PvP combat.

Deal Fate now has a 60% chance to grant an extra combo point when you Seal Fate (was 100%).

Fixed an issue that caused Unshakable Drive's bonus to multiply with each stack.

Fixed an issue that often caused Unshakable Drive to remove more than one stack per ability use.

New Talent: Unstable Toxin – Envenom damage increased by 18%, but its duration is reduced by 2 seconds.

Apex Talent: Implacable (Rank 1) has been updated – Envenom damage increased by 10%. Envenom now restores 2 Energy per combo point spent.

Apex Talent: Implacable (Rank 3) – Implacable Strike damage increased by 15%.

Internal Bleeding has been updated – Now triggers from casting Kidney Shot and Rupture, rather than also being applied when copying Ruptures with Crimson Tempest. Damage increased by 10%.

Iron Wire has been updated – Garrotes applied from stealth or during the Improved Garrote window now silence the target for 5 seconds. Damage reduction behavior unchanged.

Dashing Scoundrel has been updated – Envenom's effect now also increases the critical strike chance of your weapon poisons by 10% (was 5%). Your Energy generation is increased by 4% for each lethal poison on your weapons.

All damage dealt increased by 20%.

Deathmark increases the damage of your Rupture, Garrote, and Lethal Poisons by 75% (was 100%).

Kingsbane damage reduced by 15%.

Shrouded Suffocation increases Garrote damage by 30% (was 20%).

Avulsion increases Rupture damage by 25% (was 20%).

Motivated Murderer Energy increased to 30% (was 20%).

Rapid Injection damage bonus increased to 20%/40% (was 15%/30%).

Venomous Wounds generates more Energy when multiple targets are affected by your bleeds.

Blindside's chance to trigger reduced to 10% (was 15%), and 20% when the target is at low health (was 30%).

Poison Bomb's visual has been adjusted to make other important visuals on top of it easier to see.

Lethality and Cold Blooded-Killer now work correctly with the strikes dealt by Implacable (Rank 3).

Several talents have changed positions in the talent tree.

Deadly Momentum has been removed.

Killing Spree has been updated – Duration no longer increases from spending combo points beyond your maximum. Each combo point spent beyond your maximum increases damage by 15%.

Adrenaline Rush now speeds up the execution of Killing Spree by 20%, the same rate it increases the speed of your other attacks.

Killing Spree prefers targets that are not immune to damage or taking less than 5% physical damage.

Killing Spree damage increased by 60%. Does not affect PvP combat.

Killing Spree shots have a higher chance to target your selected target if they're valid.

• Developers' notes: Much of Killing Spree's value is the combo points it generates, so when players can spend more combo points on Killing Spree than their maximum, such as through Supercharger, the value of those extra points is diminished. Killing Spree's duration now maxes out at the time required to generate maximum combo points, and any extra combo points spent increase the damage of the ability by a proportional amount.

Improved Between the Eyes has been updated – Causes Between the Eyes critical strikes to deal 2.5 times normal damage (was 3 times).

Fast Action has been updated – Now reduces the cooldown of Between the Eyes by 8 seconds (was 5 seconds) and increases the damage bonus from each Between the Eyes stack by 1%.

All damage increased by 9%. Does not affect PvP combat.

Heavy Hitter increases the damage of attacks that generate combo points by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).

Zero In value per stack reduced to 2% (was 3%).

• Developers' notes: We don't want players to feel obligated to use off-hand daggers to maximize the value of this talent. Zero In now has a 30% chance to not proc if triggered by a weapon with 1.8 Speed, giving it the same proc rate when attacking with daggers vs. other one-handed weapons.

Audacity now also increases Ambush damage by 80%.

Hidden Opportunity's chance for Ambush to grant Opportunity increased to 100% of the chance for Sinister Strike to grant Opportunity (was 80%).

Hidden Opportunity also reduces Ambush's Energy cost by 5.

• Developers' notes: Audacity and Hidden Opportunity are not as strong as other talent options, so we're adding some effects to them to make them more competitive.

Summarily Dispatched increases Dispatch damage by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).

New connectors have been added in the talent tree between Ruthlessness and Find an Opening, and between the Flickering Steel choice node and Grand Melee.

Goremaw's Bite has been redesigned – Lash out at your target and 2 additional nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage and causing them to Bleed over 14 seconds. 20% of all damage from Finishing Moves is repeated as Shadow, split evenly among affected enemies.

Shadowcraft has been updated - While Shadow Dance is active, your Shadow Techniques triggers 25% more frequently and generates 1 additional combo point.

All damage dealt increased by 2%. This does not apply to PvP combat.

The First Dance now increases Shadow Dance duration by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Relentless Strikes now generates 4 Energy per combo point spent on finishing moves (was 5 Energy).

Shadow Techniques' base effect frequency has been increased by 40%.

Shadow Techniques' Energy generation has been increased to 5 (was 4).

Lingering Shadow now also applies to Shuriken Storm.

Shadow Dance's tooltip has been updated to include its threat reduction effect.

Apex Talent: Ancient Arts now considers the total damage of Secret Technique when creating a shadow clone, instead of only its initial hit.

Fixed an issue that caused Secret Technique damage from secondary hits to be attributed to summoned pets instead of the attacking Rogue.

Some talents have changed positions in the talent tree.

Reactive Warding healing increased by 25%.

Ascendance has a new icon for all three specializations.

Chain Lightning now hits up to 5 targets (was 3).

Lava Burst now also increases damage by a percent equal to your critical strike chance.

Power of the Maelstrom has been redesigned – Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning have a 15% chance to cause your next Lava Burst to deal 20% increased damage, stacking up to 2 times. Lava Burst consumes one stack at a time.

• Developers' notes: Supercharge and Power of the Maelstrom both were extra, random Elemental Overloads. We feel that the other changes will make your damage more consistent, while still allowing other parts of your talent tree to still increase the quantity or power of Elemental Overload spells.

Stormkeeper has been updated – No longer causes Lightning Bolt to generate an additional Elemental Overload.

Lava Burst damage increased by 30%. This does not apply to PvP combat.

Lightning Bolt damage increased by 30%. This does not apply to PvP combat.

Chain Lightning damage increased by 60%.

Flame Shock damage increased by 60%.

Tempest direct damage reduced by 20%.

Healing Surge healing increased by 25%.

Earth Shield healing increased by 25%.

Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 25%.

Ascendance now increases the damage of Elemental Overload by 30% (was 75%).

Bonus Lava Bursts when activating Ascendance are now 50% of their normal value (was 100%).

Molten Wrath now increases the damage of Lava Burst by 10% (was 15%).

Apex Talent: Feedback Loop (Rank 1) now increases Elemental Overload damage by 10% (was 35%) and also increases Elemental damage done by 10%.

Apex Talent: Feedback Loop (Rank 2) now grants 15%/30% critical damage bonus (was 25%/50%).

Elemental Blast casts from Fusion of the Elements now only grant 40% of the normal duration of the Elemental Blast stat buffs (was 100%).

Fixed an issue that caused Voltaic Blaze to not be properly affected by Elemental Fury's critical damage bonus.

Fixed an issue that caused Elemental Resonance to not affect periodic Elemental damage.

Fixed an issue where Apex Talent: Feedback Loop (Rank 2) did not properly increase the critical damage of several Elemental Shaman spells.

Ancestors' Lava Burst damage reduced by 20%.

Ancestors' Chain Lightning damage reduced by 20%.

Supercharge has been redesigned – Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Tempest overloads deal 10% additional damage.

Melee damage increased by 15%.

Lightning Bolt damage increased by 20%.

Chain Lightning damage increased by 20%.

Lava Lash damage increased by 15%.

Stormstrike damage increased by 15%.

Doom Winds now increases the chance of Windfury Weapon activating by 50% (was 100%).

Fixed an issue causing the Elemental Tempo to incorrectly increase the damage of Stormstrike and Windstrike.

Tempest main target damage reduced by 10%.

Tempest secondary target damage reduced by 30%.

Fixed an issue where a single Arc Discharge effect could increase the damage of multiple Chain Lightning spell casts, such as from Thorim's Invocation and Ride the Lightning.

Surging Totem Tremor damage reduced by 15%.

Surging Totem Surging Bolt damage reduced by 10%.

Fixed an issue where Surging Bolts from Surging Totem that were created from casting Chain Lightning were all sent to the last target hit by Chain Lightning, rather than the primary target of Chain Lightning.

New Talent: Swelling Tides – Healing Stream Totem and Stormstream Totem extend the duration of your active Riptides by 3 seconds when cast.

Healing Wave healing increased by 10%.

Unleash Life healing increased by 100%.

Healing Rain healing increased by 20% and now heals up to 6 targets in its area (was 5).

• Developers' notes: We're lowering some of the larger bonuses that Healing Rain receives from the Totemic Hero Talents and increasing Healing Rain's baseline healing amount.

Healing Rain now has a 12 second cooldown and an 18 second duration. Recasting Healing Rain while one is already active will despawn the previous one. This cooldown change does not affect the Surging Totem's Healing Rain from the Totemic Hero Talents.

• Developers' notes: This change should allow more flexibility for the player to move Healing Rain around when that is desirable.

Riptide direct healing increased by 25% and its periodic healing increased by 100%.

Acid Rain damage increased by 50%, but now causes damage every 2 seconds (was 1 second).

Midnight Season 1 2-set bonus has been updated – Unleash Life's direct healing is increased by 50% (was 100%).

Earthen Accord now grants an additive +20% to the healing buff from Unleash Life, rather than a multiplicative increase.

Current Control now also reduces the mana cost of Chain Heal by 15%.

Wavespeaker's Blessing has been moved up in the talent tree.

Calm Waters has been removed.

Chain Heal from Ancestors now bounces to up to 5 targets (was 3), loses 10% healing per target jump (was 30%), and had its jump distance increased to 20 yards (was 15 yards).

Chain Heal from Ancestors healing increased by 50%.

Pulse Capacitor now increases the healing done by Surging Totem by 10% (was 25%).

Surging Totem now increases the effectiveness of Healing Rain by 10% (was 20%).

Drain Life health drain increased by 25%.

Zevrim's Resilience healing increased by 25%.

Summon Demonic Gateway is now a Utility spell by default in the Cooldown Manager.

Fixed an issue where several abilities would not grant Soul Leech:

• Wither
• Blackened Soul
• Infernal Bolt
• Soul Anathema
• Wicked Reaping
• Avatar of Destruction's Chaos Bolt
• Unstable Affliction
• Malefic Grasp
• Vilefiend's Headbutt and Bile Spit
• Gloomhound's Gloom Slash
• Wild Imp and Imp Gang Boss's Fel Firebolt
• Imp Lord's Greater Felbolt
• Demonic Tyrant's Demonfire

Fixed an issue where several abilities erroneously granted Soul Leech:

• Legion Strike
• Cunning Cruelty
• Channel Demonfire

Blackened Soul has been redesigned – If the target is afflicted with your Wither, your Chaos Bolt and Shadowburn increase its stack count by 1. Each time Wither gains a stack it has a chance to collapse, consuming a stack every 1 second to deal Shadowflame damage to its host until 1 stack remains. Blackened Soul damage increased by 45%.

Mark of Peroth'arn has been redesigned – Damaging critical strikes dealt by Wither deal 215% damage instead of the usual 200%. Damaging critical strikes dealt by Blackened Soul deal 225% damage instead of the usual 200%.

Wither damage increased by 25%.

New Talent: Hedonic Gorging – Increases Drain Life damage by 10% and Siphon Life now increases the damage of Corruption by an additional 10%. Dark Harvest channels 10% faster and deals 15% increased damage.

New Talent: Impetuous Wrath – Shadow Bolt, Drain Soul, and Malefic Grasp damage increased by 10% or 20% if the target is affected by Haunt. Dark Harvest damage increased by 10% or 20% if the target is affected by Haunt.

Shard Instability has been redesigned – Damage dealt by Shadow Bolt or Drain Soul has a 20% chance to make your next Unstable Affliction or Seed of Corruption cost no Soul Shards and cast instantly.

Haunt now increases your damage dealt to the target by 16% for 18 seconds (was 12%).

The following talents have been removed:

• Nocturnal Yield
• Developers' notes: Nocturnal Yield doesn't offer much choice when it comes to how a Warlock chooses to spend their Nightfall. Instead, it is usually best spent on Seed of Corruption, regardless of target count. This can have adverse effects on talents that benefit from Shadow Bolt or Drain Soul. We like the feeling of occasional free Seeds of Corruption though and are merging that functionality into Shard Instability. In place of Nocturnal Yield, we are introducing a new talent called Impetuous Wrath that will serve as another means of Affliction accessing additional priority damage.
• Patient Zero
• Developers' notes: Patient Zero warps the damage profile of Seed of Corruption heavily. The specific use-case for Seed of Corruption as a tool is to supply damage in multi-target situations and having the ability to increase priority damage dilutes its identity. Hedonic Gorging is a new talent that hooks into the common throughline of health leech between Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Dark Harvest. The intention for this talent is for most of the throughput to reside in Siphon Life and Dark Harvest while the increase to Drain Life is meant to be smaller and a bit of flavor.

Shadow Bolt damage increased by 45%.

Demonbolt damage increased by 55%.

Summon Gloomhound damage increased by 35%.

Chaos Salvo damage reduced by 20%.

Felseeker damage reduced by 20%.

Wicked Cleave damage reduced by 20%.

Eye Explosion damage reduced by 20%.

Flames of Xoroth now increases Fire damage and damage dealt by your demons by 3% (was 4%).

Conflagration of Chaos has been redesigned – Conflagrate and Shadowburn have a 100% chance to critically strike, and their damage is increased by your critical strike chance.

All damage increased by 4.5%.

Soul Fire damage increased by 45%.

Chaos Bolt damage increased by 5%.

Havoc now causes spells to deal 50% of their damage to the marked target (was 60%).

Apex Talent: Embers of Nihilam (Rank 1) tooltip has been updated to show players the percent chance of Incinerate evoking an Echo of Sargeras.

Shadowburn added as a tracked buff in the Cooldown Manager.

Conflagration of Chaos has been removed from the Cooldown Manager.

The Rend ability is now exclusive to Arms, has returned to being a single-target ability, and its Rage cost is reduced to 10. Cleave will apply Rend to all targets if the Warrior knows Rend.

New Talent (Fury): Storm of Blood – Whirlwind applies Rend to all targets. Crashing Thunder causes Storm of Blood to also apply to Thunder Clap for Mountain Thane.

New Talent (Protection): Blood and Thunder – Thunder Clap applies Rend to all targets.

Thunder Clap no longer innately applies Rend if known.

Javelineer has a new icon.

No Stranger to Pain has been updated – Damage prevented by each use of Ignore Pain increased by 30% (was 20%).

Dominance of the Colossus has been updated – Enemies damaged by Demolish deal 20% reduced damage to you for 10 seconds (was 10%) and no longer reduces the cooldown of Demolish.

Demolish cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 45 seconds).

Thunder Blast damage increased by 20%.

Crashing Thunder increases Thunder Clap damage by 10% (was 30%).

Tactical Edge has been redesigned – Colossus Smash immediately grants 1 use of Sudden Death.

• Developers' notes: We feel like the original design's effect was difficult to feel and eroded the uniqueness of Tactician. We think this design will be much more rotationally impactful and provide some additional interactions for Slayer and Execute-focused builds.

Ravager has been updated:

• Ravager damage increased by 50%.
• Ravager no longer increases Cleave and Whirlwind damage while active. Ravager now causes all enemies it damages to take 50% increased damage from your Bleeds for 12 seconds.
• Ravager's duration is no longer reduced by Haste.
• Developers' notes: Ravager is a unique ability and we want Ravager itself and its positioning to be important, but the current design puts more emphasis on its value as an AOE damage amp rather than Ravager itself. We're redesigning Ravager slightly to address this, as well as to increase Ravager's value in all combat situations.

Bloodletting has been updated – Your abilities have a 5% increased chance to critically strike targets affected by Rend. If you know Rend, Mortal Strike inflicts Rend on targets below 35% health. Deep Wounds lasts 33% longer.

Broad Strokes has been updated – Colossus Smash now grants 6 stacks of Sweeping Strikes on use.

• Developers' notes: Stacks of Sweeping Strikes from the Sweeping Strikes ability and Broad Strokes will stack normally, regardless of the order in which they were used.

Dreadnaught has been updated – Dreadnaught damage increased by 100% and no longer damages your Overpower target.

Melee auto-attack damage increased by 100%.

Cleave damage reduced by 10%.

Execute damage reduced by 15%.

Ignore Pain absorb increased by 25%.

Sweeping Strikes now displays the number of active Sweeping Strikes charges.

Powerful Momentum now increases Sweeping Strikes chain damage by 20% (was 25%).

Midnight Season 1 2-set bonus now increases Colossus Smash damage by 3% (was 5%).

Several talents have changed locations in the talent tree.

Improved Sweeping Strikes has been removed.

Tide of Battle increases the damage of Overpower and Execute (was Overpower only).

Slayer's Dominance has been updated – Chance to trigger a Slayer's strike increased to 25% (was 15%).

Opportunist grants 20% damage and 20% critical strike damage to your next Overpower (was 10% for both).

New Talent: Carving Blades – Whirlwind deals 50% additional damage when it strikes only a single target.

Whirlwind has been updated – Whirlwind now generates 3 Rage innately.

Improved Whirlwind has been updated – No longer causes Whirlwind to generate 3 Rage innately, but still increases Rage generated by Whirlwind by 1 per target hit, up to 8 total Rage.

Rampaging Ruin has been redesigned – While Improved Whirlwind is active, Rampage's final strike slams the ground, dealing Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards of your target. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.

• Developers' notes: Rampaging Ruin is intended to help alleviate the AOE target cap on Fury's rotational AOE abilities. The current design ended up being very difficult to figure out when it was best to use Rampaging Ruin, the new design should make the choice much more intuitive.

Hack and Slash has been updated – Rampage now has a 75% chance to refund a charge of Raging Blow and increase the damage of your next Raging Blow by 20%.

• Developer's notes: We feel that Fury plays best when there is a degree of uncertainty about which ability you'll use after the one you're currently pressing. Previous iterations of Hack and Slash provided extremely regular and consistent Raging Blow resets, causing Raging Blow to almost always be available. We believe this change will help keep Fury rotations variable and allow for more difference in rotational feel between builds that emphasize Raging Blow and those that do not.

Bloodbath initial damaged reduced by 12% and bleed damage increased by 300%.

• Developers' notes: The intent behind Bloodbath is that the majority of the damage bonus comes from the bleed. The existing tuning hasn't been delivering on that, so we're moving some of Bloodbath's increased damage from the initial hit to the bleed. This change should be net neutral for Bloodbath's overall damage.

Ground Current damage increased by 150%.

Devastating Focus has been updated – Now increases Revenge and Execute damage dealt to the target (was Revenge only).

Bloodborne has been updated – Now increases all Bleed damage (was only Rend and Deep Wounds).

Ravager has been updated –

• Ravager damage increased by 50% and its duration is no longer reduced by Haste.
• Ravager no longer increases Revenge and Thunder Clap damage while active. Ravager now causes all enemies it damages to take 50% increased damage from your Bleeds for 12 seconds. Duration reduced to 4 seconds with Whirling Blade.
• Developers' notes: Ravager is a unique ability and we want the Ravager itself and its positioning to be important, but the current design puts more emphasis on its value as an AOE damage amp rather than the Ravager itself. We're redesigning Ravager slightly to address this, as well as to increase Ravager's value in all combat situations.

Revenge has been updated – Your successful dodges, parries, and auto-attacks have a chance to make your next Revenge cost no Rage (was only dodges and parries). Damage increased by 20%.

• Developers' notes: Protection's free Revenge counter-attack mechanic has existed for a long time, and we love it, but we don't love how wildly its frequency and impact vary depending on what content you are doing. In dungeons, Revenge! triggers very frequently, contributing to many buttons being highlighted at once and overwhelming the rotation, but in raids and solo content, Revenge! frequency is so low as to feel weak and exacerbate Rage starvation issues. Our goal here is to shrink the gap between these extremes and make sure Revenge! procs feel meaningful while not crowding your rotation.

All ability damage increased by 11%.

Fueled by Violence heals you for 125% of Bleed damage dealt (was 110%).

Ignore Pain absorb amount increased by 25%.

Brutal Vitality adds 10% of damage dealt to Ignore Pain (was 8%).

Unyielding increases the damage reduction bonus of Defensive Stance by 6% (was 4%).

Practiced Strikes has been updated – Shield Slam generates an additional 4 Rage (was 3).

Tide of Battle increases the damage of Revenge and Execute (was Revenge only).

Ritual Site tiers 1-6 vault rewards have been updated to match the Season 2 Delve tiers 1-6 vault rewards.

Ritual Sites now reward Season 2 crests equivalent to Delves at these tiers.

Tiers 1-3 remain at the Season 1 recommended item levels and tuning.

New recommended item levels for tiers 4-6:

• Tier 4 – 259 (was 257)
• Tier 5 – 268 (was 264)
• Tier 6 – 275 (was 274)

The Tier 6 Advanced Ritual Studies quests will no longer offer a Nebulous Voidcore bonus roll reward. The quests remain available to complete for the relevant achievement.

Void Strikes, Void Incursions, and the Weekly Quest will now give Season 2 Adventurer crests.

New Season 2 Adventurer Warbound caches available for 200 Field Accolades.

New Season 2 Veteran Bind-on-Pickup caches available for 500 Field Accolades for a random slot, and 750 Field Accolades for a slot specific item.

The Season 1 gear caches have been removed.

World Quests, Rares, and Elites will now grant Season 2 Adventurer crests in both Normal and Heroic World Tiers.

Rare equipment drops will remain Warbound Until Equipped and will now drop at Season 2 Adventurer 1/6 (Normal) and Adventurer 4/6 (Heroic).

The World Boss and Weekly Quests will offer Season 2 Adventurer crests in Normal World Tier and Season 2 Veteran crests in Heroic World Tier.

The World Boss drops will remain as Season 1 drops and can no longer be upgraded.

The Mythic quest rewards from "Knocking off the Top (Heroic)" will also remain as Season 1 rewards and can no longer be upgraded.

Class set vendor Kirana has relocated from near the March on Quel'Danas raid entrance to near the Catalyst in Silvermoon and has expanded her stock to include Midnight Season 2 class set armor in exchange for Slumbering Coil Curios.

Class set armor now inherits the secondary and tertiary stats as well as certain special cantrip effects of items when converted with the Catalyst.

Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic raid Great Vault rewards are now awarded at the first step of the next harder difficulty's upgrade track; for example, all Heroic raid vault rewards will be Myth 1/6.

Mythic raid Great Vault rewards are now awarded at Myth 6/6 apart from Very Rare items and loot from the penultimate and final bosses.

Mythic raid Very Rare items and loot from the penultimate and final bosses will be acquired at the equivalent of Myth 9 regardless of whether acquired directly from a boss drop or the Great Vault.

Nebulous Voidcores acquired in Season 1 will be converted to gold upon the end of Season 1, and they may no longer be used in Season 1 content.

Nebulous Voidcores will be available as a Great Vault reward from the start of Season 2.

The cost to roll for a raid item is reduced to 1 Nebulous Voidcores (was 2).

As in Season 1, items acquired using Nebulous Voidcores will continue to be equivalent to a Great Vault reward in terms of item level.

Orin Straylight has begun learning the basics of weaving Nebulous Voidcores from void energy and has relocated near the Catalyst in Silvermoon. He will be able to provide one additional Nebulous Voidcore per week starting the eighth week of Season 2.

Ranged weapons (bows, crossbows, and guns) can now use a variety of illusions in transmog.

Adjusted delve Coffer Key Shard amounts from multiple sources.

• Developers' notes: We have tuned Coffer Key Shard acquisition to reflect the addition of more sources with the Curse of Ula'tek update. Our goal is to reward players who choose to spend their time engaging with new content in the Coiled Isles, while still providing players the ability to earn Coffer Key Shards from all sorts of outdoor features throughout Midnight. These adjustments are still ongoing and are a work in progress.

New wild pets to collect on the Coiled Isle.

Added Pet Battler achievements for Outland and Cataclysm.

Substantially reduced the Anguish costs for housing items purchased from Prey vendors for Season 1 and Season 2.

Players will no longer be affected by knockback effects while under the effects of Fear and Disorient crowd control.

Gladiator's Distinction (PvP Trinket Set Bonus) now increases primary stat by 15% (was 12%) and Stamina by 5% (was 10%) for tank and damage dealer roles.

Gladiator's Distinction (PvP Trinket Set Bonus) now increases Stamina by 10% (was 15%) for the healer role.

Players will now receive 20% less healing in Battlegrounds.

To reduce win trading and queue manipulation, now when a player misses a Solo Shuffle or Battleground Blitz queue, a 1-minute debuff prevents further queueing. The debuff stacks for consecutive missed queues within a window of time and is account-wide.

Spoils of War will grant 50% increased Conquest once Conquest has been uncapped for the season (was 30%).

• Developers' notes: We would like to speed up gearing for players who are participating late in the PvP season, so we are increasing Conquest gains from Spoils of War.

Chains of Ice movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Enfeeble movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Grip of the Dead movement slow reduced to 60% in PvP combat (was 90%).

Chains of Ice movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Trollbane's Icy Fury movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Blinding Sleet movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 60%).

Blinding Sleet secondary slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Magus of the Dead Frostbolt movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 60%).

Wave of Debilitation movement slow reduced to 40% in PvP combat (was 60%).

Consume damage reduced by 40% in PvP combat.

Devour damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.

Master of the Glaive movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Metamorphosis daze slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Vengeful Retreat movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Sigil of Chains movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Typhoon movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Ursol's Vortex movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Wild Charge daze slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Thorns movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

New baseline passive, learned at level 42: Stellar Protection – If Moonfire and Sunfire are dispelled, Stellar Flare is applied to the target. Burns the target for 36% Spell Power Astral damage, and then an additional 210% Spell Power damage over 24 seconds. If dispelled, causes 212% Spell Power damage to the dispeller and blasts them upwards. Generates 12 Astral Power.

Fungal Growth movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Faerie Swarm movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

The following PvP talents have been removed:

• Crescent Burn
• Dying Stars

Infected Wounds movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Ancient of Lore (PvP Talent) has returned – Shapeshift into an Ancient of Lore, preventing all crowd control effects, reducing damage taken by 20%, and granting you access to Blossom Burst and Mass Blooming. Reduces movement speed.

• Blossoming Burst: Heals an ally for 910% of Spell power and applies 1 missing heal over time effect. If all of them are present, Blossom Burst critically heals.
• Mass Blooming: Heals 5 allies for 585% of Spell power and applies 1 missing heal over time effect.

Call of Ohn'ahra increases the cooldown of Nature's Swiftness by 30 seconds (was 10 seconds).

All healing reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

• Developers' notes: Restoration Druid is receiving several quality of life adjustments and buffs in this update. As a result, we're lowering some of the extra healing they were receiving in PvP combat.

Unburdened Flight now causes Hover to prevent movement speed from being reduced below 100%, rather than granting immunity to movement-impairing effects.

Permeating Chill movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Swoop Up (PvP Talent) has been removed.

Perilous Fate movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Dreamwalker's Embrace movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Scatter Shot has returned as a PvP talent – A short-range shot that deals damage, removes all harmful damage over time effects, and incapacitates the target for 3 seconds. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used.

Tar Trap movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Cold Feet movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Concussive Shot movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Scorpid Venom movement slow reduced to 70% in PvP combat (was 90%).

Hunting Pack radius increased to 30 yards (was 15 yards).

Chimaeral Sting no longer applies its subsequent effects when dispelled.

Roar of Sacrifice reduces damage taken by 25% in PvP combat (was 15%).

The following pet abilities movement slow effect reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

• Acid Spit
• Ankle Crack
• Blood Bolt
• Dust Cloud
• Frost Breath
• Furious Bite
• Lock Jaw
• Pin
• Prowl
• Spirit Walk
• Talon Rend
• Tendon Rip
• Trample
• Warp Time
• Web Spray

Dark Chains movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Shadow Dagger movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Arcanosphere damage increased by 25%.

Overpowered Barrier increases barrier absorption by 60% (was 100%).

Overpowered Barrier movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Blast Wave movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Freezing Cold movement slow reduced to 70% in PvP combat (was 80%).

Ring of Frost movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 65%).

Improved Mass Invisibility reduces cooldown by 3 minutes (was 4 minutes).

Ring of Fire duration increased to 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Overpowered Barrier no longer grants Invisibility and immunity. Instead, it grants Time Warp for 6 seconds if the barrier is fully consumed.

Snowdrift movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Crashing Momentum movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Spirit's Essence movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Special Delivery movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Vital Expenditure now increases Soothing Mist's healing by 100% (was 300%) and increases its mana cost by 33% (was 200%) in PvP combat.

Flying Serpent Kick movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Strike of the Windlord movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Dawnlight movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

All healing reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Divine Exaction causes Divine Toll to strike at 45% effectiveness in PvP combat.

Divine Hammer movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Judgment of Justice movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Truth's Wake movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Eternal Flame healing reduced by 20% in PvP combat.

Quickened Pulse causes Entropic Rift and Shadow Word: Pain to deal damage 15% more often in PvP combat (was 25%).

Expiation deals damage equal to 150% of the amount consumed (was 200%) in PvP combat.

Mind Flay: Insanity movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Idol of C'Thun Mind Flay movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Psyfiend Psyflay movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Crippling Poison movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Crippling Poison (Shiv) movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

System Shock movement slow reduced to 70% in PvP combat (was 90%).

Pistol Shot movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Distracting Mirage movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 60%).

Goremaw's Bite repeats 10% damage of Finishing Moves in PvP combat.

Arctic Snowstorm movement slow reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Enfeeblement movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Earthbind Totem movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Thunderstorm movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Dampening now causes Dark Pact to decrease the amount of health it sacrifices.

Curse of Exhaustion movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Whiplash movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Bonds of Fel damage increased by 100%, and radius increased to 12 yards (was 8 yards). Visual has been updated to better identify the boundaries for enemies.

Fel Fissure movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Piercing Howl movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).

Boneshaker movement slow reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Storm of Destruction movement slow reduced to 50% in PvP combat (was 60%).

Dominance of the Colossus reduces damage taken from enemies affected by Demolish by up to 10% in PvP combat.

Explore new stories in the Arcantina.

The Omnium Folio introduction questline can now be skipped across characters on the account once it has been completed by at least one character.

The Auto Loot setting is now account wide.

Auction House filters now persist across sessions.

In Group Finder, the refresh button no longer overlaps with the filter reset button.

Added a Back button to the Achievements pane.

The World Map can now show map coordinates of the player and the cursor. Settings can be found under Gameplay > Interface.

Shift-clicking a map pin now also copies a slash command to your clipboard. The slash command (/mappin) can be shared outside the game and entered in chat to create the pin and open your map to it.

The Friends List has been updated with World of Warcraft Friends, Recent Allies, additional filtering options, and improved social management tools.

Now tracks trinkets, potions, and racial ability cooldowns and durations.

Buff and debuff icons displayed on raid and party frames can now have independent sizes and border scales.

Healers can now assign visual alerts to specific group buff spells through the Group Buff Filter UI.

Added a new category of "Short" sounds to use for Cooldown Manager.

Sounds from the Cooldown Manager are now available to be used for the Combat Audio Assist accessibility feature.

Added the ability to ping the action bar and spells on the Cooldown Manager.

Added the ability to ping certain items.

Added the ability to ping player resources (such as health bars or health and mana bars for healers), displaying the information as a chat bubble.

Ping icons will now show on certain unit frames (target, focus, and raid) when that unit is pinged.

Ping System now has a new option to target the environment only, units only, or both.

Updated ping macros to support pinging spells or items. Added the following slash commands: /pingspell:1234 (or spell name) and /pingitem:1234 (or item name)

Adding the ability to use the [@cursor] target for ping macros. Using this will have the ping ignore all UI and units, and explicitly attempt to ping the environment wherever the cursor currently is.

Trinkets, health potions, combat potions, and healthstones can now be pinged on the Cooldown Manager.

New options added in Friendly Nameplates settings to show only the name, use class color for names, and hide realm name.

For the "Enemy Player Buffs/Debuffs" nameplates option, "Big Debuff" is now enabled by default.

Raid Warnings can now be moved.

Raid and party frames now support the Frame Size setting that has been available for other unit frames. These frames can now be scaled up by 100%.

The Loss of Control display can now be moved.