The War Within has seen a lot of major changes to its core gameplay, adding Hero Talents to allow players to choose their preferred playstyle. With new items, new PvE and PvP opportunities, and new spells, a lot of fun is to be had in WoW's latest expansion.
With that in mind, balancing can be quite tricky so luckily the dev team is constantly implementing hotfixes, as well as weekly class tuning to ensure that everyone is getting the best experience possible. With that being said, we will take a look at the next class adjustments coming to The War Within.
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PvE Class Changes
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Trollbane’s Icy Fury slows targets by 40% (was 70%).
- Rampant Ferocity now damages enemies within 8 yards of the Druid when using Ferocious Bite, instead of enemies within 8 yards of the target.
Developers’ note: This change is intended to give Feral Druids more control over which enemies Rampant Ferocity’s AOE hits and avoid cases where hitting a large boss with Ferocious Bite wouldn’t hit other nearby enemies.
- All healing increased by 4%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
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- Beast Cleave damage increased to 90% (was 80%).
- Kill Cleave damage increased to 90% (was 80%).
- Flamestrike damage increased by 15%.
- Phoenix Flames damage increased by 20%.
- Living Bomb damage increased by 10%.
- Glacial Spike damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Ray of Frost damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- All damage increased by 4%.
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PvP Class Changes
- Doomburst causes Death Coil to burst 2 Festering Wounds (was 3).
- Demon’s Bite damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Demon Blades damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Chaos Strike/Annihilation damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Blade Dance/Death Sweep damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Sabertooth now increases the damage of Ferocious Bite by 10% (was 15%) and increases the damage of Ferocious Bite per periodic effect by 2% (was 3%) in PvP combat.
- Taste for Blood now increases the damage of Ferocious Bite by 6% (was 12%) in PvP combat.
- Rip damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Rake initial damage increased by 25% (was 15%) and its periodic damage increased by 10% (was 6%) in PvP combat.
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- Eternity Surge damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 75%).
- Frostfire: Frostfire Empowerment increases Frostfire Bolt damage by 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
- Arcane Blast damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Arcane Missiles damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Arcane Barrage damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Magi’s Spark is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
- Fireball damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 35%).
- Greater Pyroblast cast time reduced to 4 seconds (was 4.5 seconds) but it now deals 30% of its target’s maximum health in damage (was 35%).
- Ice Lance damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 45%).
- Frostbolt damage increased by 150% in PvP combat (was 118%).
- Ray of Frost damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
- Ice Barrier absorb amount is now decreased by 40% in PvP combat (was 25%).
- Enveloping Mist healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Vivify primary healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
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- Mana regeneration reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 35%).
- Holy Shock healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Word of Glory healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Holy Light healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Weal and Woe’s bonus to Power Word: Shield is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
- Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 40% in PvP combat.
- Holy Word: Sanctify healing increased by 40% in PvP combat.
- Perfected Form now increases damage dealt during Voidform by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
- Reverberation now increases Echoing Reprimand damage by 50% in PvP combat (was 70%).
And that covers all of the new class changes coming in the next weekly tuning for The War Within. You can check out the official notes, here.
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