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Massive Class Changes Just Hit the 11.2 PTR — Some Specs Got Nuked

Blizzard has just released a new Patch 11.2 build on the PTR with notable class changes for multiple classes. Check out what’s new here:

CLASSES

  • DEATH KNIGHT
    • Hero Talents
      • Rider of the Apocalypse
        • The damage of Mograine’s Death and Decay has been increased by 50%.
        • Unholy
          • Fixed an issue causing Mograine’s Death and Decay to benefit twice from Unholy Death Knight Mastery.
    • Frost
      • Fixed an issue causing Frozen Dominion to appear on the Cooldown Manager.
      • Second strike of Frostbane now also benefits from Shattering Blade.
      • Frostbane override aura can no longer be cancelled.
    • Unholy
      • Legion of Souls now summons a Magus of the Dead when talented.
      • Unholy Aura now increases the damage of Whitemane’s Undeath.
      • Reaping minion damage increase effect on Soul Reaper explosion now increases the damage of Whitemane’s Undeath.
      • Mastery: Dreadblade now increases the critical strike damage of Whitemane’s Undeath and Unholy Blight.
      • Plague Mastery now increases the critical strike damage of Unholy Blight.
      • Fixed an issue causing Morbidity to not function correctly with Superstrain Blood Plague.
  • DRUID
    • Hero Talents
      • Keeper of the Grove
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus – Now capped at 50 times base spell power (was 50% of health).
  • EVOKER
    • Hero Talents
      • Scalecommander
        • Developers’ notes: The tier set bonus was unintentionally incentivizing players to Deep Breath for as long as possible. The following changes are intended to discourage Deep Breathing long after you’ve already flown over your enemies.
        • Command Squadron (summoned by the Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus) will no longer Pyre enemies behind you.
        • Command Squadron Pyre damage increased by 40%.
        • It is no longer possible to slow yourself down to walking speed during Deep Breath or Breath of Eons.
  • HUNTER
    • Hero Talents
      • Dark Ranger
        • Beast Mastery
          • Black Arrow damage increased by 20%.
          • Phantom Pain damage share increased to 20% (was 15%).
          • The Bell Tolls damage bonus increased to 4% (was 3%).
      • Pack Leader
        • Better Together has been updated – Now increases Tip of the Spear damage bonus by 15% (was 10%).
        • Dire Summons has been updated – Kill Command reduction increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds) for Survival only. Raptor Strike/Mongoose Bite reduction increased to 1.5 seconds (was 1 second).
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Stat bonuses reduced to 6% (was 8%).
        • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus Stampede now functions on the Dawnbreaker ship and the Rasha’nan Fight.
        • Beast Mastery
          • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus updated– Stampede damage reduced by 35%.
      • Sentinel
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – 2-set buff is now removed upon gaining the 4-set buff.
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Boon of Elune Aimed Shot damage bonus increased to 30% (was 20%).
    • Beast Mastery
      • All damage dealt reduced by 3%.
      • Huntmaster’s Call has been updated – Hati and Fenryr duration reduced to 10 seconds (was 15 seconds). Fenryr Haste buff reduced to 4% (was 8%). Hati pet damage buff reduced to 4% (was 8%).
  • MAGE
    • Hero Talents
      • Frostfire
        • Fire
          • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Ignite effectiveness reduced to 100% (was 150%). Frostfire Burst, Ice Nova, and Comet Storm damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 30%).
          • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus updated – Glacial Spike damage reduced by 20%.
      • Spellslinger
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Arcane Blast damage bonus reduced to 12% (was 20%). Ice Lance and Icicle damage bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
        • Arcane
          • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Arcane Blast now additionally grants 2 stacks of Arcane Harmony.
        • Frost
          • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Ice Lance now additionally has a 100% chance to grant 1 stack of Cold Front.
          • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus updated – Spell damage bonus reduced to 8% (was 10%).
      • Sunfury
        • Arcane
          • Meteorite damage increased by 20%.
          • Arcane Phoenix area-of-effect spell damage increased by 30%.
  • MONK
    • Hero Talents
      • Master of Harmony
        • Brewmaster
          • Harmonic Surge damage increased by 80%.
        • Mistweaver
          • Harmonic Surge healing increased by 15%.
    • Brewmaster
      • Fixed an issue causing Niuzao when summoned by Call to Arms to not Stomp or be healed when casting Purify.
      • Fixed an issue causing Niuzao’s Resolve to not correctly trigger when a Healing Sphere timed out.
      • Niuzao’s Resolve no longer ticks immediately upon application; its healing has been adjusted accordingly. This resolves an issue where subsequent applications were losing ticks.
    • Mistweaver
      • Sheilun’s Gift healing increased by 20%.
      • Vivify direct healing increased by 80%, but its healing is no longer increased in PvP combat (was increased by 80%).
      • Chi Harmony now increases healing taken by 25% (was 50%).
  • PALADIN
    • Hero Talents
      • Lightsmith
        • Manaforge Omega Set Bonus:
          • Lesser Weapon healing increased by 100%.
          • Lesser Weapon damage reduced by 66%.
          • Lesser Bulwark absorb increased by 100%.
          • Protection
            • Hammer and Anvil is now cast at 40% effectiveness when activated by Hammer of the Righteous or Blessed Hammer.
        • Holy
          • Sacred Weapon will now prioritize other healers when cast without a target or cast via Divine Inspiration.
      • Templar
        • Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus updated – Now correctly grants an additional Light’s Deliverance stack on Empyrean Hammer critical strikes regardless of the source of Empyrean Hammer.
        • Fixed an issue causing Hammer of Light to only cast one Empyrean Hammer instead of three when it hits a single target.
  • WARRIOR
    • Hero Talents
      • Colossus
        • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus updated – Critical Strikes with Mortal Strike/Shield Slam increase the damage dealt by Rend and Deep Wounds by 80% (was 100%).
      • Mountain Thane
        • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus slightly redesigned – Ionizing Strikes deal 100% more damage and when you trigger Ionizing Strikes, you gain a charge of Thunder Blast and your next Thunder Blast deals 100% additional damage.
      • Slayer
        • Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus updated – Overpower/Raging Blow damage increased by 10% (was 20%), and the triggered Reap the Storm is at 150% effectiveness (was 100%).
    • Protection
      • Fueled by Violence heals you for 150% of the damage dealt by Deep Wounds (was 200%).

ITEMS

  • Valorstones are no longer reset upon the start of a new season.
  • RAID REWARDS
    • Diamantine Voidcore – Low mana effect threshold reduced to 25% (was 50%).
    • All-Devouring Nucleus – Health restore effect on killing blow now heals the player to 20% (was 10%). Fatal damage cap increased by 20%. Health threshold to stabilize reduced to 65% (was 75%).
    • Eradicating Arcanocore – Fixed an issue where this trinket was dealing significantly less damage than intended. Damage increased by 46% with this fix.

USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY

  • PLAYER-CHARACTER BANK UPDATES
    • In Ghosts of K’aresh, your character’s bank is updated and now uses the same configurations as the Warband bank.
      • Character banks now comprise tabs with per-tab settings available.
      • Each tab includes 98 slots of storage.
      • Six tabs can be purchased, costing 1 gold, 100g, 500g, 1000g, 2500g, and 5000g.
      • Bank tabs are automatically unlocked on login. At level 80, all tabs are unlocked automatically.
        • For characters below level 80, the number of tabs available will be based on how many bag slots (including reagent bank and void storage) were available to the character before the update.
      • The reagent bank has been removed.
        • Any bank tab can now serve as a reagents tab.
      • Void storage has been removed.
      • All items previously contained in character banks, reagent banks, and void storage are automatically moved to available tabs in the new bank upon login after the patch.
    • Please note that, during times of great demand, it is possible for the conversion to not initiate when you first log into a character. Additionally, until the conversion is completed, access to your bank will be disabled.
    • Submit any testing feedback in this thread: Player-Character Bank Updates

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