There are several builds in this post and things will obviously change from build to build, read through ALL of the builds to see what the changes are.
First PTR patch data coming in more news on the frontpage post: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...TR-Build-16408
Official notes:
There'll be countless more changes no doubt, but let's keep the general 5.2 changes discussion in this thread. I'll try to add to the OP as new builds of the PTR go out.Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Build 16446: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...TR-Build-16446
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Fel Armor now reduces damage taken by 10%, rather than increasing armor.
Unstable Affliction now does 14% more damage when dispelled. This damage always critically strikes.
Talents
Blood Fear now costs 5% of Total Health, down from 20%.
Burning Rush - During Burning Rush, movement-impairing effects may not reduce you below 100% of normal movement speed.
Sacrificial Pact now shields for 400% of the sacrificed health, up from 200%.
Affliction
Unstable Affliction now does 14% more damage when dispelled. This damage always critically strikes.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Ember Tap has been reworked: Ember Tap heals you for an additional 5% of your health, but the health is restored over 10 sec.
Glyph of Unstable Affliction now reduces the cast time of Unstable Affliction by 25%.
Tier piece set bonus:
From the PTR Class and Set bonus issues thread: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...-bonus-issues/Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
And again From the PTR Class and Set bonus issues thread: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...-bonus-issues/Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From the official patchhnotes of PTR build 16467: (some of these are allready mentioned in the previous patchnotes)Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From the PTR Class and Set bonus issues thread: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...-bonus-issues/
PTR build 16486: Only has the previously mentioned tier bonus changes.Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Item - Warlock T15 DPS 2P Bonus While Dark Soul is active, your chance to trigger Nightfall is increased by 30% Haunt's duration is increased by 2 sec, Chaos Bolt and Shadowburn consume 20% less Embers, and abilities cost 30% less Demonic Fury.
Item - Warlock T15 DPS 4P Bonus Your Malefic Grasp and Drain Soul deal 5% more periodic damage, your Incinerate has a 8% chance to generate twice the normal Embers, and your Shadow Bolt and Soul Fire grant 5% more Demonic Fury. spells generate 10% more Demonic Fury.
A change-revert after watching the implementation of it on the PTR for a while: (from the PTR CLass and Set bonus Issues thread)
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
PTR patch build 16503:
From the PTR Class and set bonus issues thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...5?page=68#1345Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From PTR build 16539: tooltip change for what is now Blood Horror, and a change to Glyph of Eye of Kilrogg
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Talents
Blood Horror While active, any time an enemy melee attack deals damage to the Warlock, the enemy will run in horror for up to 4 sec. Blood Horror lasts 60 sec.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Eye of Kilrogg The casting Warlock must be within line of sight of the Eye of Kilrogg to place the Demonic Circle.
From the official 5.2 patch notes: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...es-february-5/
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From PTR build 16562: (I'm assuming the HoG change is a tooltip thing and not an actual change, but we'll see)
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Affliction
Seed of Corruption explosion now has a 10 yd radius, down from 15.
Soulburn: Curse: Your Curse of the Elements will affect all enemies in a 10yard radius around your target, down from 15.
Demonology
Hand of Gul'dan no longer scales with AP.
Destruction
Fire and Brimstone now has a 10 yd radius, down from 15.
From the Class and Set bonus thread, part II: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...t-ii/#post1561
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From part 3 of the Class and Set bonus discussion thread on the official forums: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/7923993861#20
Some awsome buffs for Destro and Demo!
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From part 3 of the Class and Set bonus discussion thread on the official forums: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...t-iii/#post604
About Destro and the "bug" where you are now NOT getting 2 embers refunded when you kill something with Shadowburn (which has been something that propped up Destro's DPS in tier 14 to an acceptable level) but on the PTR only get 1 refunded.
From part 3 of the Class and Set bonus discussion thread on the official forums: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...t-iii/#post699Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Seems Blizz was really quick and cool about the "bug" with Shadowburn
Changes with PTR build 16634: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...TR-Build-16634Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Major nerfs to Grimoire of Sacrifice
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Talents
Grimoire of Sacrifice (Affliction) now increases the power of many of your single target spells by 35%, down from 45%.
Grimoire of Sacrifice (Destruction) now increases the power of many of your single target spells by 15%, down from 20%.
From the Class balance and Set bonus thread, part III: http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...-iii/#post1591
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
From PTR build 16650: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...TR-Build-16650
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Talents
Grimoire of Sacrifice Affliction and Demonology now share a tooltip, with Affliction sacrifice increasing the power of many of your single target spells by 30%, down from 35%.
Affliction
Haunt debuff now increases all damage done by your spells on the target by 30% for 8 sec, up from 25%.
Destruction
Conflagrate damage and SP scaling reduced by 4%.
Immolate damage and SP scaling reduced by 4%.
From the final official patchnotes of patch 5.2: http://us.battle.net//wow/en/blog/8896363
Note the further nerf to Grimoire of Sacrifice.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment