World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

With the launch of the first raids in Midnight and the new PvP season, players can collect stylish new class sets that give you an extra edge. You’ll look good no matter where you go—and be better equipped for whatever Midnight Season 1 puts in your path.

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Raid Sets

Players can undertake the challenge in The Voidspire and The Dreamrift raids to collect their new class sets. Four pieces are available within The Voidspire with the chest piece available from The Dreamrift.

Players can also collect a Chiming Void Curio from L’ura to purchase set items when the March on Quel’Danas raid becomes available. “Find Kirana near the entrance to the March on Quel'Danas raid to trade this for powerful class set armor."

Don’t forget, when you unlock a set appearance in a higher difficulty, it will unlock all preceding set variants for your collection.

Class	Specialization	Set Bonuses
Death Knight Relentless Rider’s Lament	Blood	(2) Set: Your Blood Boil deals 8% increased damage and generates 3 Runic Power. (4) Set: Death Strike deals 8% increased damage and has 10% chance to grant a charge of Blood Boil.
	Frost	(2) Set: Empower Rune Weapon increases the damage of your next Obliterate by 20% or Frostcythe by 20%. (4) Set: Empower Rune Weapon recharges 20% faster and Pillar of Frost grants 1 additional charge.
	Unholy	(2) Set: Dread Plague damage increased by 25%. Virulent Plague damage increased by 25%. (4) Set: Putrefy deals 20% increased damage and causes your next Scourge Strike to cost no Rune.
Demon Hunter Devouring Reaver’s Sheathe	Devourer	(2) Set: Void Ray damage increased by 10%. (4) Set: Collapsing Star damage increased by 10% and it now generates 10 Fury.
	Havoc	(2) Set: Blade Dance damage increased by 15%. (4) Set: Your haste is increased by an additional 6% during Metamorphosis.
	Vengeance	(2) Set: Fracture damage increased by 35%. (4) Set: Fracture has a 30% chance to spark a violent detonation, causing Fire damage onto nearby enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Druid Sprouts of the Luminous	Balance	(2) Set: Shooting Stars deal 50% more damage and generates 3 additional Astral Power outside Eclipse. (4) Set: Starfall and Starsurge damage increased by 5% and casting them has a 40% chance to strike an affected target with an exploding Shooting Star that also deals Astral damage to all nearby enemies.
	Feral	(2) Set: Gaining Clearcasting from Omen of Clarity increases your chance to critically strike by 5% for 4 seconds. (4) Set: Rake damage increased by 20%. Clearcasting increases Shred or Swipe damage by an additional 15%.
	Guardian	(2) Set: Raze/Maul and Ravage damage increased by 10%. Moonfire damage increased by 10%. (4) Set: Raze/Maul and Ravage have an additional 5% chance to activate Galactic Guardian. Moonfire’s periodic damage has a chance to make your next Raze/Maul or Ravage strike again at 100% effectiveness.
	Restoration	(2) Set: Wild Growth healing increased by 25%. (4) Set: Wild Growth cooldown reduced by 2 seconds, and mana cost reduced by 10%.
Evoker Livery of the Black Talon	Augmentation	(2) Set: Eruption damage increased by 15% and it extends Ebon Might by an additional 0.3 seconds. (4) Set: While Ebon Might is active, empower spells deal 20% more damage and cool down 20% faster.
	Devastation	(2) Set: Azure Sweep damage increased by 50% and its damage against your primary target is increased by an additional 100%. (4) Set: Eternity Surge grants 1 additional charge of Azure Sweep. Casting Azure Sweep reduces the cooldown of Eternity Surge by 2 seconds.
	Preservation	(2) Set: Verdant Embrace healing increased by 20% and cooldown reduced by 2 seconds. (4) Set: Verdant Embrace grows an Emerald Blossom on your target at 100% effectiveness.
Hunter Primal Sentry’s Camouflage	Beast Mastery	(2) Set: Bestial Wrath’s direct damage is increased by 25%. (4) Set: Bestial Wrath summons 1 Dire Beast for 8 seconds.
	Marksmanship	(2) Set: Precise Shots damage increased by an additional 20%. (4) Set: Spending Precise Shots has a small chance to release a volley of arrows at your target, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
	Survival	(2) Set: Wildfire Bomb damage increased by 10% (4) Set: Wildfire Bomb provokes an additional Strike as One at 100% effectiveness.
Mage Voidbreaker’s Accordance	Arcane	(2) Set: Each Arcane Charge increases your critical strike chance by 1%. (4) Set: The critical strike damage of your Arcane spells is increased by 10%.
	Fire	(2) Set: Pyroblast and Flamestrike deal 8% increased damage. (4) Set: Casting Pyroblast or Flamestrike reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast by 0.50 seconds.
	Frost	(2) Set: Flurry damage increased by 10% and Flurry has a 10% chance to grant Fingers of Frost. (4) Set: Fingers of Frost increases Shatter’s damage by 15%.
Monk Way of Ra’den’s Chosen	Brewmaster	(2) Set: Keg Smash damage increased by 10%. Breath of Fire damage increased by 10%. (4) Set: Keg Smash’s Energy cost is reduced by 5 and when it strikes a target afflicted by Breath of Fire it deals additional Fire damage.
	Mistweaver	(2) Set: Renewing Mist healing is increased by 20%. (4) Set: Casting Thunder Focus Tea applies a Renewing Mist for 20 seconds onto a nearby ally.
	Windwalker	(2) Set: Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch’s damage is increased by 30%. (4) Set: The cooldowns of Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch are reduced by 5 seconds.
Paladin Luminant Verdict’s Vestments	Holy	(2) Set: Holy Shock’s healing is increased by 15%. (4) Set: Holy Shock transfers an additional 20% healing into your Beacon of Light.
	Protection	(2) Set: Shield of the Righteous deals 20% increased damage. (4) Set: After casting Shield of the Righteous, your next Avenger’s Shield deals 5% increased damage. Stacks up to 5.
	Retribution	(2) Set: Expurgation deals 20% increased damage. (4) Set: Final Verdict/Templar’s Verdict applies Expurgation at 100% effectiveness, while Divine Storm applies it at 50% effectiveness.
Priest Blind Oath’s Burden	Discipline	(2) Set: Flash Heal, Shadow Mend, and Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 25%. (4) Set: Atonements applied by Flash Heal and Power Word: Radiance last an additional 3 seconds.
	Holy	(2) Set: Casting Benediction has a high chance to summon a Divine Image. (4) Set: Divine Image lasts for an additional 3 seconds and its healing and damage is increased by 30%.
	Shadow	(2) Set: Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 10% and Insanity cost reduced by 5. (4) Set: Shadowy Apparitions and Void Apparitions damage increased by 40%.
Rogue Motley of the Grim Jest	Assassination	(2) Set: Garrote's damage is increased by 30% and it also applies your weapon poisons. (4) Set: Garrote's Energy cost is reduced by 10. Mutilate, Ambush, and Fan of Knives deal 25% increased damage to targets affected by your weapon poisons.
	Outlaw	(2) Set: Blade Rush's damage is increased by 30% and its damage to your primary target is increased by an additional 15%. (4) Set: Blade Rush's cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds and it increases your damage dealt by 5% for 8 seconds.
	Subtlety	(2) Set: Finishing moves deal 1.5% more damage per combo point spent. (4) Set: Shadow Blades has 4 seconds increased duration and causes your attacks to deal an additional 6% damage as Shadow.
Shaman Mantle of the Primal Core	Elemental	(2) Set: Casting Stormkeeper grants 15% haste for 10 seconds. (4) Set: Stormkeeper grants 1 additional stack and increases the damage of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 25%.
	Enhancement	(2) Set: Stormstrike deals 15% increased damage and Lava Lash deals 15% increased damage. (4) Set: Crash Lightning weapon enhancement effect additionally increases your Mastery by 2%.
	Restoration	(2) Set: Unleash Life's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds and its direct healing is increased by 100%. (4) Set: Unleash Life affects an additional spell cast at 100% effectiveness.
Warlock Reign of the Abyssal Immolator	Affliction	(2) Set: Unstable Affliction and Seed of Corruption damage increased by 10%. (4) Set: Agony starts at 2 additional stacks, and its damage is increased by 20%.
	Demonology	(2) Set: Hand of Gul'dan damage increased by 15%. (4) Set: Your Dreadstalkers deal 10% increased damage and last 3 additional seconds.
	Destruction	(2) Set: Chaos Bolt and Rain of Fire damage increased by 5%. (4) Set: Conflagrate generates 2 additional Soul Shard fragments and its damage is increased by 10%.
Warrior Rage of the Night Ender	Arms	(2) Set: Mortal Strike and Cleave damage increased by 5%. Colossus Smash increases damage taken by an additional 5%. (4) Set: Damaging a target affected by Colossus Smash with Mortal Strike or Cleave that hits 3 or more targets extends Colossus Smash's effect on them by 1 second.
	Fury	(2) Set: Ramage damage increased by 10% and Odyn's Fury damage increased by 10%. (4) Set: Ramage reduces the cooldown of Odyn's Fury by 2.5 seconds and Odyn's Fury damage is increased by an additional 10%.
	Protection	(2) Set: Shield Slam damage increased by 10% and Shield Charge damage increased by 100%. (4) Set: Thunder Clap and Revenge damage increased by 10% and Shield Charge grants Revenge!

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PvP Sets

Take part in the Midnight PvP season to earn new Gladiator and Elite armor class sets.

• Galactic Gladiator’s Silk Armor (Cloth): Mage, Priest, Warlock
• Galactic Gladiator’s Plate Armor (Plate): Death Knight, Paladin, Warrior
• Galactic Gladiator’s Leather Armor (Leather): Demon Hunter, Monk, Rogue, Shaman
• Galactic Gladiator’s Chain Armor (Chain): Evoker, Hunter

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Summon your allies and set your sights on Midnight Season 1 as you face whatever awaits. Learn more about the season in our previously published article.

Classes

• Evoker
  
  • Preservation
    
    • Fixed an issue where Merithra's Blessing would not consistently be stored into Stasis.
    • Releasing Merithra's Blessing from Stasis no longer consumes the proc for Merithra's Blessing.
• Priest
  
  • Discipline
    
    • Corrected an issue where several talents and Mastery: Grace did not properly affect the healing of Plea.
• Shaman
  
  • Restoration
    
    • Corrected several issues where the bonus 50% value Healing Wave during Ascendance did not properly retain bonus healing modifiers from the Unleash Life talent.

Items

• Personal Key to the Arcantina adjusted to have a 15-minute cooldown and only port to the Arcantina. Added a two-way portal to the Arcantina in Wayfarer's Rest for players who have obtained the key.

Player versus Player

• Honor gains from Training Grounds matches reduced by 50%.
• Silences and Disarms no longer incorrectly cause Root effects to be placed on diminishing returns.
• Increased the likelihood of Slayer's Rise being chosen when queueing for random Epic Battlegrounds.

Professions

• Patrons will no longer order Alchemy or Tailoring crafts that have a cooldown.
• Fixed an issue where the Prismatic Focusing Iris was doing less damage than intended.
• Fixed an issue causing the Primal Spore Binding to do less damage and healing than intended.

User Interface

• Glowing Moth minimap icon in Harandar updated to prevent confusion with treasure markers.
• Updated the icons for Misplaced Tome, Ranger's Cache, Coalesced Light, and Dead Drop repeatable treasures in Eversong Woods.