Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17299
Build 17299 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.

Legendary Cloak Proc Changes
There were a few changes to the legendary cloak procs:



New Items
You can see all of the new items on the WoWDB PTR site. Teebu's Blazing Longsword is now Unique-Equipped rather than Unique!


This set is currently marked as being for Shaman only

Level Type Slot Name
1Junk Big Bag of Herbs
500CosmeticHead Kor'kron Dark Shaman Cowl
500CosmeticShoulders Kor'kron Dark Shaman Shoulder
500CosmeticChest Kor'kron Dark Shaman Vestment
500CosmeticWaist Kor'kron Dark Shaman Belt
500CosmeticLegs Kor'kron Dark Shaman Kilt
500CosmeticFeet Kor'kron Dark Shaman Treads
500CosmeticWrists Kor'kron Dark Shaman Bracers
500CosmeticHands Kor'kron Dark Shaman Gloves
277Fist WeaponMain Hand Wrathful Gladiator's Razor
277Fist WeaponOff Hand Wrathful Gladiator's Razor


New Strings
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Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Pandaria
Exploration
  • A Bone Apart Help Tomb "Tom" Bone Apart Help Zarhym find his body in the Cavern of Lost Spirits on Timeless Isle. 10 points.
  • Timeless Legends (New) Find all of the lost pandaren artifacts on the Timeless Isle. 10 points.
  • Treasure, Treasure Everywhere Locate all of the Moss-Covered, Skull-Covered, Sturdy, Smouldering Smoldering, and Blazing chests on the Timeless Isle. 10 points.

Reputation
  • Shaohao Earn Venerate status with Shaohao. 10 points. Earn Exalted status with Emperor Shaohao. 10 points.

Pandaria Raid
Dungeons & Raids
  • Celestial Challenge Guild Run (New) Complete the trials of all four Celestials, besting them each in combat on the Timeless Isle, while in a raid with at least 8 guild members. 10 points.
  • Giant Dinosaur vs. Mega Snail Open the Thrice-Locked Cage during the Thok the Bloodthirsty encounter in Siege of Orgrimmar of Flexible, Normal, or Heroic mode on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty, and then allow its inhabitant to feast upon Thok's corpse once you have defeated the encounter. 10 points.
  • None Shall Pass Defeat the Amalgam of Corruption without allowing any unleashed corruption to fuse with it. 10 points. in Siege of Orgrimmar on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty. 10 points.
  • Now We are the Paragon Defeat the Paragons after assuming the mantle of three different Paragons. 10 points. in Siege of Orgrimmar on Flexible, Normal, or Heroic difficulty. 10 points.
  • Ordos Guild Run (New) Defeat Ordos, Fire-God of the Yaungol, atop the Timeless Isle, while in a raid with at least 8 guild members. 10 points.



Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Item Set Bonuses

Druid (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Balance
  • Moonkin Form had text removed from the tooltip "The Druid cannot cast healing spells while shapeshifted".
  • Shooting Stars proc chance is reduced against multiple targets. Druid - Balance Spec.[/ins]

Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Arcane Shot now does 125% weapon damage, down from 165% weapon damage. Additional damage reduced by 43%.

Beast Mastery

Marksmanship
  • Aimed Shot now does 400% ranged weapon damage, up from 350%. Additional damage increased by 31%.

Survival

Mage (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Fire
  • Combustion now burns the target for additional damage equal to 20% (was 50%) of the damage per tick of the Ignite every 1 sec for 10 sec.

Monk (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents

Windwalker
  • Brewing: Tigereye Brew now grants a charge for each 4 Chi you consume through use of abilities and attacks, up from 3.
  • Mastery: Bottled Fury now has a 20% proc chance, up from 16%.
  • Tigereye Brew now grants a charge for each 4 Chi you consume through use of abilities and attacks, up from 3.

Priest (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Shadow
  • Shadowform now allows you to cast Renew, Prayer of Mending, and Leap of Faith while in Shadowform.

Major Glyphs

Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Fan of Knives damage and AP scaling increased by 25%.
  • Sinister Strike now does 672 damage in addition to 240% of your normal weapon damage, up from 422 damage in addition to 190% of your normal weapon damage.

Assassination
  • Dispatch now does 645% weapon damage plus 5,, up from 460% weapon damage plus 2,576.
  • Mutilate now does 280% weapon damage plus an additional 874 with each weapon, up from 200% and 446 with each weapon.

Combat
  • Revealing Strike now does 160% weapon damage, up from 125%.
  • Vitality now increases your Attack Power by 35%, up from 30%.

Subtlety
  • Backstab now does 380% weapon damage plus 1,744, up from 315% weapon damage plus 1,206.
  • Sanguinary Vein now grants 25% additional damage, up from 20%.

Shaman (Forums, Talent Calculator)
  • Stormblast now does 380% weapon damage, down from 450%.
  • Stormstrike now does 380% weapon damage, down from 450%.

Talents
  • Conductivity now grants 2 sec to Healing Rain's duration, down from 3 sec. This cannot cause Healing Rain to last longer than 40 sec.

Elemental & Restoration
  • Lava Burst base damage reduced by 10%. Now does an additional 90% of SP damage.

Enhancement
  • Lava Lash now does 260% of weapon damage, down from 300%.
  • Stormstrike now does 380% weapon damage, down from 450%.

Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Affliction

Destruction
  • Immolate damage and SP scaling increased by 10%.

Warrior (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Arms
  • Slam now costs 30 Rage, up from 20. Damage increased by 125%.

Raid & Dungeon Abilities
  • Ancestral Chain Heal Heals a friendly target for 30% 25% of their max health, chaining to nearby friendly targets. 60 yd range. 2.5 sec cast.
  • Annihilate Inflicts 3,500,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 0 yards in front of the caster and 325,000 360,000 Shadow damage to all enemies in the Realm of Y'Shaarj. Unlimited range. 2.5 sec cast.
  • Arc Lightning Inflicts Nature damage to a random enemy. 100 yd range. Instant. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Blade of the Hundred Steps Imbues all players of the tank role in the current quadrant of this warehouse with a boon. Attacks have a chance to call down a bolt of lightning, inflicting 487,000 364,000 Nature damage to enemies within 4 yards and stun them for 2 sec. This effect bypasses a creature's immunity to stuns and has a 15-second cooldown. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Call Reinforcements! Calls reinforcements, because he surely cannot do this alone! Melee range. 2 sec cast. 1.5 sec cast.
  • Canned Heat Burns the target for 250,000 125,000 Fire damage every second. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Claw of Burning Anger Imbues all players of the damage dealer role in the current quadrant of this warehouse with a boon. Attacks have a chance to damage a target for 144,000 130,000 Fire damage. This effect has a 5-second cooldown. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Deafening Screech Inflicts 0 Physical damage to all enemies and interrupts spellcasting for 2 sec. 100 Mana. 3 sec cast.1 sec cooldown.
  • Desecrate Inflicts 200,000 Inflicts 150,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 15 yards and creates a Desecrated Weapon at the location. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Desecrated Inflicts 100,000 Inflicts 150,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Desecrated Inflicts 150,000 Inflicts 200,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Deteriorate Deteriorates the living tissue of an enemy target, inflicting 150,000 250,000 Arcane damage and an additional 50,000 100,000 Arcane damage every second for 6 sec. Limited to 2 targets. 40 yd range. 1 sec cast.
  • Drakefire Inflicts 100,000 Fire damage to enemies within 5 yards of impact. Each time this ability is cast, the caster gains a 20% 10% bonus to Fire damage dealt. This effect stacks. 500 yd range. Instant.
  • Drakefire Inflicts 0 Fire damage to enemies within 0 yards of impact. Each time this ability is cast, the caster gains a 20% 10% bonus to Fire damage dealt. This effect stacks. 500 yd range. Instant.
  • Empowered Desecrate Inflicts 300,000 Inflicts 200,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 15 yards and creates a Empowered Desecrated Weapon at the location. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Empowered Gripping Despair Inflicts 30,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 15 10 sec. When Empowered Gripping Despair expires or is removed it causes Explosive Despair. Melee range. Instant.
  • Empowered Gripping Despair Inflicts 30,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 15 10 sec. When Empowered Gripping Despair expires or is removed it causes Explosive Despair. Melee range. Instant.
  • Empowering Corruption Empowering Corruption heals nearby Minions of Y'Shaarj for 100% health to full and increases max health by 200% and increases damage dealt by 200%. Stacks. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Empowering Corruption (New) Empowering Corruption heals nearby Minions of Y'Shaarj to full and increases max health by 200% and increases damage dealt by 200%. Stacks. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Enrage Periodically enrages, increasing damage dealt by 200% but decreasing movement speed. While enraged, attacks have a chance to shatter the armor of his target, decreasing their armor by 20% for 2 min 60 sec. This effect stacks. Instant. 5 sec cooldown.
  • Fiery Edge A beam of fire forms between two friendly targets, burning them and any allies in the path of the beam for 10 6 sec. 100 yd range. Instant.
  • Flames of Galakrond Inflicts 50,000 Inflicts 30,000 Fire damage every 1 second. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Grapple The pterrordax grabs a nearby player and lifts them up to great heights before letting them go. The target takes 0 Physical damage every 3 2 seconds until they are dropped. Unlimited range. 3 sec cast.
  • Gripping Despair Inflicts 30,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 15 10 sec. Stacks. Melee range. Instant.
  • Hellscream's Warsong Hellscream's Warsong inspires his allies, increasing Physical damage dealt by 200% and increasing health by 200% 150% and increasing health by 150%. Unlimited range. 1.5 sec cast.
  • Injection Inflicts 0 Nature damage every second for 20 sec. When this effect fades it causes a reaction. The injection reacts upon leaving the victim's bloodstream, spawning several Amber Parasites. 100 yd range. 3 sec cast.
  • Injection 200 yd range. Instant. The injection reacts upon leaving the victim's bloodstream, spawning several Amber Parasites. 200 yd range. Instant.
  • Matter Scramble Highlights several locations on the ground which will scramble the locations of players standing inside them. If the Golem attempts to scramble a location with no players, the fabric of space tears, inflicting 300,000 Fire damage to players within 30 yards. 3 2 sec cast. 5 sec cooldown.
  • Path of Blossoms Charges a distant target, leaving behind a trail of fiery blossoms which on contact, inflict 150,000 175,000 Fire damage to enemies within 3 yards. These blossoms linger for 30 sec. Casts Mass Paralysis upon reaching the distant target's location, stunning any remaining targets within 3 yards for 6 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Reaction: Red The catalyst reacts with the toxin in your veins, causing an explosion for 400,000 Fire damage to you and any friends within 10. Unlimited range. Instant. yards. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Screeching Howl The pterrordax lets out an ear piercing scream dealing 0 Physical damage. Unlimited 100 yd range. 3 sec cast. 2 sec cooldown.
  • Sha Pool Inflicts Inflicts 10,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 10 sec. Instant. This effect stacks. Instant.
  • Shattered Armor Periodically enrages, increasing damage dealt by 200% but decreasing movement speed. While enraged, attacks have a chance to shatter the armor of his target, decreasing their armor by 20% for 2 min 60 sec. This effect stacks. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Shock Blast Inflicts 100,000 Nature damage to random enemies. 300 yd range. Instant. Limited to 4 targets. 300 yd range. Instant.
  • Staff of Resonating Water Imbues all players of the healer role in the current quadrant of this warehouse with a boon. Heals have a chance to create a wave of force that contains 0 healing energy which travels forward 40 yards. Any friendly targets in the wave's path consume healing energy based on their missing health. This effect has an 8-second cooldown. The wave also damages enemies for 277,000 520,000 Nature damage. After 2 sec or once all healing energy has been consumed, the wave dissipates. Unlimited range. Instant.
  • Staff of Resonating Water Imbues all players of the healer role in the current quadrant of this warehouse with a boon. Heals have a chance to create a wave of force that contains 0 healing energy which travels forward 40 yards. Any friendly targets in the wave's path consume healing energy based on their missing health. This effect has an 8-second cooldown. The wave also damages enemies for 277,000 520,000 Nature damage. After 2 sec or once all healing energy has been consumed, the wave dissipates. Unlimited range. 3 sec cast.
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Comments 144 Comments
  1. moveth's Avatar
    Uh. WHAT with Shooting Stars? K then.

    So basically, we go from Middle of the pack (More like lower middle) at the end of 5.3 to Bottom of the pack the second 5.4 hits until we get our 4p and move back up to lower middle. I'm trying really hard to stay with boomkin, but It's becoming increasingly hard to not just reroll to something that is consistent from patch to patch.
  1. Ceradÿn's Avatar
    Please don't let that shooting stars nerf be true
  1. mmocef3745f516's Avatar
    Yay Hunter Buffs
  1. Roflomnom's Avatar
    Dafuq Blizz. Shooting Stars nerf? Seriously?
  1. Dundebuns's Avatar
    Ooh as soon as DPS shaman got good, they got kicked right in the totems.
  1. Drew World Order's Avatar
    wow shooting stars nerf makes me a sad owl
  1. Alanar's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dundebuns View Post
    Ooh as soon as DPS shaman got good, they got kicked right in the totems.
    Stop replying please. Shamans can 1 shot people nerfs are needed.
  1. Inject's Avatar
    Where are the DK changes?
  1. Xanwryn's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alanar View Post
    Stop replying please. Shamans can 1 shot people nerfs are needed.
    You're only looking at the pvp ramifications. The nerfs are actually quite acceptable there, I agree, but in pve they're not entirely justified. Shamans are in a good place in pve and I question what this could do to them. Particularly after Ghostcrawler just said that he thinks we're in a "good place".
  1. Alanar's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Xanwryn View Post
    If you're getting one-shot by a shaman you're not playing right. Shamans have good burst but it takes at least 2-3 GCD's to set it up and in the time it takes for that to occur you could have stunned or controlled them in some way.

    You're also only looking at the pvp ramifications. The nerfs are actually quite acceptable there, I agree, but in pve they're not entirely justified. Shamans are in a good place in pve and I question what this could do to them. Particularly after Ghostcrawler just said that he thinks we're in a "good place".
    I cant even take this serious.. Shamans on the ptr/live are doing little to well and you should know it. No need for Pve aspect, but pvp they are doing to well.
  1. mmoca13573fe26's Avatar
    I had to read the shooting stars nerf 3 times... Wow. That made me really sad.
  1. Malon the Mage's Avatar
    The Fire Mage nerf isn't as bad as I know a lot of us were expecting, but still - a LOT of our damage rests on Combustion. A bad one can drop you three or four places on the damage meter, against comparable players.
  1. Alanar's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alanar View Post
    I cant even take this serious.. Shamans on the ptr/live are doing little to well and you should know it. No need for Pve aspect, but pvp they are doing to well.
    ps: 2/3 gcd.. You know how short that is? there are classes that take more time.
  1. Dundebuns's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alanar View Post
    Stop replying please. Shamans can 1 shot people nerfs are needed.
    Ooh overly tetchy response there. But seeing as I used to play as one when they were the underdogs (so from TBC to pre ToT MoP) their weaknesses have not changed (easily kited, locked down, most powerful buffs still tied to 5hp sticks in the ground) and being exceptional 15 seconds every 3 minutes... problem possibly in that. I was an advocate of toning down Ascendency's power and giving it a lower cooldown.

    And in PvE, yeah that's a large amount of their power lopped off.
  1. SLOWLLY's Avatar
    Seriously, wake up.
    Buffs to assassination rogues without a nerf on their mastery?
    HIRE ME, I COULD EASILY DO A BETTER JOB THAN ALL DEVELOPERS.
  1. moveth's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Inject View Post
    Where are the DK changes?
    It looks like this pass of tuning was for everything but Healers and Plate DpS.
  1. Venziir's Avatar
    Dark shaman stuff is all cosmetic eh? Hmm...
  1. Arbs's Avatar
    I knew the Enhancement buffs wouldn't last
  1. Strafer's Avatar
    oh, I must get that Dark Shaman transmog set.
  1. Unholyground's Avatar
    these are not final im sure they need to test some stuff

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