9.1.0 Chains of Domination Full PTR Notes - April 29th, 2021

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9.1.0 Chains of Domination Full PTR Notes - April 29th, 2021

Classes

• Death Knight
  
  • Blood
    
    • Damage of all spells and abilities increased by 6%.
• Hunter
  
  • Survival
    
    • Raptor Strike damage increased by 15%.
    • Kill Command damage increased by 15%.
    • Mongoose Bite (Talent) damage increased by 15%.
    • Flanking Strike (Talent) damage increased by 15%.
  • Pets
    
    • Mammoth Family
      
      • Trample is now instant cast (was 6 second channel).
    • Pterrordax Family
      
      • New Ability: Updraft – Your pet beats its powerful wings, slowing the fall speed of both itself and the hunter for 30 seconds.
    • Classic pterrordax pets and Mists of Pandaria python pets are now larger in size.
• Shaman
  
  • Clear Mind (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 25%.
  • Shadow
    
    • Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 25%.
    • Vampiric Touch damage increased by 25%.
    • Devouring Plague damage reduced by 18%.
    • Shadowflame Prism (Runecarving Power) Shadowflame Rift damage reduced by 16%.
    • Talbadar’s Stratagem (Runecarving Power) Mind Blast’s damage increase reduced by 8%.
• Warlock
  
  • Warlock
  • Dark Pact’s (Talent) additional absorb shield has been increased by 316% (was 216%).
  • Affliction
    
    • Corruption damage increased by 15%.
    • Seed of Corruption damage increased by 25%.
    • Dark Caller is no longer a talent and is now learned baseline at level 58.
    • Shadow Embrace is no longer learned at level 58 and is now a talent option on the level 45 row.
    • New Conduit: Withering Bolt – Shadow Bolt (or Drain Soul) deals 33% more damage per damage-over-time effect active on your target.
    • Cold Embrace (Conduit) has been removed.
• Warrior
  
  • Arms
    
    • Mortal Strike damage increased by 10% in non-PvP situations.
    • Deep Wounds damage increased by 10% in non-PvP situations.
    • Overpower damage increased by 10%.
    • Execute damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to Condemn (Venthyr Ability).
  • Protection
    
    • Execute damage increased by 10%. This does not apply to Condemn (Venthyr Ability).

Covenants

• New Covenant Campaign Chapters
  
  • Chapters 6 and 7 are available in the April 28 update.
• Conduits
  
  • Changing to a new Covenant will now refill your available Conduit Energy.

Dungeons and Raids

• New Raid: Sanctum of Domination
  
  • The following encounters will be available for testing on Heroic difficulty April 29 [Schedule]:
    
    • Eye of the Jailer
    • Kel’Thuzad
  • The following encounters will be available for testing on Heroic difficulty April 30 [Schedule]:
    
    • Fatescribe Roh-Talo
    • Remnant of Ner’zhul

Professions

• New Recipes
  
  • New Optional Reagent: Crafter’s Mark III – Sets the crafted equipment to item level 200.
  • New Optional Reagent: Crafter’s Mark of the Chained Isle – Sets the crafted equipment to item level 230. Only one piece of equipment created with the Crafter’s Mark of the Chained Isle can be worn at a time.
  • Enchanting:
    
    • Formula: Anima-ted Leash
  • Alchemy:
    
    • Coloration Powders
      
      • Blossom Burst
      • Marrow Burst
      • Glory Burst
      • Torch Burst
      • Widow Burst
    • Transmute: Stones to Ore
  • Inscription
    
    • New Vantus Rune Technique: Sanctum of Domination
  • Jewelcrafting:
    
    • Porous Stone Statue
    • Shaded Stone Statue
  • Tailoring:
    
    • Shrouded Hand Towel
  • Cooking:
    
    • Bonemeal Bread
    • Porous Rock Candy
    • Twilight Tea
  • Leatherworking:
    
    • Elusive Pet Treat
    • Pallid Bone Flute
    • Pallid Oracle Bones

Player Vs Player

• Demon Hunter
  
  • Havoc
    
    • New PvP Talent: Glimpse.
    • Mana Break (PvP Talent) has been removed.
• Druid
  
  • High Winds (PvP Talent) now reduces healing done in addition to its existing effect. No longer available to Guardian Druids.
• Paladin
  
  • Luminescence (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – When healed by an ally, allies within your Aura gain 5% increased damage and healing for 5 seconds.
  • Holy
    
    • Holy Light healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Darkest Before the Dawn (PvP Talent) healing bonus per stack increased to 20%, stacking up to 5 times (was 10%, stacking up to 10 times).
    • Divine Favor (PvP Talent) healing bonus of next Holy Light reduced to 50% (was 100%).
    • Light’s Grace (PvP Talent) damage reduction is now 15% for 5 seconds and no longer stacks (was 5% damage reduction for 8 seconds, stacking up to 3 times). Holy Light healing bonus reduced to 15% (was 50%).
  • Retribution
    
    • Jurisdiction (PvP Talent) now increases the range of Blade of Justice by 10 yards and the radius of Divine Storm by 4 yards, in addition to its current effect.
    • Aura of Reckoning (PvP Talent) damage bonus for the next auto-attack reduced to 200% (was 250%).
• Warrior
  
  • Fury
    
    • Slaughterhouse (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Your Rampage damage reduces the healing the target receives by 15% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 4 times.

Runecarving

• New Runecarving Powers
  
  • Druid has new and updated powers available in the April 28 update.
• A new legendary currency – Soul Cinders, is now available from completing Torghast Layers 9–12.

The Maw

• New Zone: Korthia
  
  • Visitor Dailies
    
    • New Visitor dailies added in the April 28 update.
• New: Maw Assaults
  
  • New Maw Assaults added in April 28 update.
• New: Tormentors of Torghast
  
  • New Tormentors added in the April 28 update.
• New treasures to discover in Korthia and Desmotaeron.

Torghast

• The total number of floors per run is now 5 (was 6).
• The Tarragrue will now be terrorizing players in the Sanctum of Domination and as such, there is no longer a death counter barrier for continuing your run.
• Bosses no longer regenerate health after they have defeated you.
• New Scoring System and Perks
  
  • You are now scored based on performance after successfully completing a run. At the end of the run, your score will be ranked and you will be awarded with Tower Knowledge, which can be spent at The Box of Many Things to acquire permanent Perks and grow stronger, which will allow you to combat the enemies in Torghast even quicker.
  • Play efficiently to become Anima Empowered, earning bonus score for how long you were Empowered during your run and a bonus to your movement speed and Haste.
• New Layers
  
  • Four new and more challenging Layers have been introduced, Layers 9–12.
  • Layers are now unlocked by reaching a specific rating in the previous Layer’s run.
• New Bonus Floor: Adamant Vaults
  
  • Brave adventurers who make their way through Layers 9–12 efficiently will now be given the option to enter the Adamant Vaults, a new floor in Torghast. There they will be challenged against the new creatures and traps that lie within for a chance at even greater rewards.
• Torments
  
  • Starting at Layer 4, Torments are applied to increase the challenge of the run.
  • Torments are displayed on the HUD and provide an additional challenge to overcome.
  • Torments are selected per wing per day.
  • The existing Torments are no longer applied.
• Blessings
  
  • Through Tower Knowledge, you can unlock Blessings that will provide bonuses to your run.
  • Like Torments, Blessings are selected per wing per day.

[SaiyaJIN]

Are we sure about the raid testing?

[Porimlys]

Am i reading this correctly? theres raid testing today? and its all day?

[Serafim1991]

Classes -> Shaman - its not a shaman, its priest.

[Exkrementor]

Finally a good spec for shamans. Who needs nature when you can have darkness on your side?

[Aggressive]

Where the fuck are the rogue notes ??

[Freedom]

Those are some rather nonsurgical buffs, especially for Survival. Makes you wonder why they were let out of Beta in their current state when they eventually needed such a large increase % wise.

[Glorious Leader]

Honestly I read these and thought it was a prank partially because of the obvious typos but also cause wtf... then I looked at the date oh its not April's fools

[Aurrora]

Wait, you can literally just throw yourself at a boss until it's dead now?

[Saiteck]

Shaman
Clear Mind (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 25%.
Shadow
Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 25%.
Vampiric Touch damage increased by 25%.
Devouring Plague damage reduced by 18%.
Shadowflame Prism (Runecarving Power) Shadowflame Rift damage reduced by 16%.
Talbadar’s Stratagem (Runecarving Power) Mind Blast’s damage increase reduced by 8%.

Woah, shaman got a new spec called shadow?

[Eapoe]

Those are some rather nonsurgical buffs, especially for Survival. Makes you wonder why they were let out of Beta in their current state when they eventually needed such a large increase % wise.

They’ll still be bottom of the barrel more than likely. I’d love to be able to play one in a progression guild, but it’s looking like it won’t ever happen.

[Logwyn]

New Optional Reagent: Crafter’s Mark of the Chained Isle – Sets the crafted equipment to item level 230. Only one piece of equipment created with the Crafter’s Mark of the Chained Isle can be worn at a time.

Why? Maybe proof that Blizzard thinks that no one will raid or mythic plus if craft gear is worth making?

[Levyan]

Where the fuck are the rogue notes ??

Rogue
- you were not nerfed like other top performers in raids. Congrats on those meters.

[Rootsbum]

Was so excited when I saw shaman om the list, lol

The new PVP-totem looks fin though

[thunderdragon2]

so shaman have a 4th spec now? sounds fun

[Glorious Leader]

Rogue
- you were not nerfed like other top performers in raids. Congrats on those meters.

They're experts at baiting people into whatever content they like.

[Moonoxx]

Mmm tasty Blood DK buffs. Om nom nom. :3

[Aggressive]

Rogue
- you were not nerfed like other top performers in raids. Congrats on those meters.

Thanks for the non helpful remark. You were so helpful that I need to put you on ignore. Thanks for helping me to do that.

[Lulbalance]

uhhh watch how broken aff locks after this .. LOL

[FuxieDK]

9.1.0 Chains of Domination Full PTR Notes - April 29th, 2021

Classes

• Shaman
  
  • Clear Mind (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 25%.
  • Shadow
    
    • Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 25%.
    • Vampiric Touch damage increased by 25%.
    • Devouring Plague damage reduced by 18%.
    • Shadowflame Prism (Runecarving Power) Shadowflame Rift damage reduced by 16%.
    • Talbadar’s Stratagem (Runecarving Power) Mind Blast’s damage increase reduced by 8%.

Shadow Shaman confirmed