Battle for Azeroth Beta - Build 27075 Class Ability Hotfixes

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Battle for Azeroth Beta - Build 27075 Class Ability Hotfixes
Blizzard applied some class tuning to beta today with hotfixes.

Azerite Powers

• Training of Niuzao: Mastery gain decreased by 66.4%.

Death Knight (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Obliteration: Frost Strike and Howling Blast grant Killing Machine and have a 30% chance to generate a Rune, down from a 40% to generate a Rune.

Frost

• Frost Death Knight: Damage and healing bonus for all abilities decreased from 8% to 4%.
• Frost Fever: Damage increased by 42.9%.
• Remorseless Winter: Damage increased by 15.8%.

Unholy

• Unholy Death Knight: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -10% to -12%.

Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• First Blood: Blade Dance's damage against the first target struck is now increased by 135%, down from 200%.
• Trail of Ruin: Damage increased by 50%.

Azerite Powers

• Cycle of Binding: Afflicting an enemy with a Sigil reduces the cooldown of your Sigils by 2 seconds, down from 4 seconds.

Havoc

• Blade Dance: Damage increased by 50%.
• Death Sweep: Damage increased by 50%.
• Demon Blades: Damage decreased by 20%.
• Eye Beam: Damage increased by 50%, but your primary target now takes 50% increased damage, down from 100% increased damage.
• Fel Rush: Damage increased by 47.8%.
• Havoc Demon Hunter: Damage and healing bonus for all abilities increased from 7% to 11%.

Vengeance

• Sigil of Misery: Cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 90 seconds.
• Sigil of Flame: Initial damage and damage over time both decreased by 15%.

Druid (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

• Moonfire: Initial damage decreased by 16.7% and damage over time decreased by 14.3%.
• Soothe: Now learned at level 56 instead of level 60. Also, now available to all Druids, instead of only Balance, Feral, and Restoration.
• Swipe: Damage increased by 50%.
• Thrash: Damage increased by 28.5%.

Talents

• Fury of Elune: Damage decreased by 18.5%.
• Predator: Tiger's Fury lasts 5 additional seconds, up from 4 additional seconds.

Restoration

• Lifebloom: Healing increased by 12.5%.
• Restoration Druid: Damage and healing bonus for Moonfire, Sunfire, and Thrash increased from 25% to 31%.
• Swiftmend: Healing increased by 14.3%.

Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Calling the Shots: Casting Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot reduces the cooldown of Trueshot by 2.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
• Terms of Engagement: Generates 20 Focus over 10 seconds, down from 30 Focus over 10 seconds.

Beast Mastery

• Dire Beast: Increases your Haste by 5% for 8 seconds, down from 10%.

Marksmanship

• Marksmanship Hunter: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities increased from -20% to -17%.

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Resonance: Arcane Barrage deals 10% increased damage per target it hits, down from 15% increased damage.
• Reverberate: If Arcane Explosion hits at least 3 targets, it has a 40% chance to generate an extra Arcane Charge, down from a 50% chance to generate an extra Arcane Charge.
• Touch of the Magi: Now accumulates 15% of the damage you deal to the target for 8 seconds, down from 20%.

Fire

• Fire Mage: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -5% to -16%.
• Flamestrike: Damage decreased by 9.1%.

Frost

• Frost Mage: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -18% to -24%.
• Frozen Orb: Damage increased by 15%.

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• High Tolerance: Additional damage staggered bonus decreased from 10% to 8%.

Brewmaster

• Guard: Duration increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds. Global cooldown reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.

Mistweaver

• Mistweaver Monk: Direct damage and healing 'bonus' of -20% removed from Rising Sun Kick.
• Vivify: Healing decreased by 9.5%.

Windwalker

• Windwalker Monk: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -23% to -27%.

Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Divine Purpose: Your next ability that consumes Holy Power deals 30% increased damage and healing, up from 20%.
• Inquisition: Increases your damage done and Haste by 7%, down from 8%.
• Retribution Aura: Damage increased by 62.8%.

Holy

• Holy Paladin: Damage and healing bonus for Consecration decreased from 150% to 110%.
• Holy Shock: Healing decreased by 14.4%.

Protection

• Protection Paladin: Damage and healing bonus for all abilities decreased from 12% to 4%. Added a 4% periodic damage and periodic healing bonus for all abilities. Damage and healing 'bonus' for Judgment increased from -42% to -30%.
• Shield of the Righteous: Damage decreased by 22.4%.

Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Schism: Damage decreased by 6.7%.

Discipline & Holy

• Smite: Damage decreased by 6.2%.

Discipline

• Penance: Healing decreased by 5%.
• Power Word: Solace: Healing decreased by 9.1%.

Holy

• Holy Priest: Damage and healing bonus for Divine Star, Halo, Holy Fire, Holy Nova, Holy Word: Chastise, Holy Words, and Smite increased from 10% to 16%.

Shadow

• Shadow Priest: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -25% to -31%.
• Shadow Word: Pain: Initial damage and damage over time both increased by 10%.
• Vampiric Touch: Damage increased by 10%.
• Void Eruption: Damage increased by 18.75%.
• Void Bolt: Void Bolt extends the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch on all nearby targets by 3 seconds, up from 2 seconds.

Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Crimson Tempest: Initial damage decreased by 11.1% and damage over time decreased by 9.1%.
• Slice and Dice: Attack speed bonus decreased from 60% to 50%.
• Shuriken Combo: Your next Eviscerate deals 8% increased damage for each enemy hit beyond the first, up from 5% increased damage.

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Crashing Storm: Damage increased by 50%.
• Exposed Elements: Earth Shock now increases the damage of your next Lightning Bolt on the target by 75%, down from 100%.

Elemental & Restoration

• Healing Surge: Healing increased by 3.8%.

Elemental

• Elemental Shaman: Damage and healing bonus for all abilities decreased from 2% to -3%. Damage and healing bonus for Healing Surge decreased from 100% to 92%.

Enhancement

• Crash Lightning: Initial damage increased by 52.4%. Damage proc power increased by 49%.
• Enhancement Shaman: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -44% to -46%.

Restoration

• Healing Wave: Healing increased by 6.9%.
• Restoration Shaman: Damage and healing bonus for all damaging abilities increased from 25% to 55%.

Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Destruction

• Destruction Warlock: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities decreased from -8% to -20%.
• Havoc: Single-target spells now strike the Havoc victim for 60% of normal damage, down from 75% of normal damage.

Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Rumbling Earth: When Shockwave strikes at least 3 targets, its cooldown is reduced by 15 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
• Sweeping Strikes: For 12 sec your single-target damaging abilities hit 1 additional targets within 8 yds for 60% damage, down from 70% damage.

Arms & Fury

• Whirlwind: Damage increased by 25%. Cleave damage bonus increased from 50% to 55%.

Arms

• Arms Warrior: Damage and healing bonus for all abilities decreased from 25% to 12%.

Fury

• Furious Slash: Damage increased by 15%.
• Fury Warrior: Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities increased from -16% to -12%. Auto-attack damage 'bonus' decreased from -25% to -30%.

Protection

• Protection Warrior: Added a 5% damage and healing bonus for all abilities.
• Shockwave: Cooldown increased from 30 seconds to 40 seconds.
• Spell Reflection: Damage reduction from spells increased from 15% to 20%.
• Thunder Clap: Damage increased by 27.2%.

[Alex1312]

You just BUFFED encha and ret? What is wrong with you blizzard???? And not even a buff for demonology??

[Voidwielder]

Lmao @ Shadow changes.

''Hey look, you can do numbers - please ignore the gameplay!''

[Deleted]

massive nerfs for us balance druids again !!! this makes me furious....... i know moonfire spam was way to op and needed to be nerfed , but cmon not that much and fury of elune was fine as it was , now its gonna be useless......... im so sad now.. we are the mosy hated spec in the game.. period no love for us at all..

[galvin]

You realize buffs and nerfs will continue to at least 4 to 6 weeks into the first mythic raids of 8.0 before it even stabilizes. Have fun playing class of the week till then

[Simca]

You just BUFFED encha and ret? What is wrong with you blizzard???? And not even a buff for demonology??

Enhancement had only their AoE ability buffed (Crash Lightning) and they took a 2% nerf to all other abilities in return.

Retribution had one talent nerfed and one talent buffed.

holy shock damage was nerfed by 14% not the healing

Fixed, thanks.

[MatthewOU2015]

Thanks for the balance druid nerfs! PvP on the 120 realm was really irritating having them melt everyone

[dlhak]

Buffing ret and nerfing holy, buffing fury and nerfing elem .... they got no clue what's going on @ blizzard.

[valax]

Yuss I already loved havoc , even more now that it got buffed .

[f3llyn]

I'm not sure I understand how to read these notes.

Damage and healing 'bonus' for all abilities increased from -16% to -12%. Auto-attack damage 'bonus' decreased from -25% to -30%.

Is this a buff or a nerf?

[Aerisot]

I'm not sure I understand how to read these notes.



Is this a buff or a nerf?

They buffed the overall numbers it will do up front but decrease the amount of dmg it gets from secondaries I'm pretty sure, so it is actually a buff in hindsight, as the dmg will scale with your weapons rather than stats.

[Darrkh]

Survival hunters? Auto SHOT damage reduced by 50%? Eh?

[Katsutomai]

Damn.. Havoc players should be super happy with these Notes. >_>

[tru]

I'm not sure I understand how to read these notes.



Is this a buff or a nerf?

Its a lesser negative... lol -10% to -5% is a buff. Its less of a reduction

[chikan]

at last ret buff all of our prayers have been heared , now i can defeat players in pvp with judgment and templar verdict alone , no more crusader easier life guys !

[Deleted]

I'm not sure I understand how to read these notes.



Is this a buff or a nerf?

So basically every single spec has passives that are invisible to normal players, usually 2, there are some exceptions (Fury Warr). One passive has a certain % on all your abilities what healing/damage they do, that's why specs that have the same spell (Ele, Resto shaman) do different damage with their spells, 90% of the time they are fidgeting with these when they are balancing specs...HOWEVER. With BFA, because I haven't seen these before they seem to have added added a -% for all specs to certain spells/effects they have. The patch notes here largely consist of these -% begind adjusted, e.g. a spec goes from -16% to -12%, that's 4% more damage/healing they do, it's just worded retardedly.

And no, Ret didn't get a buff so stop whining about that, the talent they buffed was almost used by noone and they even nerfed Inquisition which the majority of people used in a vain hope, some will go over to using the other one (spoiler: they won't) . In an Expac where GCD is nerfed to the ground and specifically because of this there is almost no haste on gear you bet your ass that everyone will take the Haste increase instead of some random RNG. But hey DKs got nerfed, cause you know, fuck'em some more in case anyone decides to play them.

[Deleted]

Ele shaman nerfs, not even surprised at this point

[Alessandro]

These Balance druid players coming here to cry for the nerf got to be kidding me! Seriously, they can't be serious thinking they didn't deserve the nerf.

[Deleted]

0 demo talent changes lol, too many are just bad

[Dartz1979]

Why do they continue to nerf dk's and buff demon hunters...