8.1 Spirit mend

[bazzzyl]

So, can you guys in US confirm has spirit mend been ninja nerfed by 90%?

[Kerathul]

If that is the case, then that is a big fbm.

SM is the best spell for hunters during progression raid. + that sweet 5% stamina buff.

[Halyon]

If so, at least ain't forced to use spirit beast 99% of the time, but it sucks hard to lose that as clutch button... :/

[eel]

Spirit mend was finally useful spell and actually made spirit beast bring something other than interesting looks.
I guess having the pet matter is no longer desired, may as well just give all the pet abilities to hunter and leave the pet as cosmetic only

[Eapoe]

No clue, but let’s look at some facts:
It’s useful for PvP, solo content, raiding, m+, and makes Spirit Beasts borderline necessary for most of those. Would anyone be surprised Blizzard then nerfs it?

[MatthewOU2015]

Lol blizzard nerfing the only reason hunters are good in world pvp

[Illana]

It's been bugged for a whole patch guys, it was never meant to heal that much. Finally being fixed to heal the hot amount over 10 seconds and not every tick

[Jigsaff]

It's been bugged for a whole patch guys, it was never meant to heal that much. Finally being fixed to heal the hot amount over 10 seconds and not every tick

Is there any bluepost about it?

[andreasels]

Was actually surprised that it lasted that long in the state it was. I was sure that it would be fixed before BfA going live, but seems like Blizzard had other priorities.

[Eapoe]

Think a lot of people were just hoping it was a tooltip error and was meant to heal for that much, especially for how long it lasted.

[Jigsaff]

Think a lot of people were just hoping it was a tooltip error and was meant to heal for that much, especially for how long it lasted.

Unfortunately not. BendakWoW tweeted about it.

[adcesamo]

No clue, but let’s look at some facts:
It’s useful for PvP, solo content, raiding, m+, and makes Spirit Beasts borderline necessary for most of those. Would anyone be surprised Blizzard then nerfs it?

Well, maybe, if we had usefull pet abilities, spirit mend wouldn't be so mandatory. Instead of giving more choices to compete with spirit mend, they just murder the only choice we had, blizz nerfing fun again.

[eel]

Well, maybe, if we had usefull pet abilities, spirit mend wouldn't be so mandatory. Instead of giving more choices to compete with spirit mend, they just murder the only choice we had, blizz nerfing fun again.

Is anyone even surprised anymore? Having the DH/Monk buff on pets was an excellent possibility and instead we basically get 3 pet types and that's it.

[Malmmoc]

False alarm. No nerf according to @Warcraftdevs.

[Nythiz]

It's been bugged for a whole patch guys, it was never meant to heal that much. Finally being fixed to heal the hot amount over 10 seconds and not every tick

While true. It finally brought BM survivability up to a respectable level.
I expected the OP state to be nerfed (or rather fixed to it's indicated tooltip healing) a long long time ago, but it never really reached the point where it required a hotfix; so why change it now?

If it's not nerfed: fine. But they might as well fix the tooltip as the only unbalanced consequence at the moment of the state of this ability is the fact you once again use 1 pet for 99% of the content. But hey, that's what pet balance nearly always devolves to anyway, and if it's any pet; it might as well be a spirit beast.

[Deleted]

Kill command nerf, primal primer nerf, barrage nerf.

What is happening US hunters?

[Deleted]

December 11, 2018

Classes

Hunter
Beast Mastery
Fixed a bug with Spirit Mend that caused it to heal for less than intended.