Patch 3.3.2 - The Fall of the Lich King

[Boubouille]

Update - The patch notes have been updated to the final version. I also added the T10 Tanking item changes and the stats of the Ashen Verdict Strength DPS Ring

Patch 3.3.2 on Live Servers this week
Patch 3.3.2 will be deployed on live servers this week and will bring its share of new content!

The Fall of the Lich King
The ending cinematic of Wrath of the Lich King is available in this patch. Major spoilers ahead.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

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Shadowmourne Changes
The proc of Shadowmourne was slightly modified. The Soul Fragment you get from the proc now grants 30 strength (down from 40) but the "final" proc now grants you 270 strength for 10 sec.

• Shadowmourne Preview

The Frostwing Halls
The last wing of the Icecrown Citadel unlocks this week! Valithria Dreamwalker, Sindragosa and the Lich King (see below) will be available!

The Lich King Encounter
The spells used during the lich king encounter are now available as well. We don't really know how it will work for the moment but the spells look promising. Note: I cannot guarantee that all these spells will be used during the fight against the lich king.

Also, I do realize that Hellscream's Warsong and Strength of Wrynn are spells used during the Battle for Undercity questline, new versions have been added and it looks like they could be used during the encounter. That's probably the only way players will have to survive the devastating attacks of the Lich King.

They could also be the promised zone-wide (and optional) buffs designed to make Icecrown Citadel easier over time.

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			<tr><td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 15px; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">The Lich King</td></tr>
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	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/ability_rogue_envelopingshadows.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/72754/defile/"]Defile[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals
Shadow damage per second to all enemies within the area. Every time an
enemy takes damage from this effect, the damage and size of the area
increases. Lasts 60 sec. 0 Instant</td>
</tr>

<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/ability_rogue_envelopingshadows.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73780/infest/"]Infest[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals
9425 to 10575 Shadow damage to all enemy players within 50000 yards. In
addition, the targets will take increasing Shadow damage per second.
This effect is removed when the target has more than 90% health. 60 yds. 20 sec cast</td>
</tr>

<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/ability_creature_disease_02.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73785/necrotic-plague/"]Necrotic Plague[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Infests
the target with a deadly plague, causing 100000 Shadow damage every 5.0
sec for 15 sec. If the target dies while afflicted or the effect ends,
this effect will gain an additional stack and jump to a nearby unit. If
this effect is dispeled, it will lose a stack and jump to a nearby
unit. Whenever this effect jumps, The Lich King's power will increase. 50000 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/ability_rogue_shadowdance.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73797/soul-reaper/"]Soul Reaper[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals 60000 Shadow damage and the caster gains 100% bonus physical damage after 5 sec. 5 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>

<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_frost_frostward.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73775/ice-burst/"]Ice Burst[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals 28275 to 31725 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards, knocking them back. 0 Instant</td>
</tr>

<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_deathknight_strangulate.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/74295/harvest-souls/"]Harvest Souls[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Attempts
to harvest the soul of all nearby enemies, dealing 2000 Shadow damage
per second for until cancelled. If a target is still alive after the channel
is completed, that target's soul will be transfered into Frostmourne to
be devoured.
80 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_deathknight_strangulate.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/74325/harvest-soul/"]Harvest Soul[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Attempts
to harvest the target's soul, dealing 15000 Shadow damage per second
for 6 sec. If the target is still alive after the channel is completed,
the target's soul will be transfered into Frostmourne to be devoured.
60 yds. Instant</td>
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	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/ability_warlock_shadowflame.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73790/pain-and-suffering/"]Pain and Suffering[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals
7540 to 8460 Shadow damage in a cone effect in front of the caster. In
addition, the targets will take 1200 Shadow damage per second for 3 sec. 100 yds. 5 sec cast</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_frost_arcticwinds.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73793/remorseless-winter/"]Remorseless Winter[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Creates a massive winter storm, dealing 14138 to 15862 Frost damage per second to all surrounding enemies within 45 yards. 0 Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_shadow_shadowfury.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73805/explosion/"]Explosion[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Deals 23563 to 26437 Shadow damage to all enemies within 0 yards. 0 Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/inv_jewelcrafting_shadowspirit_02.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73808/spirit-burst/"]Spirit Burst[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Sacrifices the caster, dealing 28275 to 31725 Shadow damage to all enemies within 5 yards. 0 Instant</td>
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<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img]http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_nature_wispsplodegreen.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/72589/green-beam/"]Green Beam[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Channels the Unholy force into Arthas.
50000 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img]http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_holy_redemption.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/72594/red-beam/"]Red Beam[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Channels the Unholy force into Arthas.
50000 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img]http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_holy_redemption.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/72598/blue-beam/"]Blue Beam[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Channels the Frost force into Arthas.
50000 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img]http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_holy_redemption.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/72735/black-beam/"]Black Beam[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">Channels the Death force into Arthas.
50000 yds. Instant</td>
</tr>
<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/spell_fire_incinerate.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73822/hellscreams-warsong/"]Hellscream's Warsong[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">The warsong of Hellscream fills you with strength, increasing total health, healing done and damage dealt by 30%.</td>
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<tr class="vloot2">
	<td>[img] http://db.mmo-champion.com/static/img/icons/inv_bannerpvp_02.png[/img]</td>
	<td>[url="http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/73828/strength-of-wrynn/"]Strength of Wrynn[/url]</td>
	<td style="font-weight: bold;">The King of Stromwind lends you his strength, increasing total health, healing done and damage dealt by 30%. 0 Instant</td>
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Invincible Changes
Invincible's model has been altered and the wings are now much smaller when the mount is on the ground. Please check the Invincible Preview for more details on the mount. (It drops from the Lich King in 25-man Heroic Mode)

• Invincible Preview

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Season 8 Armor Sets and Weapon Stats
Sadly, the stats of the new Arena gear will only be available when servers go online. Expect an update very shortly after that.


Season 8 Armor Sets Preview
Blizzard finally released a small preview of the Season 8 Armor Sets on the official site!

Season 8 Weapon Models Preview
Below is a small preview of the Season 8 weapon models posted a few months ago during the testing of Patch 3.3 on PTRs.

Patch 3.3.2 Official Notes
The notes below are the official version of the Patch 3.3.2 notes

World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.3.2

The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patch...atchnotes.html

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

Dungeons & Raids
Icecrown Citadel

• Frostwing Halls, the final stronghold of the Scourge and their Lich King, has been added.

Halls of Stone

• Brann Bronzebeard has been getting into shape and now feels comfortable walking faster when escorted.

The Forge of Souls

• The Devourer of Souls will now cast Mirrored Souls less often.
• The Spell Reflect ability has been altered on several creatures. It now has a cast time, only has 2 charges, and has a 75% chance of reflecting spells.

The Nexus

• Anomalus will now use the Create Rift ability only once, down from 3 times.

The Old Kingdom

• Elder Nadox now only gets one Ahn’Kahar Guardian during the encounter.
• Jadoga Shadowseeker now only ascends once during the encounter.
• Several enemies between the Befouled Terrace and The Desecrated Altar have been removed or had their pathing altered.

Pit of Saron

• Players can now zone back into the instance if they are dead while encounters with Krick and Ick or Forgemaster Garfrost are in progress.

Utgarde Pinnacle

• Skadi the Ruthless can now be removed from his drake with 3 harpoon strikes, down from 5.
• Svala Sorrowgrave now casts Ritual of the Sword 1 time during the encounter, down from 3.

Vault of Archavon

• Toravon, the latest boss to join the Vault’s giants and masters of the elements, is now accepting challengers in 10- and 25-player formats.

The Violet Hold

• The time between a boss being defeated and a new portal opening has been decreased.

PvP

• All healing abilities (including items such as potions) will be decreased in effectiveness by 10% when in Battlegrounds, Arenas, or Wintergrasp.

Arenas

• Season 8 has officially begun featuring all-new rewards!

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Balance

• Earth and Moon: This talent now increases the druid’s spell damage by 2/4/6%, up from 1/2/3%.

Shaman (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Elemental Combat

• Shamanism: This talent now provides 4/8/12/16/20% extra spell damage to Lightning Bolt/Chain Lightning, up from 3/6/9/12/15%, and 5/10/15/20/25% to Lava Burst, up from 4/8/12/16/20%.

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Affliction

• Shadow Embrace: This effect can now stack up to 3 times, up from 2. However, the periodic healing reduction effect has been reduced from 3/6/9/12/15% to 2/4/6/8/10% per application.

Demonology

• Demonic Pact: The damage bonus granted the warlock by this talent has been increased from 1/2/3/4/5% to 2/4/6/8/10%. The buff granted to a raid or party by this talent remains unchanged.

Destruction

• Conflagrate: The damage-over-time effect of Conflagrate has been increased to 40% of the spell’s total damage, up from 20%.
• Empowered Imp: The pet bonus damage provided by this talent has been increased to 10/20/30%, up from 5/10/15%.
• Improved Shadow Bolt: Damage done by Shadow Bolt increased by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%.

Warrior (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Protection

• Concussion Blow: The damage done by this ability has been reduced by 50%, but its threat generation will remain approximately the same.
• Devastate: This ability now deals 120% of weapon damage, up from 100% of weapon damage.
• Shield Slam: The damage scaling from block value for this ability now diminishes faster and diminishes starting at a lower block value. The difference should be negligible for players in high-end tanking armor. In addition, the threat caused by Shield Slam has been increased by 30%.
• Warbringer: This talent no longer allows Charge and Intercept to break roots or snares. Intervene remains unaffected.

User Interface

• The party leader is now referred to as Guide in chat when a group is formed via the Dungeon Finder.
• Fixed a bug where players with Raid Assist capabilities were unable to perform a Ready Check.
• Fixed a bug where the first couple of tutorials were not displaying upon logging into the game.

Items

• New strength-based melee DPS rings are now available from representatives of the Ashen Verdict.
• Tier-9 Sets: The Aspirant vendors at the Argent Tournament grounds have worked out a deal with merchants in Dalaran so that all item level 232 set pieces will now be available on armor vendors in the city. Set pieces which require trophies will still be available for purchase only from vendors at the Argent Tournament grounds.
• Tier-10 Balance Druid 4-Piece Bonus: Fixed a bug to allow for this bonus to properly trigger.
• Tier-10 Elemental Shaman 4-Piece Set Bonus: Redesigned. Successful Lava Burst casts now increase the duration of Flame Shock on the target by 6 seconds.
• Tier-10 Tank Sets: The gloves and chest pieces for warrior, death knight, and paladin tanks have had their stats adjusted slightly to provide additional armor value.
• Tier-10 Warlock 4-Piece Bonus: This bonus should now correctly be applied to the warlock’s pet.

Technical Support

• The cvar ‘processAffinityMask’ controls which CPU cores are available for the World of Warcraft client to use. Previously the game client was limited to 2 cores as a default which players could override in the configuration file. In the past this provided a performance boost on some CPUs and operating systems. We have identified several systems that are experiencing severe performance issues with this restriction and have removed it. Players who would like to restore the old behavior can do so by updating the Config.WTF file by adding: SET processAffinityMask "3".

Tier-10 Tank Armor Changes

We recognize that many plate tanks are making their gear choices based on the amount of armor they’re provided, as this is currently the most preferred stat. In order to make the tier-10 plate tanking sets more desirable, we will be adjusting the stats on the gloves and chest pieces in order to inflate the amount of armor they provide in the next minor patch. This will apply to all item levels of the tier-10 death knight, warrior, and paladin tanking gloves and chest pieces.

Similar items crafted or purchased with Emblems of Frost will continue to be very good and will compare favorably to all but the Heroic difficulty boss loot, so you shouldn't despair if you recently acquired any of those.

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Here are examples of how the set pieces will be changing in the next minor patch:

Current Warrior Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Ymirjar Lord's Handguards
1579 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 63.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Ymirjar Lord's Breastplate
2526 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 76.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 68.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 68.

Updated Warrior Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Ymirjar Lord's Handguards
2461 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Ymirjar Lord's Breastplate
3590 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 60.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 76.

Current Death Knight Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Scourgelord Handguards
1579 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 63.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Scourgelord Chestguard
2526 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Strength
Equip: Increases defense rating by 60.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 76.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 76.

Updated Death Knight Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Scourgelord Handguards
2461 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Scourgelord Chestguard
3590 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Strength
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 60.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 76.

Current Paladin Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Lightsworn Handguards
1579 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 63.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Lightsworn Chestguard
2526 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 76.
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 60.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 76.

Updated Paladin Tier-10 Pieces (item level 251)
Lightsworn Handguards
2461 Armor
+81 Strength
+148 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina
Equip: Increases defense rating by 71.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 54.
Lightsworn Chestguard
3590 Armor
+144 Strength
+191 Stamina
Red Socket
Blue Socket
Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina
Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 60.
Equip: Increases your parry rating by 76.

Stats on the Ashen Verdict Strength ring

Requires The Ashen Verdict - Friendly
Ashen Band of Might
+91 Strength
+91 Stamina
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 53.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 53.
Requires The Ashen Verdict - Honored
Ashen Band of Greater Might
+98 Strength
+98 Stamina
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 57.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 57.

Requires The Ashen Verdict - Revered
Ashen Band of Unmatched Might
+98 Strength
+98 Stamina
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 57.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 57.
Equip: Chance on hit to increase your attack power by 480 for 10 sec.
Requires The Ashen Verdict - Exalted
Ashen Band of Endless Might
+99 Strength
+107 Stamina
Yellow Socket
Socket Bonus: +4 Strength
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 59.
Equip: Improves hit rating by 59.
Equip: Chance on hit to increase your attack power by 480 for 10 sec.

[treston323]

The harvest souls thing looks interesting.

[Strafer]

Damn, Lich King has some serious firepower.

[potfur]

gief inb4 epix now !

[boomboom3254]

Spirit burst is maybe his final move and why he dies?

[Marvy]

Surely the Wyrnn and Hellscream buffs are the buffs associated with the zonewide ICC buffs given by Varian and Garrosh?

[Xikem]

Surely the Wyrnn and Hellscream buffs are the buffs associated with the zonewide ICC buffs given by Varian and Garrosh?

I dont think they will give us 30% everything, thats too high for the whole raid instance. Probably just for LK fight.

[toychristopher]

So it looks like harvest souls pulls you inside frost mourne as long as you don't die while he is casting it?

[kroelin]

Damn this is gonna be awesome.

[Onomarl]

Oh. My. God.

[Iselian]

That ending cinematic.. leaves more questions than answers.

[Harthmut]

That ending cinematic.. leaves more questions than answers.

I sure will avoid forums for the next 2 weeks.
I usually don't care for spoilers but...

[TonyRockyHorror]

The king is dead. Long live the king!

[Iselian]

I sure will avoid forums for the next 2 weeks.
I usually don't care for spoilers but...

You'll notice I was careful with my wording

[Deleted]

One thing I do wonder now;
Will the Relentless PvP set be able to be bought with triumph?

[Tyrsenus]

As for spells, you forgot to include the beams I mentioned a while back.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/general-...counter-beams/

[Dragonshardz]

All hail the Necrotic Plague. An awesome wipe tool for sure! The spells sure look tough, hope it takes more than a day to kill him

[Dunpealnl]

One thing I do wonder now;
Will the Relentless PvP set be able to be bought with triumph?

All lv80 pvp sets are still bought with:

Savage: Heroism emblems
Hatefull: Valor emblems
Deadly: Conquest emblems
Furious: Truimph emblems

So I can be sure Relentless will be bought with Frost emblems.

[Seltons]

Soul reaper was used in the 5 man heroic when I attempted to aggro him.

Winter should be obvious where its from...

[Freedom]

Please make those the zone wide buffs so the drooling retards on Sargeras can finally kill Saurfang in the average ICC 25 PUG. 4 weeks without killing Saurfang = fail... "HIT BY THE BLOOD BEASTS MY BAD". Once or twice, ok, we all make mistakes, but really? EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT? wtf. Oh and of course the ranged/melee pulling their mad 4k DPS. Hell, even 10% would be ok. Maybe it'll be 30% after the realm first LK 25M HM kill?

I can't raid on weekdays so that's why I get stuck with those "players" before any "l2p nab" comments.