PTR 9.1.5 Development Notes - October 25, 2021
Classes
- Phial of Serenity (Kyrian Ability) and healing potions no longer reset the melee swing timer.
- Death Knight
- Fixed an issue that prevented Shackle the Unworthy (Kyrian Ability) from spreading to enemies behind the Death Knight.
- Unholy
- Unholy Assault’s (Talent) global cooldown (GCD) is now correctly reduced by Haste.
- Demon Hunter
- The Hunt’s (Night Fae Ability) effect can now be removed with player immunities.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Lost in Darkness (Conduit) from improving with higher conduit ranks.
- Havoc
- Dancing with Fate (Conduit) damage effect increased by 300% (down from 650%).
- Fixed an issue where the Dancing with Fate conduit did not increase the damage of the final slash from Death Sweep.
- Vengeance
- The Demon summoned from Fodder to the Flame (Necrolord Ability) no longer scales off the 50% maximum health increase from Metamorphosis.
- Druid
- Fixed an issue where the Well Fed effect from Born Anew (Conduit) was not increased with the Epicurean racial ability when casting Rebirth on a Pandaren.
- Hunter
- Binding Shot (Talent) root effect can now break upon receiving enough damage. Damage threshold to break is higher than other roots.
- Developers’ note: We recognize that Binding Shot has become part of a Hunter’s utility package and want it to remain a powerful root that has a lower chance to break on damage than other effects.
- Freezing Trap now removes active Murder of Crows debuffs on the target when it is applied.
- Beast Mastery
- Bestial Wrath’s tooltip has been updated to better match its functionality. No functional change has been made to Bestial Wrath.
- Marksmanship
- Fixed an issue that caused Marksman’s Advantage (Conduit) to remove stealth from targets when Hunter’s Mark was cast.
- Fixed an issue that caused a player’s Marksman’s Advantage (Conduit) to be removed from targets when another Hunter applied Hunter’s Mark with the Marksman’s Advantage conduit.
- Survival
- Fixed an issue that caused Coordinated Assault to require line-of-sight to your Hunter pet.
- Mage
- Frost
- Icicles damage increased by 12%.
- Frostbolt damage increased damage by 8%.
- Flurry damage increased damage by 10%.
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Fixed an issue where Expel Harm would heal the caster twice when used while channeling Soothing Mist on themselves.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Resplendent Mists (Conduit) from increasing the healing of Bonedust Brew’s Gust of Mists.
- Windwalker
- Keefer’s Skyreach (Runecarving Power) now properly increases the critical strike chance of Bonedust Brew (Necrolord Ability).
- Paladin
- Holy
- Fixed an issue where Bestow Faith (Talent) would reset the melee swing timer when cast.
- Rogue
- Fixed an issue that prevented Shadow Blades gained from Toxic Onslaught (Runecarving) to not affect certain off-spec abilities.
- Subtlety
- Fixed an issue where Flagellation (Venthyr Ability) would always critically strike with Symbols of Death.
- Warlock
- Decaying Soul Satchel (Night Fae Runecarving Power) no longer generates stacks when targeting enemies that are immune to its damage.
- Warrior
- Fury
- Auto attack damage has been increased by 43%.
Covenants
- Soulbinds
- Venthyr
- Battlefield Presence (General Draven) no longer counts nearby Stealth enemies.
Player versus Player
- The following toys can no longer be used in battlegrounds and arenas:
- Contender’s Costume
- Fae Harp
- Piccolo of the Flaming Fire
- The incapacitate from the Pandaren racial ability Quaking Palm now breaks to absorbed damage.
- Druid
- Thorns (PvP Talent) can no longer reflect damage to enemies more than 10 yards away.
- Restoration
- Floral Recycling’s (Conduit) healing bonus to Swiftmend is reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Hunter
- Fixed an issue where Hunters could capture flags in Battlegrounds while under the effects of Feign Death.
- Beast Mastery
- Fixed an issue where Burrow Attack’s (Exotic Ability) cooldown was unintentionally reduced by Kindred Beasts (PvP Talent).
- Mage
- Fixed an issue where Mana Gem could not be used in rated battlegrounds and rated arenas.
- Fire
- Fixed an issue where a Mage’s Ignite that was spread by Phoenix Flames could hit a Rogue while under the effect of Cloak of Shadows.
- Paladin
- Auras are no longer removed when leaving battlegrounds or arenas.
- Rogue
- Subtlety
- Fixed an issue where the target of Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent) would become invisible if the Rogue is under the effects of a Paladin’s Blessing of Protection when starting the duel.
- Warlock
- Decimating Bolt’s (Necrolord Ability) damage bonus to Demonbolt, Shadow Bolt, or Incinerate can no longer be dispelled.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Anima Powers
- Death Knight
- Fixed an issue that was causing Rune Hunter to trigger too often.
- Hunter
- Petrified Pet Food damage now correctly increases with each stack of the Anima Power.