Consolidated Class and Essence Changes for Patch 8.3 - Visions of N'Zoth

A vicious strike that deals (30% of Attack power) Plague damage, and converts 1 Festering Wound into a Necrotic Wound, absorbing up to 5%4% of the target's maximum health in healing recievedreceived.

Class Tools

Havoc

Talents

Vengeance

Talents

Deals up to 5% of the target's maximum health in Chaos damage, and increases the mana cost of the their spells by 30% for 10 sec.

Class Tools

Balance

Feral

Guardian

Restoration

Effect #2 NEW Effect #10 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done Value: -10%
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #11 Apply Aura: Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done Value: -10%
Affected Spells:

Sunfire's radius is increased to 11 yds, and it deals 8493 additional periodic damage.

Moonfire deals 7381 additional periodic damage, and has a chance to grant Lunar Empowerment.

Tosses the enemy target into the air, disorienting them but making them invulnerable for up to 6 sec. Only one target can be affected by your Cyclone at a time.

Your Stampeding Roar clears all roots and snares from yourself and allies.

Tosses the enemy target into the air, disorienting them but making them invulnerable for up to 6 sec. Only one target can be affected by your Cyclone at a time.

Class Tools

Beast Mastery

Talents

Marksmanship

Talents

Survival

Talents

Class Tools

Arcane

Talents

Fire

Talents

Frost

Talents

Effect #2 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done Value: -9-1%

Effect #2 Apply Aura: Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done Value: -9-1%

Quickly fling a shard of ice at the target, dealing (35%42% of Spell power) Frost damage
Splitting Ice
and 35%42% of Spell power) * 80 / 100] Frost damage to a second nearby target
Ice Lance damage is tripled against frozen targets.
Developers' note: Ice Lance damage hasn't kept up with Icicles scaling, making builds that ignore Ice Lance possible. The intent of this change is to give Frost Mages a better incentive to use Ice Lance within their rotation, as a DPS net gain.

Class Tools

Brewmaster

Talents

Mistweaver

Talents

Windwalker

Talents

Developers' notes:

Stamina bonus reduced to 30% (was 35%).
Fixed a bug causing orbs to spawn too often for players with high amounts of Stamina.

Causes a surge of invigorating mists, healing the target for (95%101% of Spell power)

Stagger is 8%5% more effective at delaying damage.
You gain up to 15% Haste based on your current level of Stagger.
Developers' notes: Brewmaster's extremely high effective health against Physical damage meant that they are rarely in danger against spike damage that threatens other tanks. This should still be a strength of Brewmaster, but not by such a wide margin.

Mistweaver Monk core passive
Effect #2 Effect #11 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done Value: 0-20%
Affected Spells:

Effect #12 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done Value: 0-9%
Affected Spells:

Developers' note: This ability had gotten weaker compared to player health pools since the start of the expansion, and this will help it better maintain its value.

Rising Sun Kick heals all allies with your Renewing Mist, Enveloping Mist, or Essence Font for (15%25% of Spell power), and extends those effects by 24 sec.
Developers' note: This talent is currently overshadowed on its row, and we want to make sure it's competitive enough to make its unique playstyle a viable option.

Kick with a blast of Chi energy, dealing 77%84.7% of Attack power) * ((Attack power + Offhand attack power) * 2 / 3) / Attack power] Physical damage.
Reduces the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick and Fists of Fury by 1.0 sec when used.

Kick upwards, dealing 115%143.8% of Attack power) * ((Attack power + Offhand attack power) * 2 / 3) / Attack power] Physical damage, and reducing the effectiveness of healing on the target for 10 sec
Developers' note: These changes are intended to help Windwalkers perform better in single-target fights.

Causes a surge of invigorating mists, healing the target for (95%101% of Spell power)

Class Tools

Holy

Talents

Protection

Talents

Retribution

Talents

Holy Shock leaves a Glimmer of Light on the target for 30 sec. When you Holy Shock, all targets with Glimmer of Light are damaged for 421 or healed for 527.
You may have Glimmer of Light on up to 8 targets.
Developers' notes: Over the past year, builds centered around this trait have steadily pulled ahead of all other Holy Paladin playstyles, and to some extent all other healers in high-end content. This change is meant to preserve the gameplay of the trait, but limit the ability to increase its value drastically by stacking every possible bonus that reduces Holy Shock cooldown.

Class Tools

Discipline

Talents

Holy

Talents

Shadow

Talents

Developers’ notes: now increases damage done from Priest spells and abilities only.
This is intended to be consistent with other class cooldowns.

Power Word: Shield, Shadow Mend, and Power Word: Radiance apply Atonement to your target for 15 sec.
Your spell damage heals all targets affected by Atonement for 55%50% of the damage done.

Discipline Priest core passive
Effect #3 Effect #5 Apply Aura: Modifies Periodic Damage/Healing Done Value: 09%
Affected Spells:

REMOVED Effect #6 Apply Aura: Modifies Buff Duration Value: 0
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #6 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done Value: 9%
Affected Spells:

Developers' notes: Discipline's ability to contribute both damage and healing is slightly too high for what one character can bring to a group composition. At the same time, we're making their Mastery stat slightly more attractive.

When you heal with Penance, everyone with your Atonement is healed for (12%9% of Spell power).

Atonement's duration is increased by 15 sec, and healing transfer increased by 2020%, but can only be applied through Power Word: Shield.
Smite, Penance, and Shadowfiend critical strike chance increased by 25% when you have Atonement on 3 or more allies.

A word of darkness that causes (18%16.5% of Spell power) Shadow damage instantly, and an additional (108%99.2% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 16 sec.
Generates 4 Insanity.

A touch of darkness that causes (27.5%25.3% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 21 sec, and heals you for 50% of damage dealt.
If Vampiric Touch is dispelled, the dispeller flees in Horror for 3 sec.
Generates 6 Insanity.

Your Shadowy Apparitions now deal 50%25% increased damage and generate 2 Insanity.
Fixed a bug causing Spiteful Apparitions (Azerite Trait) to be increased by 75% if you do not have Auspicious Spirits talented.
Developers' notes: The multiplicative interaction between Auspicious Spirits, Spiteful Apparitions, and Chorus of Insanity has specifically been a big part of Shadow's damage scaling somewhat out of control at high target counts.

When Voidform ends, gain 64 Critical Strike for each stack of Voidform. This effect decays every 1 sec.

Class Tools

Assassination

Talents

Outlaw

Talents

Subtlety

Talents

Sprays knives at all targets within 10 yards, dealing (20.5% of Attack power) Physical damage and applying your active poisons at their normal rate.
Awards 20.5% of Attack power) combo points.1 combo points.

Create a Crimson Vial to share with allies. Maximum of 3 can be carried at once.
Crimson Vial
Drink an alchemical concoction that heals you for 30% of your maximum health over 6 sec.

Sprint's cooldown isCooldown reduced by 60 sec.

Class Tools

Elemental

Talents

Enhancement

Talents

Restoration

Talents

Grips the target in lightning, stunning and dealing (700%630% of Spell power) Nature damage over 5 sec while the target is lassoed. Can move while channeling.

Class Tools

Affliction

Talents

Demonology

Talents

Destruction

Talents

Launches a bolt of death at the target, dealing 30%20% of the total remaining damage of your damage over time effects on the target.
Absolute Corruption
Counts up to 14 sec of your Corruption's damage
Developers' note: Under certain conditions, Deathbolt provides a degree of single target burst damage that feels out of line for a spec designed around damage-over-time spells. Additionally, it has been the dominant choice for Affliction's level 15 talent row for much of the expansion. We're reducing its effectiveness to bring it more in line with the other two options in that row.

Drains the target's soul, causing (75%112.5% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 5 sec.
Damage is increased by 100% against enemies below 20% health.
Generates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies during this effect.

Corruption damage has a chance to cause your next Shadow Bolt to be instant and deal 25%50% increased damage.
Procs per minute changed from 3 to 4

Class Tools

Arms

Talents

Fury

Talents

Protection

Talents

Unleashes a whirlwind of steel, striking all enemies within 8 yards for Physical damage.
Fury (Level 55)
Causes your next 2 single-target melee attack to strike up to 4 additional targets for 50% damage
Generates 3 Rage, plus an additional 1 per target hit. Maximum 8 Rage.
Clarify that Charge and Heroic Throw are not meant to strike additional targets.

NEW Your secondary stats are all increased by 12 while your Corruption Level is 25 or higher.

NEW Touch of the Everlasting

(Rank 1) Your next death is prevented, and you instead regenerate to 20% of your maximum health and take 85% reduced damage for 3 sec.
Cannot occur more often than once per 10 min.
This is a "new" Essence that was datamined pre-8.2, but never used in game.

(Rank 2) Your next death is prevented, and you instead regenerate to 40% of your maximum health and take 85% reduced damage for 3 sec.
Cannot occur more often than once per 10 min.

(Rank 3&4) Your next death is prevented, and you instead regenerate to 40% of your maximum health and take 85% reduced damage for 3 sec.
When your death is prevented, the cooldown of Shield Wall is reset.
Cannot occur more often than once per 10 min.

(Rank 1) When you fall below 35% health, gain 34 Avoidance for 15 sec, and your next Active Mitigation will last 30% longer. This can only occur once every 1.50 min.

(Rank 2) When you fall below 35% health, gain 34 Avoidance for 15 sec, and your next Active Mitigation will last 30% longer. This can only occur once every 60 sec.

(Rank 3&4) When you fall below 35% health, gain 34 Avoidance for 15 sec, and your next Active Mitigation will last (30 + 20)% longer. This can only occur once every 60 sec.

NEW Unwavering Ward

(Rank 1) Release 12 protective spheres outward over 4 sec, granting the first ally to touch it a barrier that absorbs 5654 damage for 10 sec.

(Rank 2) Release 12 protective spheres outward over 4 sec, granting the first ally to touch it a barrier that absorbs 5654 damage for 10 sec.
Each time you send out a protective sphere, gain an absorb shield for 2% of your maximum health.

(Rank 3&4) Release 12 protective spheres outward over 4 sec, granting the first ally to touch it a barrier that absorbs 5654 damage for 10 sec.
Each time you send out a protective sphere, gain an absorb shield for 2% of your maximum health.
When an ally gains the absorb shield, you and that ally heal for .

(Rank 1) Every 10 sec, allies within 15 yds gain a shield that absorbs damage, stacking up to .
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Every 10 sec, allies within 15 yds gain a shield that absorbs damage, stacking up to .
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Every 10 sec, allies within 15 yds gain a shield that absorbs damage, stacking up to .
Targets protected by Unwavering Ward take 3% reduced damage.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

NEW Spirit of Preservation

(Rank 1) Channel a beam of energy onto an ally, healing them for over 3 sec.

(Rank 2) Channel a beam of energy onto an ally, healing them for over 3 sec. Up to 6 other allies in the beam are healed for every 0.6 sec.

(Rank 3&4) Channel a beam of energy onto an ally, healing them for over 3 sec. Up to 6 other allies in the beam are healed for every 0.6 sec.
Each time Spirit of Preservation heals the primary target, gain a stack of Devout Spirit.

(Rank 1) Every 5 sec, gain Devout Spirit, causing your next Quick Heal to heal for an additional 471, stacking up to 3 times.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Every 5 sec, gain Devout Spirit, causing your next Quick Heal to heal for an additional 471, stacking up to 5 times.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Every 5 sec, gain Devout Spirit, causing your next Quick Heal to heal for an additional 471, stacking up to 5 times.
Each stack of Devout Spirit consumed increases the critical strike chance of your next Quick Heal within 6 sec by 20%.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

NEW Strength of the Warden

(Rank 1) Taunt all nearby enemies, forcing them to attack you for 6 sec.

(Rank 2) Taunt all nearby enemies, forcing them to attack you for 6 sec, and increase your dodge chance by 15% for 6 sec.

(Rank 3&4) Taunt all nearby enemies, forcing them to attack you for 6 sec, and increase your dodge chance by 15% for 6 sec.
Targets affected by your Vigilant Protector take 50% additional damage from you.

(Rank 1) Every 2 sec, store 579 healing, up to a maximum of (Total health * 0.1). When you dodge or parry an attack, heal for all stored healing.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Every 2 sec, store healing, up to a maximum of (Total health * 0.1). When you dodge or parry an attack, heal for all stored healing.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Every 2 sec, store healing, up to a maximum of (Total health * 0.1). When you dodge or parry an attack, heal for all stored healing.
The maximum health of all Tank specialization players in your party or raid is increased by 3%, stacking.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

NEW Breath of the Dying

(Rank 1) Burn your target with a bolt of Azerite, dealing 9423 Fire damage. If the target has less than 20% health, the cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.

(Rank 2) Burn your target with a bolt of Azerite, dealing 9423 Fire damage. If the target has less than 20% health or more than 80% health, the cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.

(Rank 3&4) Burn your target with a bolt of Azerite, dealing 9423 Fire damage. If the target has less than 20% health or more than 80% health, the cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.
If Reaping Flames kills an enemy, its cooldown is lowered to 5 sec and it will deal 100% increased damage on its next use.

(Rank 1) Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike your target for 3823 Fire damage.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike your target for 3823 Fire damage, and heal you for 50% of the damage dealt.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike your target for 3823 Fire damage, and heal you for 50% of the damage dealt.
If your target is below 20% health, the chance for extra damage is increased by 400%.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

NEW Spark of Inspiration

(Rank 1) Release a wave of energy from your Heart of Azeroth, increasing the damage all party members within 15 yds deal with Azerite Essences by 45% for the next 10 sec.

(Rank 2) Release a wave of energy from your Heart of Azeroth, increasing the damage all party members within 15 yds deal with Azerite Essences by 45% for the next 20 sec.

(Rank 3&4) Release a wave of energy from your Heart of Azeroth, increasing the damage all party members within 15 yds deal with Azerite Essences by 45% and their Speed by 39 for the next 20 sec.

(Rank 1) Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase Haste by 18 for 8 sec and reduce the cooldown of currently slotted Major Essence by (10 / 10) sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase you and 1 other ally's Haste by 18 for 8 sec and reduce the cooldown of you and 1 other ally's currently slotted Major Essence by (10 / 10) sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase you and 2 other allies' Haste by 18 for 8 sec and reduce the cooldown of you and 2 other allies' currently slotted Major Essence by (10 / 10) sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

NEW The Formless Void

(Rank 1) Replicate the energy in your target's Heart of Azeroth, gaining access to rank 2 of their currently slotted Major Essence for the next 15 sec. The Formless Void will go on cooldown for 40% longer than the base cooldown of the Essence you replicated.
Does not work on passive Essences.

(Rank 2) Replicate the energy in your target's Heart of Azeroth, gaining access to rank 2 of their currently slotted Major Essence for the next 15 sec. The Formless Void will go on cooldown for 40% longer than the base cooldown of the Essence you replicated.
Does not work on passive Essences.

(Rank 3&4) Replicate the energy in your target's Heart of Azeroth, gaining access to rank 3 of their currently slotted Major Essence for the next 15 sec. The Formless Void will go on cooldown for 30% longer than the base cooldown of the Essence you replicated.
Does not work on passive Essences.

(Rank 1) Each time any ally within 40 yds uses an Azerite Essence, gain 81 $pri for 20 sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 2) Each time any ally within 40 yds uses an Azerite Essence, gain $pri for 20 sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

(Rank 3&4) Each time any ally within 40 yds uses an Azerite Essence, gain $pri and 11 Haste for 20 sec.
The ally who used an Azerite Essence also gains 11 Haste for 20 sec.
Unique: Corruption Resistance increased by 10.

Condensed Life-Force

Your spells and abilities have a high chance to impale your target with a spike of Azerite, causing Fire damage.
When an Azerite spike deals damage, all damage you deal against that target is increased by 5%3% for 6 sec.
The Rank 3 Minor debuff is also applied by the guardian summoned with the major power, resulting in a nerf for both the major and minor essence.

Call upon Azeroth to summon a Guardian of Azeroth for 30 sec who impales your target with spikes of Azerite every 22.5 sec that deal Fire damage.
The summoned guardian now attacks 25% slower at every rank of the major essence.

Conflict & Strife

Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your Versatility by 57 for 8 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Being the vicitimvictim of a loss of control or movement impairing effect also grants a stack of Strife.
Tooltip change. When not active in the Heart of Azeroth, the minor was displaying the incorrect versatility value. No actual change.

Purification Protocol

Call down a purifying beam upon the target area, dealing 10561215 * (1 + Versatility) * 7] Fire damage over 6 sec.
Any Aberration struck by the beam is stunned for 3 sec.
Damage increased for all ranks of the Major Power.
Major rank 2 now has the potential work on targets that are part of raid and dungeon encounters.

The Unbound Force

Unleash the forces within the Heart of Azeroth, causing shards of Azerite to strike your target for 341 * (7.06061) + 341477 * (7.06061) + 477)] Fire damage over 2 sec. This damage is increased by 300% if it critically strikes.
Damage increased for all ranks of the Major power.

When an ability fails to critically strike, you have a high chance to gain Reckless Force. When Reckless Force reaches 20 stacks, your critical strike is increased by 50% for 34 sec.
Minor Rank 1 and 2 duration increased from 3 -> 4 seconds.

When an ability fails to critically strike, you have a high chance to gain Reckless Force. When Reckless Force reaches 20 stacks, your critical strike is increased by 50% for 46 sec.
Minor Rank 3 duration increased from 4 -> 6 seconds.

Vitality Conduit

Targets of your heals have a very high chance to transfer 2945 health from the highest-health ally within 30 yds.
All Minor Ranks now scale with Versatility.

Direct the Vitality Conduit toward an ally. Every 0.5 sec for 6 sec, they transfer 2945 health from the highest-health ally within 30 yds.
All Major Ranks now scale with Versatility.

Worldvein Resonance

Concentrate energy into the Heart of Azeroth, immediately causing 2 Lifeblood Shards to erupt from the nearby ground for 12 sec, and increase the primary stat gained from Lifeblood Shards by 300% for 18 sec.
All Major Ranks now increase the primary stat gain from Lifeblood Shards.

Commentaires

Commentaire de Foxday

nice blizzard why not just give rogues a combat ress to make them even less useless. :)))))))))))))))))))

Commentaire de Thready

Rogue seriously needs some changes to outlaw and subtlety. Assassin has been the go-to since the end of WoD and I'm tired of playing it. I do so much more damage in assassin but Outlaw is just more fun!

Commentaire de Thready

Commentaire de Dazarius

OMG those shaman changes!

Commentaire de cleric670

As usual no shaman changes on PTR until it's too late to give feedback...

Commentaire de PsychKenn

Wasn't there also a buff to Vision of Perfection essence? Or did that get back tracked?

Commentaire de Balzenon

Didn't BrM monks also receive a reduction in stagger based on agi? I thought it was reduces from like 105% to 90% but don't see it listed.

Commentaire de Shanksor

I'm wondering if Moment de gloire will stack or not. I can already see raid teams stacking that on their lower dps and healers for some insane bursts. I bet they either don't let it stack or they cap it at some low number is my guess. But if not, that is pretty good, a 20s window with only a 1min cd and even better if the cd starts when triggered. But then again the best essence has a 3min CD so something is gonna get lost in that process if it happens.
I feel for all of the simcrafters out there having to deal with so much to caclulate. Also with the minor Force unifiée reducing the cd sometimes as well this could possibly be the big essence to have in 8.3 (Pretty sure they aren't going to let the minors stack though as that would just be plan silly if they did)

Commentaire de craggaz

this seems all very interesting, cant wait to see how this balancing pans out

Commentaire de tazzerer

Can already tell that The Formless Void will create big troubles.

Commentaire de Shochu

I thought there was a mastery nerf to Resto druids. Did that get removed?

Commentaire de TheDarksavr

Why did literally every other class get some kind of change BUT FREAKING HUNTERS! WTH

Consolidated Class and Essence Changes for Patch 8.3 - Visions of N'Zoth

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