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The Midnight <\/em>beta for World of Warcraft <\/strong><\/em>is now live, opening up the lion\u2019s share of content from the expansion for fans to test and provide feedback. Select World of Warcraft <\/em>players who opt in to this beta, or anyone who pre-purchases the Epic Edition of World of Warcraft: Midnight<\/em>, can test out the zones, dungeons, and other features from this exciting expansion right now.<\/p>\n
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The alpha for World of Warcraft: Midnight<\/em> started on October 2, giving fans the first look at what\u2019s in store for them in the expansion. Each week, more parts of Midnight<\/em> were made available for testing, including the entire leveling experience, dungeons, delves, and several of the open world activities coming in the World of Warcraft<\/em> expansion.<\/p>\n
Now, World of Warcraft<\/em> has officially taken the next big step towards the release of Midnight<\/em>. The expansion\u2019s beta testing period is now live, putting even more of Midnight<\/em> in the hands of the chosen players who have access to it. Nearly everything from the World of Warcraft: Midnight<\/em> alpha is back again in the beta, including all four zones, the Silvermoon City hub, the Slayer\u2019s Rise PvP Battleground, the Devourer Demon Hunter, and all new dungeons and delves. As they work towards the new level cap of 90, they can enjoy other pieces of endgame content, including the Arcantina, Saltheril\u2019s Soiree, and the Prey system.<\/p>\n
There are some new features to test out in the beta as well. Fans can make characters of the Haranir allied race in World of Warcraft<\/em>, participate in Housing endeavors, and try out further tweaks to nearly every class in the game.<\/p>\n
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Of note, transmog is currently disabled as World of Warcraft<\/em> works out some kinks with changes to the system coming in Midnight<\/em>. Until it is fixed, fans will be stuck with whatever gear their characters find as they adventure through the new expansion.<\/p>\n
Each week, more new features will be added to the beta for players to test. During the second and third weeks, fans can expect to see the fixed-up transmog system, high-tier delve testing, Mythic+ dungeons, additional UI improvements, and testing for most of the raid bosses, save the lore-significant final battles in the Voidspire and March on Quel\u2019Danas raids in WoW: Midnight<\/em>. Gamers who want to get in on the beta should be sure to opt in on the game\u2019s website and hope to be chosen, or otherwise secure their place by pre-purchasing the Epic Edition of World of Warcraft: Midnight<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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\n World of Warcraft: Midnight Beta Development Patch Notes \u2013 November 11, 2025 \n <\/h2>\n
\n NEW FEATURES<\/strong> \n <\/h3>\n
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\n Expansion Introduction and Midnight Campaign\n <\/li>\n
\n Leveling 81-90\n <\/li>\n
\n All Zones<\/p>\n
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\n The battle between Light and the Void spans across four new zones: Eversong Woods, Zul\u2019Aman, Harandar, and Voidstorm.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Silvermoon City Hub<\/p>\n
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\n The legendary blood elf capital serves as the Midnight campaign hub while both factions face new threats.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Allied Race: Haranir<\/p>\n
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\n Earn the trust of the Haranir through a series of quests to unlock this new allied race. Haranir will be able to join either the Horde or the Alliance and play as a Druid, Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, or Warrior.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Devourer Demon Hunter Specialization<\/p>\n
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\n Learn more about the new damage-dealing spec for Demon Hunters, focused on delivering distinct gameplay mechanics depending on your specialization and Hero Talents using Void magic.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Void Elf Demon Hunter<\/p>\n
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\n Void Elves can now heed the call of the Demon Hunter, taking up the mantle to push back against the hungering forces of the Void.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Arator\u2019s Journey<\/p>\n
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\n Join Arator through an epic globetrotting campaign questline, in search of the truth about the nature of the Light.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Dungeons<\/p>\n
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\n Conquer eight new dungeons, each with unique environments and storylines.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Raids<\/p>\n
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\n Raid testing begins the week of November 18. See the raid testing schedule for details.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New World Bosses<\/p>\n
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\n The World Boss world quest will appear after completing the Midnight Campaign and unlocking World Quests.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Delves<\/p>\n
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\n Take on new challenges through ten new Delves and one new seasonal Nemesis Delve alongside a new NPC companion\u2014legendary blood elf rogue Valeera Sanguinar. You\u2019ll experience more of the story of Midnight interwoven through new quests and even experience the great outdoors\u2014taking the adventure outside for the first time.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Prey<\/p>\n
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\n Track powerful targets throughout the zones of Midnight in three difficulties: Normal, Hard, and Nightmare. Successfully find and defeat your quarry to earn valuable new rewards as you progress through the system.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Arcantina<\/p>\n
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\n Meet up with some familiar faces for stories and quests, sending you back out into Azeroth once more.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Activities<\/p>\n
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\n Whether you\u2019re looking for a challenge or just want to do a little more exploration into the stories found in Midnight, we\u2019ve got you covered with some new activities that we\u2019re sure will appeal to many playstyles.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Journeys<\/p>\n
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\n Engage with World of Warcraft content in a meaningful way thanks to a brand-new feature tab in their Adventure Guide\u2014Journeys\u2014with a significant update to how you track your in-game progress\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Talent Updates<\/p>\n
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\n With the release of Midnight, a new adventure path opens up, raising the level cap to ninety. Along with these additional levels, we\u2019re expanding talent trees with exciting new abilities and introducing what we call Apex talents.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Profession Updates and New Recipes\n <\/li>\n
\n PvP Updates:<\/p>\n
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\n New Epic Battleground: Slayer\u2019s Rise\n <\/li>\n
\n Slayer\u2019s Rise World PvP\n <\/li>\n
\n Training Grounds\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Housing<\/p>\n
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\n Endeavors\n <\/li>\n
\n Additional decor is available from neighborhood vendors, and more new decor (neighborhood and otherwise) will be added throughout the Beta.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Player and Returning Player Experiences\n <\/li>\n
\n User Interface Updates\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n STAT SQUISH<\/strong> \n <\/h3>\n
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\n We\u2019ve squished numbers across the board. Like previous squishes, we are reducing values on: player and creature health, damage, healing, item level, and stats on items. This squish will not affect player character levels.<\/p>\n
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\n For players logging into Beta, the new character templates will reflect the expected player power from levels 80-90.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n CLASSES<\/strong> \n <\/h3>\n
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\n COMBAT TUNING<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: As Midnight transitions into beta, tuning will quickly start happening at a much more rapid pace. We are working to get things into a better tuned state to ensure quality playtesting and feedback from both internal and external sources. This tuning will come in various stages and won\u2019t all happen at once, but a few notable changes are happening that feel worth discussing slightly more:<\/em>\n <\/li>\n
\n Several classes will see some generic increases or decreases to their overall throughput amounts. Most of this right now is to coincide with \u201czeroing out\u201d some passive modifiers attached to the class or spec that was adjusting their throughput. Rather than continue to tweak this number up and down, most of them have been set to zero. In some cases, we adjusted the spec\u2019s tuning up or down to compensate for the change. In other cases, we felt it was ok to not adjust the spec\u2019s throughput and just return the values to zero.\n <\/li>\n
\n Melee classes are starting to see an increase to their auto-attack damage dealt either in this week\u2019s update or in the coming week\u2019s updates. Auto-attacking is a part of melee characters, and we want to make sure that an appropriate amount of damage is being attributed to your auto-attacks while engaged in combat.\n <\/li>\n
\n All healers had a 20% increase to their damage dealt this week. We are monitoring the rate at which they can complete content while solo and felt that a boost to their offensive throughput would be appropriate.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n For the full list of class changes, please view the class notes throughout Alpha in the previous replies in this forum thread.\n <\/li>\n
\n DEATH KNIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Blood<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Coagulopathy\u2019s duration has been increased to 15 seconds, the maximum stacks has been reduced to 4, and Blood Plague damage has been reduced to 10% per stack (was 25%).\n <\/li>\n
\n Blood Plague\u2019s damage has been increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n All damage dealt reduced by 5%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n DEMON HUNTER<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Hero Talents<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Fel-Scarred\/Void-Scarred<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Devourer<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Enduring Torment has been updated \u2013 Now increases the effectiveness of Mastery: Demon Within by 10% while not in Metamorphosis.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Devourer<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Voidrush has been updated \u2013 Fury drain reduction effect duration reduced by 50% for The Hunt and Voidblade.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: The fury drain reduction is intended to cover the duration of your dash and cushion the melee build from the increased downtime they might suffer from dashing around. The previous values were too substantial, making the melee build a critical component of longer Metamorphosis windows.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Umbral Blade has been updated \u2013 Now causes Reap\u2019s cooldown to be reduced by Haste.\n <\/li>\n
\n Rolling Torment has been updated \u2013 When Void Metamorphosis expires, for each unused Soul you harvested, gain 5 Fury and increase your damage by 0.5% for 12 seconds.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: Devourer has been overperforming in AOE encounters, so we\u2019re adjusting the power of Void Ray and Collapsing Star while also adding some additional tuning hooks to make sure they\u2019re still dealing enough damage in single target.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Focused Ray has been updated \u2013 Void Ray deals 50% more damage when damaging a single target.\n <\/li>\n
\n Collapsing Star has been updated \u2013 Collapsing Star now deals 50% additional damage to its primary target and its maximum stack count has been increased to 40 (was 35). The tooltip now also more accurately updates based on changes to Collapsing Star from various talents.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: The cost to cast Collapsing Star is unchanged at 30. This change just gives you a bit more room to overcap souls as you approach Collapsing Star\u2019s casting cost.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Collapsing Star damage reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Void Ray damage reduced by 25%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Metamorphosis Void Ray damage reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Hungering Slash damage reduced by 33%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Demonic Wards is now learned at level 27.\n <\/li>\n
\n Fixed an issue where Devourer was gaining extra critical strike chance from Vengeance and Havoc\u2019s critical strike passive.\n <\/li>\n
\n Void Metamorphosis can no longer be aura cancelled.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n EVOKER<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Preservation<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n All healing reduced by 12%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n HUNTER<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Hero Talents<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Dark Ranger<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Marksmanship<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n New Talent: Through the Eyes \u2013 Headshot can now stack 5 additional times. This is a choice node against Ebon Bowstring.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Pack Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Hogstrider has been updated \u2013 Now grants Hatchet Toss and Cobra Shot a 200% damage increase regardless of the number of targets struck by your Boar. Number of targets struck by the Boar now increases the number additional targets struck by Cobra Shot and Hatchet Toss.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Marksmanship<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Apex Talents: Take Aim<\/p>\n
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\n Rapid Fire damage increased by 25%. Each shot fired from Rapid Fire reduces the cooldown of Aimed Shot by 0.5 seconds.\n <\/li>\n
\n Aimed Shot\u2019s critical strike damage is increased by 25%\/50% of your critical strike damage. The damage of your other ranged abilities is increased by 3%\/6%.\n <\/li>\n
\n New Talent: Focus Fire \u2013 When Surging Shots resets the cooldown of Rapid Fire, the damage of your next Rapid Fire is increased by 20%.\n <\/li>\n
\n New Talent: Unload \u2013 When Rapid Fire begins and finishes channeling, it also fires an additional Arcane Shot at 100% effectiveness. If your target is below 20% health, Rapid Fire instead fires additional Kill Shots.\n <\/li>\n
\n New Talent: Critical Precision \u2013 Precise Shots now increases the critical strike chance of Arcane Shot and Multi-Shot by 10%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Small Game Hunter has been updated \u2013 Now increases Volley damage by 15% (was Explosive Shot).\n <\/li>\n
\n Headshot has been updated \u2013 Damage from Kill Shot increases the damage your target receives from Black Arrow by 2%, stacking up to 10 times.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: Headshot\u2019s previous iteration had a much larger impact on Marksmanship\u2019s rotation than we\u2019d like. This newer version should be simpler and particularly attractive on longer fights.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Surging Shots should now more reliably activate while in combat.\n <\/li>\n
\n Double Tap has returned.\n <\/li>\n
\n Oh\u2019naran Winds has been removed.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Survival<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Takedown range reduced to 15 yards (was 25 yards).\n <\/li>\n
\n Fixed an issue where off-hand items were not correctly granting their stats while dual-wielding.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n MAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Hero Talents<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Frostfire<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 44%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Frostfire Bolt direct damage reduced by 25%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Spellslinger<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Polished Focus has been updated \u2013 No longer causes Ice Lance to Shatter 1 additional stack of Freezing. Now causes Ice Lance to reapply 1 stack of Freezing when it Shatters its maximum possible Freezing stacks.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Class<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Reflection has been updated \u2013 Now castable while casting other spells and is not affected by the global cooldown.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Arcane<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Clearcasting\u2019s overlay now communicates how many charges of Clearcasting you have.\n <\/li>\n
\n Illuminated Thoughts now increases Clearcasting\u2019s chance to trigger by 3% (was 5%).\n <\/li>\n
\n All damage dealt increased by 15%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Arcane Blast damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Arcane Pulse damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Arcane Missiles damage increased by 25%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Fire<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Feel the Burn has been updated \u2013 Now grants 2% Mastery for 4 seconds (was 3% Mastery for 6 seconds).\n <\/li>\n
\n Fireball damage reduced by 25%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Pyroblast and Flamestrike damage increased by 5%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Fixed several issues causing Fireball and Frostfire Bolt modifiers to not correctly increase the damage.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n New Talent: Thermal Void \u2013 Flurry has a 100% chance to cause your next Ice Lance to repeat its cast at 100% effectiveness.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: Master Lancer was putting too much emphasis on pooling Freezing and casts of Ice Lance. Our goal with this new Thermal Void design is to create some more excitement around Brain Freeze while still giving you some clear gameplay direction by incentivizing \u201csome\u201d pooling.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Permafrost Lances has been updated \u2013 Now increases Shatter damage by 10% for the duration of Frozen Orb (was Ice Lance damage).\n <\/li>\n
\n Glacial Attunement has been updated \u2013 Now increases Flurry and Blizzard damage (was Flurry and Ice Lance).\n <\/li>\n
\n Freezing Winds has been updated \u2013 No longer increases the number of Freezing stacks applied by Blizzard.\n <\/li>\n
\n Fractured Frost has been updated \u2013 Now causes Ice Lance to strike 2 additional enemies (was 3).<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: We\u2019d like Shatter to be a powerful part of Frost\u2019s kit in the 1-3 target range and slightly fall off as the target count gets higher and higher. Comet Storm should feel like an exciting exception to this rule.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Ice Lance now Shatters 5 stacks of Freezing (was 4).\n <\/li>\n
\n The Starter Build for Frost Mage has been updated.\n <\/li>\n
\n Developers\u2019 notes<\/em>: Shatter continues to dominate Frost\u2019s damage breakdown, so we\u2019re significantly reducing its damage while increasing the rest of Frost\u2019s kit.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n
\n Shatter damage reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Frostbolt damage increased by 100%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Glacial Spike damage increased by 100%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Flurry damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Ray of Frost damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Ice Lance damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Frozen Orb damage increased by 100%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Waterbolt damage increased by 100%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Water Jet damage increased by 100%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Hand of Frost damage increased by 25%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Flurry has a new spell icon.\n <\/li>\n
\n The following talents have been removed:<\/p>\n
\n New Class Talent: Chi Warding \u2013 You heal for 3% of magic damage taken.\n <\/li>\n
\n Secret Infusion has been redesigned \u2013 After using Thunder Focus Tea, your next spell gives 2%\/4% increase of a stat. Only one stat increase may be active at once.\n <\/li>\n
\n Spiritfont now applies Soothing Mists and Chi Cocoons at 30% effectiveness (was 50%).\n <\/li>\n
\n All healing reduced by 5%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Thunder Focus Tea\u2019s cooldown has been increased to 45 seconds (was 30 seconds).\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n PALADIN<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Holy<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n New Class Talent: Armory of Light \u2013 While wearing a shield, you have a 15% chance to block incoming spells, reducing their damage by 20%. Without a shield, you have a 15% chance to parry incoming physical attacks, reducing their damage by 20%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Solar Grace has been redesigned \u2013 Now increases Haste by 5%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Gleaming Rays has been redesigned \u2013 Holy Power Spenders deal 3% additional damage and healing.\n <\/li>\n
\n Sun\u2019s Avatar has been redesigned \u2013 Now always causes you to link to Dawnlights and no longer increases the duration of Dawnlights or releases additional Dawnlights during Avenging Wrath.\n <\/li>\n
\n Rising Sunlight has been redesigned \u2013 Now increases your healing by up to 10%, based on the average health percentage of allies with your Beacon of Light.\n <\/li>\n
\n Beacon of the Savior absorb shield reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n All healing reduced by 5%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Retribution<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n All damage dealt reduced by 11%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n PRIEST<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Discipline<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Master the Darkness now causes Void Shield to reflect 15% of damage taken to enemies (was 50%).\n <\/li>\n
\n Void Shield and Power Word: Shield now share a cooldown.\n <\/li>\n
\n Void Shield and Power Word: Shield can no longer stack on the same target per Priest.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: We are making adjustments this week to lower the value of Void Shield which we feel is negatively impacting gameplay and dominating the value of the spec. We\u2019re also preventing base Power Word: Shield and Void Shield from stacking which we felt was worth trying allowing initially but feel it\u2019s better for the specialization\u2019s health for them to be exclusive.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n ROGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Hero Talents<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Deathstalker<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Darkest Night has been updated \u2013 When you consume the final Deathstalker\u2019s Mark from a target or your marked target dies, gain 30 Energy (was 40) and your next Envenom cast with 5 or more combo points is guaranteed to critically strike, deals 40% (was 60%) increased damage, and applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker\u2019s Mark to the target. Garrote does not apply Deathstalker\u2019s Mark while you have Darkest Night.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: The goals for these changes to Deathstalker\u2019s Mark are to make it more forgiving to apply and to clarify the cycle of Deathstalker\u2019s Mark and Darkest Night. Assassination no longer needs to be in Stealth to apply Deathstalker\u2019s Mark, but a new Deathstalker\u2019s Mark cannot be applied while one is already active. It\u2019s also easier to activate Darkest Night – it now requires you to spend 5 combo points instead of the maximum. It can still be rewarding to save up to max since that finisher hits hard!<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Darkest Night now only applies 3 stacks of Deathstalker\u2019s Mark if no other Deathstalker\u2019s Mark is already active.\n <\/li>\n
\n Darkest Night: Envenom\/Eviscerate cast with Darkest Night does not consume a stack of active Deathstalker\u2019s Marks.<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: These changes to Deathstalker\u2019s Mark and Darkest Night target situations where a player has Darkest Night, but does not want to prioritize Envenom and thus can\u2019t apply Deathstalker\u2019s Mark. For instance, they might have Darkest Night from killing an enemy, but want to prioritize Garrote and Rupture on a new pack. Now, Garrote will still apply a new stack of Deathstalker\u2019s Mark, and the player may use Envenom when appropriate. Before, it was impossible to use a Darkest Night Envenom on a target with Deathstalker\u2019s Mark, and we are retaining that behavior. We do not want it to be worthwhile in single target situations to apply Deathstalker\u2019s Mark with Garrote when you have Darkest Night.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Deathstalker\u2019s Mark: Garrote\/Shadowstrike may now apply Deathstalker\u2019s Mark even if the player has Darkest Night.\n <\/li>\n
\n Clear the Witnesses has been updated \u2013 Fan of Knives\/Shuriken Storm damage increased by 50%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Corrupt the Blood has been updated \u2013 Rupture damage increased by 10%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Bait and Switch now causes Evasion to reduce magical damage taken by 15% (was 20%).\n <\/li>\n
\n Hunt Them Down damage reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Fatebound<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Damage dealt by Tails Fatebound coin flips reduced by 50%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Trickster<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Unseen Blade damage reduced by 20%.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Assassination<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Melee auto attack damage increased by 200%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Rupture and Garrote damage increased by 10%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Envenom damage reduced by 5%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Internal bleeding damage increased by 20%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Implacable Strikes damage increased by 30%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Motivated Murderer increases your Energy generation by 20% (was 30%).\n <\/li>\n
\n Venomous Vim grants 3 Energy when it triggers (was 4).\n <\/li>\n
\n Implacable rank 1 now grants base 20% Energy generation when Envenom expires (was 40%) and its maximum value is 80% (was 100%).<\/p>\n
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\n Developers\u2019 notes: Our goal for Assassination\u2019s rotation is to reward players for pooling enough Energy to string together several Envenoms without letting the effect drop. Energy generation was high enough that Envenom could be maintained longer than intended, so we\u2019ve reduced the Energy generation rate of some Assassination abilities to reward deliberate planning.<\/em>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n Fixed an issue preventing Deathmark from increasing damage targets take from Garrote, Rupture, and weapon poisons.\n <\/li>\n
\n Fixed an issue preventing Finish the Job from increasing damage dealt by abilities.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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\n Take ‘Em By Surprise has been redesigned and renamed Preparation \u2013 Immediately reset the cooldowns of Adrenaline Rush, Between the Eyes, Blade Flurry, Blade Rush, and Killing Spree. 4 minute cooldown.\n <\/li>\n
\n Acrobatic Strikes has been updated \u2013 Auto-attacks increase auto-attack damage by 3% and increase movement speed by 1% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 10 times.\n <\/li>\n
\n All ability damage increased by 38%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Melee auto attack damage increased by 210%.\n <\/li>\n
\n Improved Between the Eyes now causes Between the Eyes critical strikes to deal 3 times normal damage (was 4).\n <\/li>\n
\n Deft Maneuvers now also increases the Energy cost of Blade Flurry by 30.\n <\/li>\n
\n Grand Melee\u2019s bonus to Blade Flurry damage to nearby enemies reduced to 8% (was 10%).\n <\/li>\n
\n Fixed an issue that could cause Between the Eyes and Killing Spree to appear available to use when they were actually still on cooldown.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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