WoW Forever beta patch notes, 3 November 2026

Warrior

• Score 0
• 2 buffs
• 2 nerfs

Warrior, every spec

1. Fixed an issue with the tooltip of Victory Rush incorrectly displaying the amount of damage it would deal.

   Fix

2. Defensive Stance: Threat bonus increased from 30% to 80%.

   Changed

3. The cooldown of Slam has been reduced to 15 seconds (was 18 seconds).

   Buff 18 seconds to 15 seconds

Arms

1. Improved Tactical Mastery changed to a 3-point talent granting the ability to retain 5/10/15 additional Rage when changing stances (was a 5-point talent granting 3/6/9/12/15 Rage retention).

   Nerf 5 to 3

2. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization changed to grant 2/4/6% increased damage when using a two-handed melee weapon (was 1/2/3% increased damage).

   Buff 1/2/3% to 2/4/6%

3. Bloodthrill changed to a 2-point talent granting your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend a 10/20% chance to allow an activation of Overpower (was a 5-point talent granting a 4/8/12/16/20% chance).

   Nerf 5 to 2

4. Improved Slam’s reduction to Slam’s cooldown changed to 2.5/5 seconds (was 3.0/3.0).

   Changed

Fury

1. The Blood Craze and Gore Drinker talents no longer generate threat when restoring Health to the Warrior.

   Changed

2. Blood Craze will no longer activate when sitting.

   Changed

3. Booming voice now also reduces the Rage cost of Piercing Howl by 5/10/15/20/25%.

   Changed

4. Enrage moved to Row 3 (was Row 4).

   Changed

5. New Talent: Reckless Swings. Row 4. 1 Point. 15 second cooldown. Costs 25% of base health. Your next 4 melee attacks generate 5 additional Rage. Lasts 8 seconds.

   Changed

6. Gore Drinker moved to Row 5 (was Row 6) and is connected to Blood Craze now instead of Enrage.

   Changed

7. Death Wish is no longer required for Flurry.

   Changed

8. Flurry changed to a 3-point granting 10/20/30% increased attack speed for 3 swings after a critical strike (was 5 points granting 5/10/15/20/25% increased attack speed).

   Changed

9. New Talent: Improved Whirlwind. Row 6. 2 Point. Passive. Reduces the cooldown of your Whirlwind ability by 1/2 seconds and increases the damage it deals to the closest enemy by 15/30%.

   Changed

10. Bloodthirst now has Death Wish as a required talent.

    Changed

Protection

1. Defiance: Threat bonus increased to 7/13/20% from 5/10/15%.

   Changed

Paladin

• Score +1
• 4 buffs
• 3 nerfs

Paladin, every spec

1. Righteous Fury is now available to train at level 10 (was 16). This mirrors the level that other Tanks gain access to their tanking stance.

   Nerf 16 to 10

2. Salvation, Mass Salvation, and Revoke have been removed.

   Changed

3. Righteous Fury now grants a 33% increase to all threat generated, and an additional 90% threat from Holy damage.

   Changed

4. Blessing of Light has been removed.

   Changed

5. Righteous Fury is now properly made free by the Legacy Talent, The Quick and the Dead.

   Changed

6. Judgement of Fury’s duration reduced to 3 seconds (Was 4 seconds).

   Nerf 4 seconds to 3 seconds

Holy

1. Spiritual Focus moved to Row 1 (Was Row 2). Changed to a 5-point talent (Was a 2-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

   Changed

2. Improved Seals changed to a 5-point talent (Was a 3-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

   Buff 3 to 5

3. Reverence moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3). Changed to a 2-point talent (Was a 3-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

   Changed

4. Unyielding Faith moved to Retribution.

   Changed

5. Purifying Power moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).

   Changed

6. Voice of Truth removed.

   Changed

7. Divine Favor moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4).

   Changed

8. Illumination moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4).

   Changed

9. Holy Conduit moved

   Changed

10. Divine Precision moved to Row 4 (Was Row 5). Changed to a 2-point talent granting 4/8% chance to hit with Holy spells (Was 6/12/18% chance to hit with Holy spells). Additionally, Divine Precision now also reduces the duration of Silence effects on you by 10/20%.

    Changed

11. New Talent Oath of Light in Row 4. 40-yard range, 8% of Base Mana cost. No cooldown. Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min, increasing the healing of your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells. Only one Oath of Light may be sworn by the Paladin at any one time. The amount of bonus healing increases with the player’s level.

    Changed

12. New Talent Boundless Light in Row 5. Passive - Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15/30% when cast on allies not affected by your Oath of Light.

    Changed

13. Holy Power changed to Increases the critical strike healing bonus of your Holy Spells by 10/20/30/40/50% (Was Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 3/6/9/12/15%, and all other spells by 1/2/3/4/5%).

    Changed

14. Light’s Vigil is now only usable on friendly targets and has had its offensive capabilities removed. The tooltip has been reworded to reflect this.

    Fix

Protection

1. Reckoning will now correctly perform its number of attacks based on stacks, and Reckoning will no longer gain stacks while sitting.

   Fix

2. Divine Intellect moved to Row 1 of Protection (was Row 1 of Holy).

   Changed

3. Sacred Duty moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).

   Changed

4. Sacred Duty no longer grants % increase to Stamina. In addition to its cooldown reduction on Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar’s Bulwark by 30sec/1min, it now also reduces the duration of your Forbearance effect by 5/10 seconds.

   Changed

5. Improved Seal of Fury removed.

   Changed

6. Templar’s Bulwark moved to Row 3 (Was Row 5).

   Changed

7. Templar’s Bulwark is now a Magic effect and dispellable.

   Changed

8. Improved Righteous Fury’s damage reduction changed to 3/6/9% (was 2/4/6%).

   Buff 2/4/6% to 3/6/9%

9. Shield Specialization changed to a 2-point talent granting 15/30% increased shield block value, and a 50/100% chance to grant 4% of your Maximum Mana. (Unchanged at max rank).

   Changed

10. Toughness moved to Row 3 (Was Row 1).

    Changed

11. Anticipation moved to Row 4 (Was Row 2).

    Changed

12. Swift Judgement changed to instantly unleash your active Seal. Does not share a cooldown with Judgement (Was resets the cooldown of your Judgement ability).

    Changed

13. One-Handed Weapon Specialization removed.

    Changed

14. New Talent Stoicism added to Row 5. Reduces the duration of Stun and Charm effects on you by 10/20%.

    Changed

15. Holy Shield moved to Row 5 (Was Row 7).

    Changed

16. Iron Creed changed to a 3-point talent (Was a 5-point talent) and increases the threat generated by Holy Strike by 10/20/30%, and grants 2/4/6% damage reduction for 6 seconds (was 5/10/15/20/25% increased threat, and 2/4/6/8/10% damage reduction).

    Nerf 5 to 3

17. New Talent Shieldsworn added to Row 7. Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 seconds. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering all talents that activate when you block without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 seconds.

    Changed

Retribution

1. Holy Conduit moved to the 3rd Row of the Holy Tree (was 2nd Row of Retribution).

   Changed

2. Sanctified Judgement has been moved to Row 2 (was Row 3).

   Changed

3. Conviction moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).

   Changed

4. Conviction changed to grant 2/4/6% critical strike chance to all spells and attacks (Was 1/2/3/4/5% to just melee attacks).

   Buff 1/2/3/4/5% to 2/4/6%

5. Vindication no longer grants an increase to Attack Power (was 1/2/3% increased Attack Power.

   Changed

6. Unyielding Faith moved to Row 3 of Retribution (was Row 2 of Holy).

   Changed

7. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization moved to Row 4 (was Row 5).

   Changed

8. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization changed to increase both Holy and Physical damage by 2/4/6% (Was just Physical damage).

   Changed

9. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization changed to also reduce the Threat generated by the Paladin by 7/14/20% while wearing a two-handed melee weapon.

   Changed

10. Instrument of Law Removed.

    Changed

11. Champion of the Light changed to increasing the Paladin’s spell damage by 12/24/36/48/60% of their Intellect and also reduces the cast time of Hammer of Wrath by 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 seconds.

    Changed

12. Vengeance changed to stacking up to 5 times (Was stacking up to 3 times).

    Buff 3 to 5

13. Vengeance now requires Seal of Command (was requiring Sanctified Judgement).

    Changed

14. New Talent added to Row 5, Turn Evil - Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead spell by 0.5/1.0 sec, its cooldown by 5/10 sec, and allows it to affect Demons.

    Changed

15. Twist of Light removed.

    Changed

16. Unsealed Wrath is the new 31st talent. Your melee attacks store a copy of your active Seal for 15 sec, stacking up to 3 times. Landing an attack with a different Seal consumes all stacks, giving the stored Seal its normal chance to activate once per stack.

    Changed

17. Unsealed Wrath now requires Repentance.

    Changed

Hunter

• Score +5
• 5 buffs
• 0 nerfs

Hunter, every spec

1. Hunter’s Mark can no longer be applied to a target multiple times by using different ranks of the spell.

   Changed

2. Fixed an issue where Rank 4 Hunter’s Mark was providing less Ranged Attack Power than Rank 3.

   Fix

3. Fixed an issue with the wording of the Explosive Trap debuff.

   Fix

4. All types of Hunter traps now have the same shared 30 second cooldown, instead of separate cooldowns for Fire-based and Frost-based traps.

   Changed

5. Aimed Shot: Bonus damage on all ranks increased by ~110%.

   Buff

6. Arcane Shot: Base damage on all ranks increased by ~30% and Attack Power coefficient raised from 0.1 to 0.15.

   Buff

7. Serpent Sting: Attack Power coefficient per tick increased to 5% from 3%. Base damage on all ranks increased ~20%.

   Buff

8. Aspect of the Hawk: Ranged Attack Power bonus increased on all ranks. New values: 20, 35, 50, 70, 90, 110 for ranks 1-6.

   Changed

9. Hunter pets should no longer lose their innate Attack Speed passives when untraining them.

   Changed

Beast Mastery

1. Pathfinding: This talent moved from 2nd row to 3rd row.

   Changed

Marksmanship

1. Barrage: Damage increase raised to 5/10/15% from 3/7/10%.

   Buff

2. Sniper Shot: Bonus damage on all ranks increased by 100%.

   Buff

3. Trueshot Aura: Ranged Attack Power bonus increased on all ranks. New values: 20, 35, 50, 75, 100.

   Changed

Survival

1. Lacerating Strikes: This effect will always overwrite an existing one from the same Hunter, even if the new effect is weaker damage per second.

   Changed

2. Lightning Reflexes: Agility bonus increased to 3/6/9/12/15% from 2/4/6/8/10%.

   Changed

Rogue

• Score 0
• 5 buffs
• 5 nerfs

Rogue, every spec

1. Casting Slice and Dice no longer causes the target to stand up if sitting.

   Changed

2. Poised: New passive ability learned at level 18. “When you are not in combat and have your maximum Energy, you will gain Poised. Poised reduces the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.”

   Changed

3. New Spell Added: Shank. Learned at level 24. 5 Energy cost. 10 second cooldown. Melee range. Instantly strike with your off-hand weapon, dealing 50% weapon damage and generating 15 Energy. Shank cannot Miss. Rank 2 learned at level 44 and generates 25 Energy.

   Changed

4. Deadly Poison Attack Power coefficient increased to 0.009 (Was 0.0045)

   Buff 0.0045 to 0.009

5. Instant Poison Attack Power coefficient increased to 0.01 (Was 0.005)

   Buff 0.005 to 0.01

Assassination

1. The Ruthlessness talent activating no longer causes the target to stand up if sitting.

   Changed

2. Improved Expose Armor moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).

   Changed

3. Murder has been removed.

   Changed

4. Lethality changed to a 2-point talent granting 10/20% increased Critical Strike damage to the abilities listed (Was a 5-point talent granting 4/8/12/16/20%).

   Nerf 5 to 2

5. Vigor moved to Row 3 (Was Row 5).

   Changed

6. New Talent: Blood Splatter. Passive. 1 point talent in Row 3. Increases the duration of your Rupture ability by 6 seconds and your Garrote ability by 9 seconds.

   Changed

7. Relentless Strikes moved to Row 5 (was Row 3).

   Changed

8. Relentless Strikes change to a 5-point talent granting a 4/8/12/16/20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy (was 1 point granting 20% per combo point).

   Changed

9. Venom moved to Row 5 (was Row 7).

   Changed

10. Venom is now a Passive that causes your Shank ability to increase your Poison damage by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 20% for 6 seconds.

    Changed

11. Seal Fate changed to a 3-point talent granting your critical strikes from abilities that add Combo Points a 33/66/100% chance to add an additional Combo Point.

    Changed

12. Mutilate moved to Row 7 (was Row 9).

    Changed

13. Mutilates damage increased to 90% of weapon damage plus an additional amount that was also increased (was 75% weapon damage and a lower amount).

    Buff 75% to 90%

Combat

1. Improved Eviscerate has been renamed Coup de Grace, Increasing the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 7/13/20%, and the damage and storage rate of your Death Mark ability by 7/13/20%.

   Changed

2. Improved Sinister Strike renamed to Efficient Strikes and now reduces the Energy costs of Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage by 3/5 (was just Sinister Strike discounted).

   Changed

3. Improved Sprint moved to Row 2 (was Row 3).

   Changed

4. New Talent: Composure. Passive. 2-point talent in Row 3. Increases the Energy cost reduction of your Poised ability by 5/10.

   Changed

5. Flawless Execution energy cost reduction increased to 15 (was 10).

   Nerf 10 to 15

6. Weapon Expertise moved to Row 4 (was Row 6).

   Changed

7. Aggression moved to Row 4 (was Row 6).

   Changed

8. Aggression changed to increasing the damage of Sinister Strike and Eviscerate by 5/10/15% (was Sinister Strike, Eviscerate, and Backstab by 2/4/6%).

   Buff 2/4/6% to 5/10/15%

9. Dual Wield Specialization moved to Row 5 (was Row 4).

   Changed

10. Dual Wield Specialization changed to a 2-point talent granting 25/50% increased off-hand weapon damage (was 5 a points granting 5/10/15/20/25% off-hand weapon damage).

    Nerf 5 to 2

11. New Talent: Flash of Steel. Passive. 5-point talent in Row 6. Increases the energy generated by your Shank ability by 3/6/9/12/15 and reduces its cooldown by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0 seconds.

    Changed

Subtlety

1. Fixed an issue where Hemorrhage and Ghostly Strike were dealing much more damage than intended when using a Dagger.

   Fix

2. Setup moved to Row 1 (was Row 2).

   Changed

3. Setup changed to a 15/30/45% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells (was 33/66/100% chance).

   Nerf 33/66/100% to 15/30/45%

4. Opportunity changed to a 5-point talent granting 4/8/12/16/20% increased damage to Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate (was 2 points granting 5/10%).

   Buff 2 to 5

5. Dirty Deeds moved to Row 2 (was Row 5).

   Changed

6. Camouflage moved to Row 2 (was Row 1).

   Changed

7. Camouflage changed to a 3-point talent granting 5/10/15% increased movement speed in stealth and reduces stealth’s cooldown by 2/4/6 seconds (was 5 points granting 3/6/9/12/15% and 2/3/4/5/6).

   Nerf 5 to 3

8. Premeditation moved to Row 3 (was Row 4).

   Changed

9. Serrated Blades moved to Row 3 (was Row 4).

   Changed

10. Elusiveness moved to Row 4 (was Row 2).

    Changed

11. Ghostly Strike moved to Row 4 (was Row 3).

    Changed

12. Ghostly Strike now also causes your next Ambush or Garrote cast within 7 seconds to not require Stealth.

    Changed

13. Improved Distract removed.

    Changed

14. New Talent: Quick Getaway. Passive. 2-point talent in Row 4. Increases the maximum number of targets you may have Sapped by 1/1 and increases your movement speed by 15/30% for 3 seconds after sapping a target.

    Changed

15. Heightened Senses moved to Row 5 (was Row 4).

    Changed

16. Hemorrhage changed to increase the damage of the caster’s Rupture and Garrote abilities by 15% (was only increasing Rupture by 15%).

    Changed

17. Quietus has been removed.

    Changed

18. Cutthroat has been removed.

    Changed

19. New Talent: Boot Knife. Passive. 5-point talent in Row 6. Gives your Shank ability a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to add 2 Combo Points to the target.

    Changed

20. Thousand Cuts has been removed.

    Changed

21. New Talent: Death Mark. Active. 1 point talent in Row 7. 25 Energy cost. 20-yard range. 10 second cooldown. Curse. Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance.

    Changed

Priest

• Score 0
• 0 buffs
• 0 nerfs

Priest, every spec

1. Power Word: Shield can now correctly be replaced by a Power Word: Shield of equal or greater rank.

   Fix

2. Shadow Word: Death now causes 30% of maximum Health damage to the Priest if it fails to kill the target, up from 10%. Shadow Word: Death will no longer damage the Priest when the spell misses.

   Changed

3. Fixed an issue causing Undead Priest’s Dark Sacrifice to still break crowd control effects.

   Fix

Holy

1. Binding Heal removed.

   Changed

2. New talent in Binding Heal’s slot: Holy Binding. When the Priest heals a target other than themselves with Flash Heal, 50% of the healing done by the Flash Heal is also done to the Priest. This healing generates no threat.

   Changed

Shadow

1. Devouring Contagion no longer spreads Devouring Plague if it is spreading from a critter.

   Changed

2. Vampiric Embrace Healing can no longer roll a critical effect.

   Changed

3. Fixed an issue where Cure Disease and Abolish Disease would take the Priest out of Shadowform.

   Fix

Shaman

• Score +3
• 4 buffs
• 1 nerf

Shaman, every spec

1. Windfury Weapon now causes the Shaman to animate an additional weapon swing attack.

   Changed

2. Windfury Totem now causes the player to animate an additional weapon swing attack.

   Changed

3. Totemic Projection renamed Totemic Call. It now teleports the Shaman’s totems to the Shaman’s own location, and its cooldown is reduced to 30 seconds.

   Buff

4. Lightning Bolt: Base damage of all ranks increased, with larger percentage increases on the higher ranks. Max rank was increased by 80%. Each rank’s new base damage is roughly 78% of the base damage as the Classic Era version (but cast time is lower than Classic Era).

   Buff

5. Chain Lightning cast time increased to 2.5 seconds. Primary target base damage increased to approximately 145% of comparable rank Lightning Bolt base damage. Mana cost increased to approximately 225% of comparable rank Lightning Bolt Mana cost.

   Nerf

6. Shocks: All shock base damage reverted to match Classic Era values (higher than previous Forever Beta values).

   Changed

Elemental

1. Lightning Overload: Talent now grants a 10/20/30% chance to trigger a duplicate spell, up from 3/7/10% chance.

   Changed

2. Lava Burst: Removed. Replaced with Call of Thunder, which increases critical strike chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 5%. All references to Lava Burst removed.

   Changed

3. Elemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed.

   Changed

4. Elemental Reach no longer reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection.

   Changed

Enhancement

1. Improved Ghost Wolf moved from 2nd row to 4th row.

   Changed

2. Maelstrom Weapon: Chance to trigger doubled.

   Changed

3. Stormstrike: Now deals 150% normalized weapon damage, up from 100%. Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 8 seconds.

   Buff

4. Mental Dexterity: Now increases the Shaman’s Attack Power by 50/100/150% of Intellect, up from 33/67/100%.

   Changed

5. Flurry: Now increases attack speed by 6/12/18/24/30%, up from 5/10/15/20/25%.

   Changed

Restoration

1. Riptide: Mana cost reduced by about 40%. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 6 seconds. Riptide no longer deals any initial healing, just healing over time.

   Buff

Mage

• Score +4
• 4 buffs
• 0 nerfs

Mage, every spec

1. Imbue Iceknife’s visual has been changed to better convey that it is a Root and not a Stun.

   Fix

2. Frost Blast: This spell has been removed.

   Changed

Arcane

1. Missile Barrage is now correctly consumed at the start of the Mage’s Arcane Missiles channel (was consumed at the end).

   Fix

2. Missile Barrage has been moved to the 2nd row from the 1st row.

   Changed

3. Arcane Resilience has been moved to the 1st row from the 2nd row. It now allows up to 3 talent points to be spent for a maximum armor increase of 75% of Intellect.

   Changed

4. Clearcasting is no longer consumed on Arcane Missiles if Missile Barrage is active at the same time.

   Changed

5. Fixed an issue where Arcane Missles did not proc Clearcasting.

   Fix

6. Arcane Focus: This talent has been removed, as it is now combined into the talent Precision in the Frost tree.

   Changed

7. Arcane Blast: Mana cost increase per stack reduced to 100% from 175%. Percent of Intellect as Spell Damage reduced from 15% to 12% per stack. Duration increased to 18 seconds.

   Buff

Fire

1. Fixed an issue where Ignite was not applying to Flamestrike damage past the initial instance.

   Fix

2. Incineration: This talent now allows spending up to 5 talent points for 10% critical chance on affected spells, up from 3 talent points for 6%.

   Changed

3. Improved Fireball: Renamed Accelerant. Now also reduces the cast time of Arcane Wrath by up to 0.5 seconds.

   Changed

4. Critical Mass: This talent has been reverted to a maximum of 3 talent points, instead of 5, for a total of 6% critical strike chance increase, down from 10%.

   Changed

5. Improved Fire Blast moved to 3rd row from 1st row.

   Changed

Frost

1. The Piercing ice talent has been removed.

   Changed

2. Ice Barrier now increases your Frost Damage dealt by 15% for 1minute when activated and grants an additional 5% Frost Damage while the barrier holds.

   • Developers’ notes: Removing Piercing Ice gives the player a few more talents to play around with early on in the tree, and empowering Ice Barrier gives the Mage a reason to go all the way down the tree for PvE.
   Changed

3. Frost Warding increases the amount of damage your Ice Barrier and Frost Wards can absorb.

   Changed

4. Frost Warding no longer has a chance to Reflect spells but instead has a chance to fully negate the damage of the spell without depleting the Frost Ward.

   Changed

5. Elemental Precision has been renamed Precision and is back to being a 3-point talent, granting 2/4/6% chance to hit with all spells (was 1/2/3/4/5%).

   Buff 1/2/3/4/5% to 2/4/6%

6. Ice Lance now has an 8 second cooldown shared with Fire Blast. Bonsu damage to Frozen targets increased back to 300%.

   Buff

7. Winter’s Chill: Bonus to Cone of Cold damage increased to 20% per stack.

   Buff

Warlock

• Score -1
• 1 buff
• 2 nerfs

Warlock, every spec

1. Spellstones now correctly only increase Shadow damage (was increasing Shadow and Fire damage).

   Fix

2. Pets now gain 2 Health per point of Master’s Stamina (was 7.5 Health per point of Master’s Stamina).

   Nerf 7.5 to 2

3. Bane of Agony now correctly dynamically updates its damage.

   Fix

4. Drain Soul: This chance for this spell to grant a Soul Shard on dealing damage (not a kill) has been reduced significantly.

   Nerf

Affliction

1. Amplify Curse now correctly affects Curse of Exhaustion and Bane of Agony.

   Fix

2. Improved Drains: Now increases Drain Mana’s amount of Mana drained but no longer increases Wrack damage.

   Changed

3. Wrack: Spell damage coefficient doubled, to match the expected coefficient per cast time of 0.286 per second. Base damage per second now increases with each level by 2.5. Base damage per second at level 60 effectively increased from 36 to 86.

   Buff

Destruction

1. Shadow and Flame: The damage bonuses from this talent now increase Fire or Shadow damage by 4/8/12/16/20%, up from 2/4/6/8/10%.

   Changed

Druid

• Score +4
• 4 buffs
• 0 nerfs

Druid, every spec

1. Lacerate is now a Feral talent and not learned by all Druids.

   Changed

2. Ferocious Bite has a new Rank 1 at level 24. All the existing ranks were re-labeled one rank higher.

   Changed

3. Bear Form and Dire Bear Form: Threat bonus increased from 50% to 115%. This is to compensate for Blessing of Salvation being removed.

   Changed

4. Poised: New passive ability learned at level 32. “When you are not in combat and have your maximum Energy, you will gain Poised. Poised reduces the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.”

   Changed

5. Shred: Weapon damage percent increased to 200% from 155%.

   Buff

6. Claw: Weapon damage percent increased to 140% from 110%.

   Buff

7. Ravage: Weapon damage percent increased from 350% to 435%.

   Buff

8. Rip: Base points and attack power scaling increased by about 25%.

   Changed

9. Rake: Base points and attack power scaling increased by about 25%.

   Changed

10. Ferocious Bite: Base points and attack power scaling increased by about 25%.

    Changed

11. Pounce: Base points and attack power scaling increased by about 25%.

    Changed

12. Starfire: Base damage points increased by about 40%.

    Buff

Balance

1. Genesis: Now increases periodic damage and healing by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%.

   Changed

2. Moonkin Form: The critical strike bonus from this talent is again an increase to all types of critical strikes and is again exclusive with Leader of the Pack.

   Changed

Feral Combat

1. Heart of the Wild: The talent has moved to the Restoration tree, swapping with Furor.

   Changed

2. Lacerate: This is now a 1-point talent on row 4, replacing Primal Bite. Lacerate has two new ranks added to accomodate being learned earlier.

   Changed

3. Predatory Discipline: This is a new 1-point talent on row 4 in column 3, replacing Shifting Power. “Your Ferocious Bite ability no longer converts extra Energy into damage but still deals extra damage based on your excess Energy.” It has no pre-requisite talents.

   Changed

4. Predatory Strikes: Moved to column 1 (was column 3).

   Changed

5. Leader of the Pack: The critical strike bonus from this talent is again an increase to all types of critical strikes and is again exclusive with Moonkin Aura.

   Changed

6. Natural Instinct: Moved to column 4 (was column 1).

   Changed

7. Rend and Tear: Moved to column 1 (was column 3). Damage bonus increased to 3/6/9/12/15% (was 2/4/6/8/10%).

   Changed

8. Berserk talent removed.

   Changed

9. Primal Bite: Replaces Berserk as a 1-point talent on row 7, column 2, with Leader of the Pack as a pre-requisite. Number of ranks reduced to 3.

   Changed

10. Shifting Power: Now a 1-point talent on row 7, with Predatory Discipline as a pre-requisite. Like row 4, we now have two different 31-point talents for Feral – one focused on Bear gameplay and one focused on Cat gameplay.

    Changed

Restoration

1. Furor: This talent has moved to the Feral tree, swapping with Heart of the Wild.

   Changed

2. Naturalist: Now increases all damage by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%. Now also reduces the cast time of Wild Growth by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds.

   Changed

3. Reflection: This talent has moved to row 2 from row 3, swapping with Subtlety.

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4. Subtlety: This talent has moved to row 3 from row 2, swapping with Reflection.

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5. Gift of the Earthmother: This talent has been removed.

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6. Bloom: New 1-point talent in 3rd row, replacing Gift of the Earthmother. “When your Rejuvenation or Regrowth spell expires due to its duration, the target is instantly healed for an amount equal to 100% of your Spirit. If either spell expires due to being dispelled, the target is healed for 50% of your Spirit instead.”

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7. Swiftmend: Now requires the Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target to be one placed by the casting Druid.

   • Developers’ notes: There is an incorrect statement in the tooltip for Swiftmend. The usage of the word “consume” is incorrect and will be fixed soon. This ability does not consume the Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target.
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8. Wild Growth: Now has a base casting time of 3 seconds.

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