PTR 7.1.5: Build 23109 Updates: Class Changes

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RockspineBrawler's Burly Basilisk
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Heavenly Jade Cloud SerpentYu'lei, Daughter of Jade
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Please note that these changes are not yet on the 7.1.5 PTR! As discussed in an earlier class changes blog by Blizzard, it seems that some future spell changes are poised and ready to hit the PTR, likely after Pilgrim's Bounty. Note that these may change before they are released to PTR.

Class Tools

Havoc

Vengeance

Dämonische Verwüstung Unleash the fel within you, damaging enemies directly in front of you for Fire damage over 2 sec. Causing damage also heals you for up to health.
Now requires Level 108, down from 110
Tier 6 Talent, in place of Dämonische Infusion

Class Tools

Blood

Frost

Unholy

Hungernde Runenwaffe Empower your rune weapon, gaining 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power instantly and every 1.5 sec for 1215 sec.

Dunkle Richterin Summon a Val'kyr to attack the target for 15 sec. The Val'kyr will gain 1% increased damage for every 1 Runic Power you spend.
Cooldown changed from 3 min cooldown to 2 min cooldown

Unheiliger Angriff When a Festering Wound bursts, you gain 100% increased attack speed for 22.50 sec.

Tödliche Widerstandskraft Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 3%8%.
Rank 2: Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 6%16%.
Rank 3: Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 10%24%.
Rank 4: Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 13%32%.
Rank 5: Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 16%40%.
Rank 6: Increases the effectiveness of Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude by 20%48%.

Class Tools

Balance

Feral

Guardian

Restoration

Erneuerung Instantly heals you for 30% of maximum health. Usable in all shapeshift forms.
Cooldown changed from 2 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown

Sterneneruption Burns the target for (200% of Spell power) Astral damage, and then an additional (780% of Spell power) damage over 24 sec.
Stellar Flare benefits from Starfall's Stellar Empowerment.

Brutales Schlitzen Strikes all nearby enemies with a massive slash, inflicting 2025% Physical damage. Awards 1 combo point. Maximum 3 charges.
Cooldown changed from 18 sec recharge to 12 sec recharge

Elunes Führung Immediately gain 5 combo points and an additional 1 combo point every 1 sec for 58 sec.

Erneuerung Instantly heals you for 30% of maximum health. Usable in all shapeshift forms.
Cooldown changed from 2 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown

Phasenbestie Teleports you up to 20 yards forward, activating Cat Form and increasing your movement speed by 50% for 2 sec.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 40 sec cooldown

Kratzende Dornen When your Entangling Roots is removed, dispelled, or ends, the target will take 100000 damage.
Now a Balance spell
Now requires Level 8, down from 25

Class Tools

Beast Mastery

Marksmanship

Survival

Stachelpfeil Causes your pet to enter a frenzy, performing a flurry of 5 attacks on the target, and gaining 30% increased attack speed for 8 sec, stacking up to 3 times.
Generates 25 Focus.
Cooldown changed from 15 sec recharge to 12 sec recharge

Blizzard

Marksmanship Jäger:
We agree with players that Treffsicherheit currently relies far too much on not only to do good damage, but also to make the rotation feel fun and rewarding. As such, we're changing baseline Vulnerability to essentially bake in , and adding a new talent in its place. We are also adjusting some talents to allow for more diversity within talent rows and reflect the change to the base rotation. In particular, the Level 100 row: while Zielsuchgeschosse was commonly used in all situations for its effects on the rotation, we'd rather the base rotation felt fluid on its own, and Zielsuchgeschosse was a talent focused on the wide-area cleave that is its most clear purpose. Among other changes to help with this, no longer requires the targets to have Vulnerable to do strong damage, so builds without Zielsuchgeschosse will be able to use it more effectively.

Explosivschuss Fires a slow-moving munition directly forward. Activating this ability a second time detonates the Shot, dealing up to (1000% of Attack power) Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds, damage based on proximity.
Cost changed from None to 20 Focus

Eiskalter Pfeil Fires a Frozen Arrow, incapacitating the target and all nearby enemies within 6 yards of the target for 8 sec. Any damage caused will break the ice.
Removed

Heckenschützenschuss Take a sniper's stance, firing a well-aimed shot dealing 822% Physical damage.
Increases the range of all shots by 40% for 10 sec.
Cooldown changed from 6 sec cooldown to None

Blizzard

Survival Jäger:
Survival's most notable addition is some new gameplay for traps. As all Hunters will once again have traps in 7.1.5, we want to make sure that Survival still feels like the master of traps. In particular, we want to restore the concept of baiting enemies into traps, as opposed to merely dropping them at their feet for an immediate effect. A new Survival passive will grant all your traps an added effect if an enemy is led into the trap after it is placed, encouraging you to anticipate the movement of an enemy, or coordinate with your tank in group content. Talents further enhance this, allowing you to increase the bonus in situations where you can reliably make use of it, or to use a new effect on Steel Trap to singlehandedly eliminate enemies who walk into it of their own accord.

Sprengfalle Tosses a fire trap on the ground in front of you that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing (350% of Attack power) Fire damage and burning all enemies within 5 yards for (350% of Attack power) additional Fire damage over 10 sec. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Range changed from 5 yd range to 40 yd range
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 40 sec cooldown

Eiskältefalle Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min. Damage will break the effect. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 40 sec cooldown

Teerfalle Hurls a tar trap to the target location that creates a 8 yd radius pool of tar around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches. All enemies have 50% reduced movement speed while in the area of effect. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 40 sec cooldown

All of your traps are improved in the following ways:
Freezing Trap
When Freezing Trap's incapacitate effect ends, the victim and all neaby enemies' movement speed is reduced by 50% for 4 sec.
Explosive Trap
Increases Explosive Trap's damage to the triggering enemy by 75%.
Tar Trap
Enemies moving through the tar have a chance to be rooted in place for 4 sec.until cancelled.
Steel Trap
Your Steel Trap also deals an immediate (500% of Attack power) Bleed damage when triggered.
Caltrops
Increases Caltrops damage by 50%.

Verbesserte Fallen Reduces the cooldown of Freezing Trap by 15% and the cooldown of Explosive Trap and Tar Trap by 50%.
Removed

Weltenwanderer
Beast Mastery, Marksmanship:
Your ability critical strikes have a 10%15% chance to reset the remaining cooldown on Disengage
Survival:
Your ability critical strikes have a 10%15% chance to reset the remaining cooldown on Harpoon

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Arcane

Fire

Frost

Blizzard

Arcane Magier:
Arcane is receiving several significant talent changes, to increase talent diversity and move away from some of the more problematic gameplay centered around Beflügelung. In addition to a new Arcane-specific shield to replace Eisbarriere, there are few utility updates not yet on the PTR: Presence of Mind will be baseline for all Arcane Mages, and a new talent will be added that allows Arcane Missiles to be channeled while moving.

Geistesgegenwart Causes your next 2 Arcane Blasts to be instant cast.
Now requires Level 54, up from 30
Now Arcane ability

Beflügelung Arcane Blast and Arcane Explosion grant 5% Haste and increase the mana cost of your spells by 3% for 10 sec.
This effect stacks, and is cleared when you cast Arcane Barrage.
Removed

Zeitanomalie Every 5 sec you have a 5%50% random chance to gain 4 Arcane Charges and Arcane Power for 10 sec regardless of its current cooldown.

Blizzard

While Fire was mostly in a good place, we're looking at two related issues in 7.1.5; the degree to which critical strike dominates other stats, and the overly high amount of damage concentrated into Einäschern. Focusing on critical strike's very strong contribution to the damage of Einäschern, as well as that of Pyretische Zauberformel, addresses both of these. We'll be adjusting the damage of Fire's core spells to leave its total damage similar to what it was before these changes. We're also giving Fire its own element-themed shield, as with Arcane.

Pyroblast Clearcasting Driver Now requires Level 14, down from 20

Flammeninferno Reduces the cooldown of Fire Blast by 3 seconds and increases the maximum number of charges by 1.
Cooldown changed from 45 sec cooldown to None

Eisbarriere Shields you for 30 sec1 min, absorbing damage
Glacial Insulation
and increasing your armor by 0%
Melee attacks against you reduce the attacker's movement speed by 50%.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 25 sec cooldown

Eisblock Encases you in a block of ice, protecting you from all attacks and damage for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells.
Causes Hypothermia, preventing you from recasting Ice Block for 30 sec.
Cooldown changed from 5 min cooldown to 4 min cooldown

Verdichtetes Eis Increases the amount your Ice Barrier absorbs by 60%, but your Ice Barrier can only absorb physical damage.
Removed

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Brewmaster

Mistweaver

Windwalker

Schaden abwenden Guard allies within 15 yards for 15 sec, allowing you to Stagger 30% of damage they take.
Now requires Level 25, up from 8
Row 5 Col 2 PvP Talent, in place of Geführte Meditation

Geführte Meditation The cooldown of Zen Meditation is reduced by 50%. While Zen Meditation is active, all harmful spells cast against your allies within 40 yards are redirected to you.
Zen Meditation is no longer cancelled when being struck by a melee attack.
Now requires Level 8, down from 25
Row 5 Col 1 PvP Talent, in place of Schaden abwenden

Tritt der aufgehenden Sonne Kick upwards, dealing (910% of Attack power) damage
Windwalker (Level 20)
and reducing the effectiveness of healing on the target for 10 sec

Cost changed from 2.3% of base mana / 2 Chi to 2.0% of base mana / 2 Chi

Lied von Chi-Ji Conjures a cloud of hypnotic mist that slowly travels forward. Enemies touched by the mist fall asleep, Disoriented for 20 sec.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown

Magiediffusion Reduces magic damage you take by 60% for 6 sec, and transfers all currently active harmful magical effects on you back to their original caster if possible.
Cooldown changed from 2 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown

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Holy

Protection

Retribution

Leuchtfeuer der Tugend Apply a Beacon of Light to your target and 3 injured allies within 30 yards for 8 sec.
Your heals will heal all of them for 40% of the amount healed.
Holy
Your Flash of Light and Holy Light on the targets will also refund 30% of their Mana cost

Cost changed from 15.0% of base mana to 10.0% of base mana

Aegis des Lichts Channels an Aegis of Light that protects you and all allies standing within 10 yards behind you for 6 sec, reducing all damage taken by 20%.
Cooldown changed from 5 min cooldown to 3 min cooldown

Segen des Refugiums Instantly removes all stun, silence, fear and horror effects from the friendly target and reduces the duration of future such effects by 60% for 5 sec.
Cooldown changed from 25 sec cooldown to 30 sec cooldown

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Discipline

Holy

Shadow

Blizzard

Shadow Priester:
Shadow's overall pacing is being adjusted so that the highest peak is at the end of Leerengestalt, rather than just before the start of the next one. As a part of this, is removed, but overall Wahnsinn generation (and therefore Leerengestalt uptime) is increased. Additionally, Mind Sear is replaced with a new passive effect that allows Mind Flay to fulfill the same purpose. Shadow already has significant multi-target gameplay from the desire to maintain two damage-over-time effects on each target (a process which being is made smoother by allowing Void Bolt to extend DoTs on multiple targets at once). Finally, we are continuing to tweak the Wahnsinn decay rate in Leerengestalt, and the strength of , to better balance the Level 100 row. We want to preserve the purpose and strengths of for players who enjoy it, without it being quite so ubiquitous as it is currently.

Increases your non-Atonement healing and absorption by 30% on targets with Atonement.
Specializations changed from Discipline to Discipline/Shadow

Erneuerte Hoffnung Power Word: Shield and Power Word: Barrier also heals targets affected for 200% of Spell power).1.
Removed

Große Heilung Your Heal also causes Inspiration on the target, increasing their maximum health by 10% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 20 times.

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Assassination

Outlaw

Subtlety

Finishing move that deals damage with your pistol and stuns the target.
Outlaw (Level 42)
Critical strikes with this ability deal four times normal damage

1 point : damage, 1 sec
2 points: damage, 2 sec
3 points: damage, 3 sec
4 points: damage, 4 sec
5 points: damage, 5 sec
Deeper Stratagem
6 points: damage, 6 sec

Schattennova After using Shadowstrike or Cheap Shot, you have a 30%100% chance to explode, dealing (150% of Attack power) Shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

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Elemental

Enhancement

Restoration

Erdbeben Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing Physical damage over 106 sec and sometimes knocking down enemies.

Rückenwind A gust of wind hurls you forward.
Cooldown changed from 20 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown

Sturmelementar Calls forth a Greater Storm Elemental to hurl gusts of wind that damage the Shaman's enemies and generate Maelstrom for the Shaman for 1 min.30 sec.
Cooldown changed from 5 min cooldown to 2.5 min cooldown

Chills your target, dealing (92.5% of Attack power) Frost damage and reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 3 sec, and enhances your weapons with frost for 16 sec, causing each weapon attack to reduce the target's movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
Cost changed from 35 Maelstrom to 20 Maelstrom

Summons an Earthen Spike under an enemy, dealing (1100% of Attack power) Physical damage and increasing Physical and Nature damage you deal to the target by 15% for 10 sec.

Zorn der Luft Creates a vortex of wind 8 yards around you, dealing (90% of Attack power) Nature damage every 1 sec to enemies caught in the storm, and slowing them by 30% for 3 sec.
Cost changed from 5 Maelstrom, plus 5 per sec to 3 Maelstrom, plus 3 per sec

Lashes your enemy for (400% of Spell power) Nature damage, and enhances your weapons with wind, increasing your attack speed by 35% for 20 sec.
Cooldown changed from 40 sec cooldown to 45 sec cooldown

Rückenwind A gust of wind hurls you forward.
Cooldown changed from 20 sec cooldown to 15 sec cooldown

Beruhigende Wasser After being interrupted while casting a spell, the duration of silence and interrupt effects is reduced by 70% for 20 sec.
Now requires Level 34, up from 22

Erdbeben Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing (Spell power * 0.3 * 10 * 1) Physical damage over 106 sec and sometimes knocking down enemies.

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Affliction

Demonology

Destruction

Instantly clears all of your damage over time effects on the nearest 5 enemies within 40 yards, dealing 10% of their total health in Shadow damage.
For each enemy hit by Soulshatter, you gain 1 Soul Shard and 10% spell haste for 8 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
Range changed from None to 100 yd range

Teufelsriss Chaos Bolt creates an eruption of Felfire under the target, dealing Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing all healing received by 50% for 1015 sec sec to all enemies within 5 yards of the initial target.

Feuerstein Restores 2 Soul Shards and increases your spell critical strike chance by 100% for 7 sec.
Cooldown changed from 45 sec cooldown to 25 sec cooldown

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Arms

Fury

Protection

Verwunden Wounds the target, causing (540% of Attack power) Bleed damage over 15 sec.
Cost changed from 15 Rage to 10 Rage

Schockwelle Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing (47.5% of Attack power) damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 43 sec. Cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets.

Run at high speed toward an ally or enemy.
When targeting an enemy, Intercept will
Warbringer
stun
root them for
Warbringer
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1 sec.
When targeting an ally, Intercept will intercept all melee and ranged attacks against them within 10 sec while the target remains within 10 yards.
Generates 20 Rage.
This ability replaces Charge.

Klinge schärfen When activated, your next Mortal Strike will deal 30% increased damage and reduce healing taken by 70% for 4 sec.
Cooldown changed from 15 sec cooldown to 25 sec cooldown

Killing a target grants you 30% Haste and 30% movement speed for 1015 sec.

Blizzard

Protection Krieger:
While Protection's performance is still solid, we want to provide Rache a clearer role in the live rotation, and eliminate the need for an off-GCD ability (Fokussierte Wut) to deal damage. To address both of these problems, Rache is made into a higher-damage ability, which is used rotationally with its usual activation proc, but can also be used outside of that proc by spending Rage. This eliminates the need for Fokussierte Wut. Donnerknall will fill the role of a second Rage generator, and be used regularly while tanking. Also of note is a new talent that allows you to adopt a more open playstyle if you prefer, by making your auto attacks trigger Schildschlags automatically, rather than fitting it into open spaces in your rotation.

Kriegstreiber Protection (Level 28)
Intercept
Charge now deals (108% of Attack power) damage to all enemies within 5 yds of the target, and stuns them for 1.50 sec.2.50 sec.

Sturmangriff Charge to an enemy,
Warbringer
stunning
rooting it for
Warbringer
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1 sec.
Generates 20 Rage.

Item - Druid T19 Restoration 4P Bonus Each time your Rejuvenation heals a target, it has a 2%1% chance to jump to a new target at full duration.

Item - Priest T19 Shadow 4P Bonus For 64 sec after activating Voidform, the cooldown on Void Bolt is reduced by 100%.

Strahl The caster fires a concentrated beam of Arcane energy, inflicting 740000 to 860000 Arcane damage to all players in front of it.

Sturmangriff Charge to an enemy,
Warbringer
stunning
rooting it for
Warbringer
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1 sec.
Generates 20 Rage.

Ansturm Charge to an enemy,
Warbringer
stunning
rooting it for
Warbringer
1.50 sec2.50 sec
1 sec.
Generates 20 Rage.

Die Leere komprimieren Pulls all enemies outside 10 yards toward the caster.

Kampfeshitze! Getting two direct-damage critical strikes in a row will make your next Pyroblast or Flamestrike spell instant cast, and cause double the normal Ignite damage.

Lord Azrethocs Tiefe Bellow at enemy and stun it for 1.502.50 sec.

Vernichtung Enemies caught in Annihilation suffer 475000 to 525000 Arcane damage every 0.3 sec.

Launches bolts of arcane energy at the enemy target, causing (35% of Spell power) Arcane damage.

Arkaner Familiar Summon a Familiar that attacks your enemies and increases your maximum mana by 10%. Lasts 1 hour.

Segen der Aufopferung Places a Blessing on a party or raid member, transferring 100% of damage taken to you over 612 sec.

Blinzeln Teleports you forward 20 yds or until reaching an obstacle, and frees you from all stuns and bonds.

Sturmangriff Charge to an enemy,
Warbringer
stunning
rooting it for
Warbringer
1.50 sec2.50 sec
1 sec.
Generates 20 Rage.

Charge to an enemy,
Warbringer
stunning
rooting it for
Warbringer
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1 sec.
Generates 20 Rage.

Charges an enemy, immobilizes it for 1.502.50 sec, and adds 305 melee attack power to the boar's next attack.

Bewegungsunfähigkeit (Sturmangriff) Charge an enemy, generate rage and root it for 1.502.50 sec.

Bezauberung (Besitz ergreifen)

Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing (Spell power * 0.3 * 10 * 1) Physical damage over 106 sec and sometimes knocking down enemies.

Einkerkern Imprisons a humanoid, demon, or beast for 1 min, making them immune to damage and unable to be healed. Limit 1.

Inspiration Your Heal also causes Inspiration on the target, increasing their maximum health by 10% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 20 times.

Item - Druid T19 Restoration 4P Bonus Each time your Rejuvenation heals a target, it has a 2%1% chance to jump to a new target at full duration.

Item - Priest T19 Shadow 4P Bonus For 64 sec after activating Voidform, the cooldown on Void Bolt is reduced by 100%.

Überrennen Charge an enemy, generate Rage, and stun them for 1.502.50 sec.

Mongoose Bite extends the duration of Lacerate on your target by 3 sec.

Hoffnungsstrahl For the next 6 sec, all damage and healing dealt to the target is delayed until Ray of Hope ends. All healing that is delayed by Ray of Hope is increased by 100%.

Kraftvolle Seele Power Word: Shield and Power Word: Barrier also heals targets affected for 200% of Spell power).1.

Ausnüchtern Sobers you up a little.

Superklebriger Teer Enemies moving through the tar have a chance to be rooted in place for 4 sec.until cancelled.

Zeitanomalie! Every 5 sec you have a 5%50% random chance to gain 4 Arcane Charges and Arcane Power for 10 sec regardless of its current cooldown.

Ultimative Aufopferung Places a Blessing on a party or raid member, transferring 100% of damage taken to you over 612 sec.

When a Festering Wound bursts, you gain 100% increased attack speed for 22.50 sec.

Leere For 64 sec after activating Voidform, the cooldown on Void Bolt is reduced by 100%.

Killing a target grants you 30% Haste and 30% movement speed for 1015 sec.

Kriegstreiber Charge an enemy, generate Rage, and stun them for 1.502.50 sec.