Blizzard Bluepost: Class Sets in Patch 10.1 Embers of Neltharion Update

PTR Posted 2023/03/22 at 6:37 PM by Archimtiros

I’d like to share some clarifications of some details of how the set bonuses work as well as some revisions we’ve made. Your feedback has been very valuable, thank you. We’re continuing to work on and tune these bonuses, and we’ll share more updates as we make more changes.First, a couple functionality clarifications:

Vengeance Demon Hunter: Fiery Brands applied by the (4) Set Bonus will gain the benefits of Revel in Pain, Charred Flesh, and Fiery Demise. Burning Alive will cause the Fiery Brand it applies to spread just like a directly cast Fiery Brand.
Arcane Mage: Mana spent on Arcane Surge counts for the (4) Set Bonus. The tooltip has been updated to reflect this.

Updated Bonuses

Survival Hunter (4) Set Bonus: Every 25 Focus spent reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb by 1.0 sec, and the target of your latest Kill Command takes 100% increased damage from Wildfire Bomb for 8 sec.
Fire Mage (4) Set Bonus: When your direct damage spells hit an enemy affected by Charring Embers 20 times the damage of your next 2 Phoenix Flames is increased by 200% and they refund a charge on use.
Frost Mage:

(2) Set Bonus: Flurry and Ice Lance damage increased by 10%. Flurry causes an explosion on impact, dealing 50% of its damage to nearby enemies, damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
(4) Set Bonus: Casting Ice Lance on a frozen target has a 10% chance to trigger Brain Freeze.

Brewmaster Monk (4) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Elusive Brawler, and when you dodge, the damage and critical strike chance of your next Spinning Crane Kick or Rising Sun Kick is increased by 5%, stacking up to 5 times.

Developers’ Note: Developer’s Note: This change is not in for this week’s PTR, but will be added in a future PTR build.

Windwalker Monk (4) Set Bonus: Your melee auto-attacks have a chance to launch a Shadowflame spirit at your enemy that duplicates your abilities at 20% effectiveness for the next 7.5 sec.
Enhancement Shaman (4) Set Bonus: Sundering increases your Physical and Fire damage dealt by 30% for 15 sec and your next 3 Chain Lightning casts deal 100% increased damage and refund 50% of Maelstrom Weapon stacks consumed.
Demonology Warlock (4) Set Bonus: Grimoire: Felguard deals 20% additional damage. While Grimoire: Felguard is active, your demons deal 20% additional damage.

Tuning Updates

Mistweaver Monk (2) Set Bonus: Soulfang Infusion restores 5% of your maximum Mana over 5 sec (down from 6 sec).
Windwalker Monk (2) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick deals 15% increased damage and has a 30% chance to go nova, dealing (300% of Attack Power) Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yds.
Enhancement Shaman (2) Set Bonus: Sundering increases your Mastery by 24% for 15 sec. (up from 12%)
Demonology Warlock (4) Set Bonus: Grimoire: Felguard damage bonus reduced to 20% (down from 40%).
Arms Warrior (2) Set Bonus: Chance to critically strike and critical strike damage reduced to 5% (from 10%).
Protection Warrior:

(2) Set Bonus: Shield Slam now reduces the cooldown of Last Stand by 1 sec (up from 0.5).
(4) Set Bonus: The wave will deal 45% of Attack Power.

Comment by frostfizzisThere better be a fdk tier set change. It's a underwhelming 3% increase in ST, whereas our current tier is over 10% increase in ST. Either they add another effect for ST to the 4pc or you're not gonna be seeing any frost dks next tier. It's the same with unholy. A lackluster tier set with insignificant effects. It's things like this that show how out of touch our dev is.Comment by 1955wowSo far S2 really isn't offering me much an incentive to spend my money to experience it what with these set bonuses. Maybe I'll knock out some of my single player games while I wait for S3 and and hopefully something more then lackluster.Comment by Numenor90Please completely redo the Holy paladin set. Pvpers don't use any of those abilities, so it's not even worth it for us to take the set.Comment by BlacktimusNo Assassination changes, we are officially dead :(Comment by Wahoo123gaPerhaps i'm still spoiled by the blasphemy tier set in shadowlands but man does S2 Destro's bonus stink. Ooh I can shoot more green balls... yaaay.Comment by NameRedactedFeral Berserk change sucks ass. Tier set is completely RNG and passive. it boring and bad design. scrap and redo. revert berserk. tyvmComment by FitzbanPlease iterate on the Arcane set bonus like you did for Fire and FrostComment by Chachio"We are completely content with how garbage dk tier is"Comment by TovekThe ret set is also extremely bad, mostly the 4p.Comment by islanddeacFeral Berserk change sucks ass. Tier set is completely RNG and passive. it boring and bad design. scrap and redo. revert berserk. tyvmComment by Lithiyenothing for havoc, great another tier we will only exist for the magic debuff.Comment by KinnsugiThe enhancement set needs a complete rework.Comment by johano3012Please rework shadow. We don't want to play mindbender anymoreComment by KirillusHow about you change the colours on the #$%^ing paladin sets too, while you’re at it.

No more grey, green and pastel ffs change them to actuel paladin coloursComment by justkbmtPlease completely redo the Holy paladin set. Pvpers don't use any of those abilities, so it's not even worth it for us to take the set.Comment by ErafornFire's 4p was terrible, now its even worse..Comment by KeloriRetri pala set also needs a rework, it's the most boring set bonus, and also doesnt feel that impactful.

Although after the rework I don't really care that much, the ret tree feels terrible, I might as well change main.Comment by WeryxThere better be a fdk tier set change. It's a underwhelming 3% increase in ST, whereas our current tier is over 10% increase in ST. Either they add another effect for ST to the 4pc or you're not gonna be seeing any frost dks next tier. It's the same with unholy. A lackluster tier set with insignificant effects. It's things like this that show how out of touch our dev is.Comment by XeronyLloydNot only you are forcing Arms Warriors to prio Slam, which we barely use, because it’s a trash and it always was for Arms, and always will be, you are nerfing the 2 Piece too. Total useless for PvP too. Excellent job Blizzard, well done. Sarcasm ends hereComment by ZusgarnokSV bomb build is boring, they should focus more into arpoon

*arpoon now hits 1x with moongose bite when you touch the target*
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