Compendium of All BFA Dungeon Changes in 8.1

Live Posted 2018/12/17 at 9:25 AM by Squishei

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Necrotic Wound is now a Physical Damage Over Time effect instead of Magical.

Anti-Magic ShellBlizzard

Grievous should no longer stack to 2 on the first periodic.

Increasing damage of Bursting to 7% per tick (was 5%).

Grievous 2.0Atal'dazarCommunity

Fixed the ability to place a Demonic Gateway through the wall near Vol'kaal

Deathrunning

Tank pulling the mobs to the side and dying after the group has passed.

Crowd Control the two mobs to one side, then punt them out of the way using a Ring of Peace.

Blizzard

Removed Infested from several stationary enemies in the instance.

FreeholdCommunity

Lightning now spawns in a random location in the arena instead of always landing on the pile of bones.

Trothak's Bloody Mess now fully stops the shark in place for 3 seconds, instead of slowing the shark.

Trothak's sharks now move at a slower rate by default.

Trothak's Shark Tornado now can be dodged and parried.

Harlan Sweete's Swiftwind Sabers now have a new animation.

Ludwig Von Tortollan now gives 4 trash points.

King's RestCommunity

Shadow-Borne Warrior's Gust Slash deals 37.5% less damage.

Queen Patlaa's Darkshot slow reduced to 11% (was 20%).

Purification Beam deals 45% less damage

Purification Strike deals 42% less damage

Explosive Totem's Explode deals 44% less damage.

Whirling Axes deals 45% less damage

King Dazar's Impaling Spear deals 45% less damage

Blizzard

Adjusted spawns of Teeming in the instance immediately before and after The Golden Serpent.

Animated Guardian's Released Inihibitors only increases melee haste.

Lowered the duration of King A'akul's Hidden Blade to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Lowered Embalming Fluid DoT duration to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Lowered The Golden Serpent's Animated Gold health by 75%.

Lowered Guard Captain Atu's Axe Barrage to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Queen Patlaa's Darkshot changed. It now takes 1.5 seconds to land.

Reduced Spectral Berserker's Severing Blade damage by 25%.

Seneschal M'bara is now level 120 and is susceptible to crowd control.

Spectral Berserker is now level 120 and is susceptible to crowd control.

MotherlodeBlizzard

Adjusted spawns of Teeming in the instance.

Reduced Venture Co. Mastermind's Leech Globule healing by 50%

Increased Feckless Assistant's Transfiguration Serum recast to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Reduced Weapons Tester's Echo Blade damage by 50%.

Reduced damage of Venture Co. Earthshaper's Rock Lance by 25%.

Reduced Recast of Venture Co. Earthshaper's Earth Shield to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Wanton Sapper casts Final Blast at 10% health (was at 20%).

Shrine of the StormCommunity

Shrine Templars must now complete a kickable 2 second cast to apply Protective Aura (was previously a permanent aura).

Shrine Templar's Protective Aura lasts for 30 seconds and can be removed with an offensive Magic dispel.

Lord Stormsong's Mind Rend is now cast on a random target (was previously closest person).

Non-healer specializations will no longer be able to be targeted by Vol'zith the Whisperer's Whispers of Power.

Windspeaker Heldis and Runecarver Sorn no longer have Truesight until they are engaged in combat once.

Blizzard

Lord Stormsong’s Mind Rend impact damage reduced by 50%.

Vol'zith the Whisperer’s health reduced by 10%.

Blizzard

Lowered damage of Temple Attendant's Wash Away by 25%.

Wash Away no longer hits pets and guardians.

Runecarver Sorn's Carve Flesh initial damage reduced by 75%, but is now increased by 70% per tick.

Increased recast on Drowned Depthbringer's Rip Mind to 16 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Removed Infested from the Living Current before Aqu'sirr.

Siege of BoralusCommunity

Hadal Darkfathom's Tidal Surge now properly scales with Keystone level.

Demolishing Terrors will automatically aggro the party on spawn.

Blizzard

Adjusted spawns of Teeming and Infested in the instance.

Reduced damage of Blacktar Bomber's Burning Tar initial damage by 50% and Fire Bomb by 25%.

Increased cast time of Ashvane Commander's Bolstering Shout to 5 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Reduced Hadal Darkfathom's Break Water unavoidable damage by 25%.

Reduced range on Bilge Rat Demolisher's Terrifying Roar to 10 yards (was 30 yards), and added a precast visual.

Temple of SethralissCommunity

Adderis's Cyclone Strike will now hit multiple times per tornado.

Scaled Krolusk Rider and Scaled Krolusk Tamer's Electrified Scales are now kickable.

Orbs now move slower in the Lightning Trap.

Avatar of Sethraliss no longer causes an add phase at 40% health.

Plague Doctor's Snake Charm is now kickable.

Blizzard

Increased recast of Healing Surge cast by Charged Dust Devil to 16 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Reduced duration of Sandswept Marksman's Neurotoxin to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Faithless Tender's Greater Healing Potion is now single target.

Reduced melee damage of Faithless Conscript by 70%.

Increased respawn of Faithless Conscript to 50 seconds (was 60 seconds).

Tol DagorCommunity

Jes Howlis now activates his transition at 70% health (was 50%)

Jes Howlis's Motivating Cry now reduces all damage taken by 90% in addition to the other effects.

Carrying a Munitions Barrel on Knight Captain Valyri no longer slows you.

Blizzard

The Sand Queen's Buzzing Drone no longer melees, but casts Itchy Bite much more frequently.

Ashvane Marine's Suppression Fire initial damage removed, but periodic damage immediately deals damage.

Overseer Korgus's Incendiary Rounds no longer stacks.

Heavy Cannon's Cannon Blast damage should now scale with the Keystone Level of the dungeon.

The UnderrotCommunity

Chosen Blood Matron now have truesight, allowing them to see through stealth and invisibility.

Sporecaller Zancha now begins the fight with 0 energy (was 50) and spawns a regular amount of mushrooms.

Blizzard

Increased recast on Devout Blood Priest abilities.

Reduced Fanatical Headhunter Barbed Spear duration to 4 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Reduced duration of Warcry to 8 seconds (was 30 seconds).

Elder Leaxa will now only spawn one Blood Mirror clone.

Waycrest ManorCommunity

Sister Briar's Jagged Nettles now deals 11% less damage on the initial hit.

Blizzard

Deathtouched Slaver is now susceptible to Stun.

Maddened Survivalist's Freezing Trap is now Magic.

Comment by MaxVV93" Mind Rend deals very high initial damage that will one-shot a non-tank on high keys. You used to be able to bait it onto the tank or a survivable melee, but now, it just has a possibly of one-shotting an unsuspecting ranged dps."

Funny thoComment by ultrakineticGood to know. KR keys looking pretty good now. Shrine keys are even more dead than they already were lol.Comment by Vendetta8247well at least somebody has enough time and space to put the patch notes together...Comment by deathlavitzDungeon patch notes, that wasn't so horrible to read.Comment by awaters8Yeah, Blizzard, it'd be really nice if you took the time to do proper patch notes and not rely on a 3rd party.....Comment by angeleyedTAKe a moment to appreciate wowhead For All it’s hard workComment by NyssaviaWhat about the bug in Waycrest at the moment where the little adds before Gorak Tuk keep evading? Is this intentional? Because it's happened on the last 3 of my keystones and we have had to ignore those adds. Kill the boss then TP to the front and finish the % before the time.
It would be nice to know if it'll be staying or not because until then I'll be avoiding that dungeon.Comment by Slayer1520i'm pretty sure that not intentional, i think whats happening is that when those adds run up from downstairs after you kill the Waycrests, one or two of them are getting stuck on some terrain or something out of sight. that stops them from getting to their correct places which them makes the entire pack evade. a group i was in did those adds after killing Gorak Tul and we could kill them just fineComment by Nyssaviai'm pretty sure that not intentional, i think whats happening is that when those adds run up from downstairs after you kill the Waycrests, one or two of them are getting stuck on some terrain or something out of sight. that stops them from getting to their correct places which them makes the entire pack evade. a group i was in did those adds after killing Gorak Tul and we could kill them just fineComment by lovelywazThanks for posting the detailed changes related to Dungeons specially for M+ runs. You are literally doing Blizzard's work :DComment by SeganoNow that Necrotic is physical, does that mean its damage will be reduced by tank mitigation and BrM stagger?Comment by SquisheiNow that Necrotic is physical, does that mean its damage will be reduced by tank mitigation and BrM stagger?Comment by DurendillehuntIn Tol Dagor you should change "cannons will kill party members" to "a certain shaman should never ever go in a cannon ever again". He knows who he is :)

Anyways, thanks all your hard work!Comment by MsWeatherwaxNow that Necrotic is physical, does that mean its damage will be reduced by tank mitigation and BrM stagger?Comment by FixiWhat about the bug in Waycrest at the moment where the little adds before Gorak Tuk keep evading?.Comment by SergioRossiis now a Physical Damage over Time effect instead of a Magical.

RemovedComment by GabrielFMSo, are the "community" changes on live aswell? I don't get it.Comment by ToranagaSAnSo, are the "community" changes on live aswell? I don't get it.Comment by Torndaenis'Community' changes are the ones Blizzard didn't post in the patch notes. They are in the game, but players had to figure them out on their own and post them on Reddit/other third party websites and Wowhead consolidated them into one post.Comment by sinangelusNow that Necrotic is physical, does that mean its damage will be reduced by tank mitigation and BrM stagger?