Complete List of New and Updated Covenant Abilities for Shadowlands Alpha Build 34081

Shadowlands Posted 2020/04/18 at 11:33 AM by Squishei

Covenant Ability Updates Summarynew Covenant Abilities have been datamined

NEW : Datamined Hunter Night Fae ability

NEW Vanquisher's Hammer: Datamined Paladin Necrolord ability

NEW : Datamined Paladin Night Fae ability. See full description in Paladin section as it's composed of 4 spells.

NEW Fae Transfusion: Datamined Shaman Night Fae ability

Shifting Power altered

Soul Rot confirmed by Blizzard.

Primordial Wave confirmed by Blizzard.

Bonedust Brew additional effects per spec added and confirmed by Blizzard

Kyrian: Summon Steward Call your steward to bring you a Phial of Serenity that can be consumed to restore 15% of your health and remove all Curse, Disease, Poison, and Bleed Effects. Your Steward additionally offers access to a selection of useful amenities, each once per day.
Instant Cast, 5 min cooldown. Lasts 3 min.

Venthyr: Door of Shadows Wend through the shadows, appearing at the targeted location.
35 yd range, 1.5 sec cast, 1 min cooldown

Necrolord: Fleshcraft Form a shield of flesh and bone over 4 sec that prevents damage equal to 20% of your maximum health. Channeling near a corpse claims their essence to grow the shield, up to 50% of your maximum health. This is most effective against powerful enemies.
10 yd range, 4 sec channel, 2 min cooldown.

Night Fae: Soulshape Turn into a Vulpin, increasing movement speed. You may reactivate Soulshape to teleport 10 yds forward. Additional cosmetic forms can be earned and collected through a variety of gameplay. While out in the world, this effect has a 12sec duration before it wears off, but lasts indefinitely while in a rest area.
Instant Cast, 1.5 min cooldown.

Kyrian: Shackle the Unworthy Admonish your target for their past transgressions, reducing the damage they deal to you by 5% and dealing (175% of Attack Power) Arcane damage over 14 sec . While Shackle the Unworthy is active on an enemy, Rune spending attacks reduce its cooldown by 4 sec.
No cost, 30 yd range, Instant cast, 1 min cooldown.

Venthyr: Swarming Mist A heavy mist surrounds you for 8 sec , increasing your chance to Dodge by 10% . Deals (20% of Attack Power) Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies within 10 yds . Every time it deals damage you gain 3 Runic Power, up to a maximum amount of 15 Runic Power .
1 Rune cost, Instant cast, 1 min cooldown.

Necrolord: Abomination Limb Sprout an additional limb for a limited time for 12 sec , dealing (45% of Attack power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies. If an enemy is further than than 8 yds) from you, they are pulled to your location.
No cost, 20 yd range, Instant cast, 2 min cooldown,

Night Fae: Death's Due (Replaces Death and Decay) Corrupts the targeted ground, causing Shadow damage over 10 sec to targets within the area. Enemies deal 1% reduced damage to you, up to a maximum of 15% and their power is transferred to you as an equal amount of Strength.
While you remain within the area, your Necrotic Strike and Heart Strike will hit additional targets. Scourge Strike and Clawing Shadows will hit all enemies near the target.
1 Rune / -10 Runic Power cost, Instant cast, 30 yd range, 30 sec cooldown.

Kyrian: Elysian Decree Place a Kyrian Sigil at the target location that activates after 2 sec. Detonates to deal (120% of Attack power) Arcane damage and shatter up to 3 Lesser Soul Fragments from enemies affected by the sigil.
30 yd range, Instant Cast, 1 min cooldown.

Venthyr: Sinful Brand Brand an enemy with the mark of the Venthyr, reducing their melee and casting speeds by 30% and inflicting (400% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 8 sec . Activating Metamorphosis applies Sinful Brand to all nearby enemies.
30 yd range, Instant Cast, 1 min cooldown.

Necrolord: (Work in Progress)

Night Fae: The Hunt Charge to an enemy, inflicting (250% of Attack power) Nature damage and rooting them in place for 3 sec . The target is marked for 1 min , increasing your Fury from Demon's Bite and Shear against them by 50% . You may reactivate The Hunt every 30 seconds to teleport behind the marked target and ignoring line of sight.
30 yd range, 1 sec cast, 3 min cooldown.

Kyrian: Kindred Spirits Form a bond with an ally. Every 1 min , you may empower the bond for 10 sec , granting you an effect based on your partner’s role, and granting them an effect based on your role.
Guardian - Kindred Protection Protect your bonded partner, redirecting 40% of damage they take to you, unless you fall below 20% health.

Restoration - Kindred Focus Focus on your bonded partner, replicating 50% of all healing you deal onto them.

Balance/Feral - Kindred Empowerment Energize your bonded partner, granting them 1 primary stat for every 50 damage you deal.

Venthyr:Ravenous FrenzyNecrolord:Adaptive SwarmNight Fae:Convoke the Spirits

Kyrian: Resonating Arrow Fire a resonating arrow to the target location and fills the area with echoing anima for 10 sec . The effect causes your attacks to ignore line of sight to enemies in the area, and you have 30% increased critical strike chance against them.
40 yd range, Instant cast, 1 min cooldown

Venthyr: Flayed Shot Fire a shot at your enemy, causing them to bleed for (250% of Attack power) Shadow damage over 20 seconds . Each time Flayed Shot deals damage, you have a 15% chance to gain Flayer's Mark, causing your next Kill Shot to be usable on any target, regardless of their current health.
10 Focus cost, Instant cast, 40 yd range, 30 sec cooldown.

Necrolord: Death Chakram Throw a deadly chakram at your current target which will rapidly deal (50% of Attack power) Shadow damage up to 7 times . Each time the chakram damages a different target, its damage is increased by 15% and you generate 3 Focus.
40 yd range, Instant cast, 45 sec cooldown

Night Fae: Summon a sentinel at the target location that applies Sentinel's Mark to all enemy targets below it for 15 sec.
While the sentinel is active, each ability you use against a target affected by the Sentinel's Mark calls forth a spirit beast to strike your target for (25% of Attack power) Arcane damage.

Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Radiant Spark Conjure a radiant spark that causes 75% of Spell power Arcane damage instantly and additional 29.6% of Spell power damage over 8 sec .The target takes 10% increased damage from your direct damage spells, stacking each time they are struck. This effect ends after 4 spells.
2% of base mana, 1.5 sec cast, 40 yd range, 30 sec range.

Venthyr: Mirrors of Torment Conjure 3 mirrors to torment the enemy for 20 sec . Whenever the target casts a spell or ability, a mirror is consumed to inflict (75% of Spell power) Shadow damage and their movement and cast speed are slowed by 15% . The final mirror will instead inflict 198% of Spell power) Shadow damage to the enemy, Rooting and Silencing them for 4 sec .
4% of base mana, 1.5 sec cast, 40 yd range, 1.5 min cooldown

Necrolord: Deathborne Transform into a powerful Skeletal Mage for 20 sec . While in the form of a Skeletal Mage, your Frostbolt , Fireball , and Arcane Blast hit up to 2 enemies near your target , and your spell damage is increased by 10% .
5% of base mana, 1.5 sec cast, 3 min cooldown

Night Fae: Shifting Power Draw power from the ground beneath you for 6 sec, dealing (60% of Spell power) Nature damage every 2 sec to nearby enemies1.5 sec to enemies within 15 yds. While channeling, your Mage ability cooldowns are reduced by (-- 3000 / 1000) sec every 21.5 sec .
5% of base mana, 6 sec Channel, 15 yd range, 45 sec cooldown

Kyrian: Weapons of Order For the next 30 sec , your Mastery is increased by 15% . Additionally, Windwalkers’ Rising Sun Kick cooldown is reset instantly, and your Rising Sun Kick reduces the cost of your Chi abilities by 1 for 5 sec . Brewmasters’ Keg Smash cooldown is reset, and enemies hit by Keg Smash take 5% increased damage from you, stacking up to 5 times . Mistweavers’ Essence Font cooldown is reset instantly and heals nearby allies for (240% of Spell power) on channel start and end.
10% of base mana, Instant cast, 2 min cooldown

Venthyr: Fallen Order Opens a mirror for the next 24 sec, summoning reflections of your order's fallen Ox, Crane, and Tiger adepts every 3 for 6 sec. Fallen Monks that have mastered Style will and assist for an additional 2 sec.
Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Necrolord: Bonedust Brew
Hurl a brew created from the bones of your enemies at the ground, coating all targets struck for 10 sec. Your abilities have a 50%15% chance to affect the target a second time at 20%25% effectiveness as Shadow damage or healing.
Mistweaver: Gust of Mists heals targets with your Bonedust Brew active for an additional (33.75% of Attack power)

Brewmaster: Tiger Palm and Keg Smash reduces the cooldown of your brews by an additional 1 sec. when striking enemies with your Bonedust Brew active

Windwalker: Spinning Crane Kick refunds 1 Chi when striking enemies with your Bonedust Brew active

Night Fae:Faeline StompNote: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Divine Toll Instantly cast Holy Shock, Avenger's Shield, or Judgment on up to 5 targets within 30 yds (based on your current specialization).
30% of base mana. 30 yd range. Instant. 1 min cooldown

Venthyr: Ashen Hallow Hallow the target area, dealing Shadow damage split among enemies and restoring health split among injured allies over 12 sec . The land remains filled with anima, causing Shadow damage to all enemies over 1 min . You gain the benefits of Consecration while within the area.
30 yd range. 1.5 sec cast. 4 min cooldown.

Necrolord: Vanquisher's Hammer
Retribution: Throws a hammer at your target dealing (80% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Templar's Verdict to automatically trigger Divine Storm

Holy: Throws a hammer at your target dealing (80% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Word of Glory to automatically trigger Light of Dawn

Protection: Throws a hammer at your target dealing (80% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Word of Glory to automatically trigger Shield of the Righteous

Night Fae:

Blessing of Summer Party members within 40 yards bask in your Aura of Summer, causing their attacks to have a high chance to deal (35.3028% of Attack power100% of Spell power) Holy damage. Turns to Autumn after spending 20 Holy Power.

Party members within 40 yards fall in your Aura of Autumn, causing their cooldowns to recover 1% faster. Turns to Winter after spending 20 Holy Power.

Blessing of Winter Enemies within 40 yards chill in your Aura of Winter, reducing their attack speed by 10% and their movement speed by 20%. Turns to Spring after spending 20 Holy Power.

Blessing of Spring Party members within 40 yards revitalize in your Aura of Spring, causing their healing done and healing received to increase by 10%. Turns to Summer after spending 20 Holy Power.

Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Boon of the Ascended Draw upon the power of the Ascended for 10 sec , granting access to Ascended Nova, replacing (Shadow) Mind Flay / (Discipline and Holy) Smite with Ascended Blast and increasing your movement speed by 50% . Upon expiration, releases an Ascended Eruption: Explode for (150% of Spell power) Arcane damage to all enemies and (200% of Spell power) healing to all allies within 15 yds, increased by 3% for each stack of Boon of the Ascended.
1.5 sec cast. 3 min cooldown

Venthyr: Mindgames Assault an enemy's mind, dealing (200% of Spell power) Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For a 5 sec , the next damage they deal will heal their target, and the next healing they do will damage their target. Generates up to 40 Insanity. Reversed healing and damage restores up to 4% mana.
40 yd range. 1.5 sec cast. 45 sec cooldown.

Necrolord: Unholy Nova An explosion of dark energy heals allies within 15 yards for (150% of Spell power) and infects nearby enemies with Unholy Transfusion. Unholy Transfusion deals (200% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 15 sec . Enemies who damage this target receive healing for (20% of Spell power .
0.5% of base mana. Instant. 1 min cooldown

Night Fae: Fae Guardians Surround yourself with helpful sprites, causing your next 10 spell casts send forth helpful sprites, aidingto aid your target depending on your chosen spell.

Discipline - Shadow Mend, Mind Blast: Reduces an ally's damage taken by 10% for 15 sec. Power Word: Shield: Invigorate your target with 2% mana or 20% resource. Power Word: Radiance: Reduces the cooldowns of one major ability for all targets by 3 sec

Holy - Flash Heal, Heal: Reduces damage taken by 10% for 15 sec. Power World: Shield: Invigorates target with 2% mana or 20% resource. Prayer of Healing: Reduces the cooldowns of one of their major abilities by 3 sec

Shadow - Shadow Mend, Mind Blast: Reduces an ally's damage taken by 10% for 15 sec. Power Word: Shield: Invigorates your target with 2% mana or 20% resource. Void Bolt: Reduces the cooldowns of up to 5 allies' major abilities by 3 sec

Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Echoing Reprimand Deal (60% of Attack power) Arcane damage to an enemy, extracting their anima to Animacharge a combo point. Damaging finishing moves that consume the same number of your combo points as your Animacharge deal damage as if they consume 7 combo points. Awards 3 combo point.
30 Energy. Melee Range. Instant. 45 sec cooldown.

Venthyr: Flagellation Slaughter the target, causing (95.472% of Attack power) Physical damage. The target's anima mixes with your lethal poison, coating your weapons for the next 5 minutes. Slaughter Poison deals Shadow damage over time and steals 15% of healing done to the target. This also awards 2 combo points.
50 Energy. Melee Range. Instant. Requires Stealth

Necrolord: Embed a bone spike in the target, dealing (60% of Attack power) Physical damage every 5 sec until they die. Attacking with Serrated Bone Spike causes all of your active bone spikes to fracture and strike your current target, increasing initial damage by a percentage 100% per spike.
10 Energy. 30 yd range. Instant.

Night Fae: Finishing move that poisons a weakened foe's blood, dealing (12.53% of Attack power) Nature damage over 1 min. Can only be used on targets under 35% health. Sepsis generates 5 Combo Points and 25 Energy over 5 sec if it does not last its full duration.

1 point : over 8 sec
2 points: over 12 sec
3 points: over 16 sec
4 points: over 20 sec
5 points: over 24 sec

Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Vesper Totem Summon a totem at the target location for 30 seconds. Your next 3 damage spells or abilities will cause the totem to radiate (50% of Spell power + 50% of Attack power) Arcane damage to up to 6 enemies near the totem and your next 3 healing spells will heal up to 6 allies near the totem for (100% of Spell power + 100% of Attack power) health . Casting this ability again while the totem is active will relocate the totem.
10% of base mana. 40 yd range. Instant. 1 min cooldown.

Venthyr: Chain Harvest Send a wave of anima at the target, which then jumps to additional nearby targets. Deals (45% of Spell power) Shadow damage to up to 5 enemies and restores (120% of Spell power) health to up to 5 allies. For each target critically struck, the cooldown of Chain Harvest is reduced by 5 sec .
40 yd range. 2.5 sec cast. 1.5 min cooldown.

Necrolord: Primordial Wave Blast your target with a Primordial BoltWave, dealing (65% of Spell power + 65% of Attack power) Shadow damage and apply Flame Shock to an enemy or heal an ally for (65% of Spell power + 65% of Attack power) and apply Riptide (Resto only) to them. Your next (Elemental) Lava Burst, (Enhancement) Lightning Bolt, (Restoration) Healing Wave, will also hit all targets affected by your (Elemental) Flame Shock, (Enhancement and Restoration) Riptide.
10% of base mana. 40 yd range. 1.5 sec cast. 45 sec cooldown
Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Night Fae: Fae Transfusion Transfer the life force of up to 8 enemies in the targeted area, dealing (25% of Spell power + 25% of Attack power) Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.
Pressing Fae Transfusion again within 10 sec will release 75% of all damage from Fae Transfusion, healing up to 8 allies near yourself.

Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Scouring Tithe Deal (100% of Spell power) Arcane damage instantly and (144% of Spell power) over 18 sec . If the enemy dies while affected by Scouring Tithe, you generate 5 Soul Shards. If they survive, Scouring Tithe's cooldown is refreshed.
2% of base mana. 40 yd range. 2 sec cast. 40 sec cooldown.

Venthyr: Impending Catastrophe Call forth a cloud of chaotic anima that travels to the target enemy, dealing (100% of Spell power) Shadow damage to enemies within their path. When the anima reaches the target it explodes, inflicting a random Curse and dealing (261% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 12 sec to all nearby enemies.
4% of base mana. 30 yd range. 2 sec cast. 1 min cooldown.

Necrolord: Decimating Bolt Hurl a bolt of shadow magic at your target, dealing Shadow damage and increasing the damage of your next Incinerates, Drain Souls, or Shadow Bolts by 250% . Decimation Bolt's damage, and the bonus to Incinerate, Drain Soul, or Shadow Bolt both increase as your target's health decreases.
4% of base mana. 40 yd range. 2.5 sec cast. 45 sec cooldown.

Night Fae: Soul Rot Wither away all life force of your current target and up to 3 additional targets nearby, causing them to suffer (100% of Spell power) Nature damage over 8 sec. Drain Life will also be cast on any enemy affected by your Soul Rot. Consumes 20% of maximum health when cast.
40 yd range. 1.5 sec cast. 1 min cooldown.
Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

Kyrian: Spear of Bastion: Throw a Kyrian spear at the target location, dealing (200% of Attack power) Arcane damage instantly, dealing additional (216% of Attack power) damage over 4 sec , and generating Rage. Enemies hit are tethered to Spear of Bastion's location for the duration.
Generates 25 Rage.
25 yd range, Instant cast, 1 min cooldown.

Venthyr: Condemn (Replaces Execute) Condemn a foe to suffer for their sins, causing up to Shadow damage. Only usable on enemies who are above 80% health or below 20% health. The primary target is weakened, preventing up to damage they would deal to you. If your foe survives, 20% of the Rage spent is refunded.
20-40 rage Cost, Instant cast, Melee Range, 6 sec cooldown

Necrolord: Conqueror's Banner Brandish the banner of the Necrolords for 2 min , increasing your movement speed by 10% and causing Mortal Strike (Arms) , Raging Blow (Fury) , and Shield Slam (Protection) to grant you Glory. Killing an enemy grants 2 stacks of Glory. Reactivating this ability plants the banner in the ground, granting 20% maximum health and 50% attack speed to you and 4 allies within 15 yards of the banner. Lasts 2 sec per Glory, up to 30 sec .
Instant cast, 2 min cooldown.

Night Fae: Ancient Aftershock Slam the ground with your weapon, releasing a shockwave dealing (78% of Attack power) Nature damage and knocking up to 5 enemies down for 1.5 sec. Enemies hit take (6.2% of Attack power) Nature damage every 1 sec for 6 sec and transfer it to you as 6 Rage .
12 yard range, Instant cast, 1.5 min cooldown.
Note: this was missing from the Blizzard blog and therefore may be unused.

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Comment by WanderiumMonk lolComment by LeftkeywestSo Night Fae pretty much required for the 4 different Auras as Paladin? Wish the other covenants had something as unique like that to compete.Comment by BwgmonHopefully that Aura of Autumn grants a bigger bonus than 1%. Seems weirdly useless compared to the other seasons.Comment by bastlerHopefully that Aura of Autumn grants a bigger bonus than 1%. Seems weirdly useless compared to the other seasons.Comment by lipecarvalho23Omg, the doubt now is Venthyr or Night Fae for my MM hunter.. actually not knowing what to do, but baby, those are tasty abilities.Comment by IcarusGamersWhy are monk's abilities so lame? Every other class feels like it has at least one ability that fits thematically, meanwhile all of monk's are just azerite essence levels of generic. There's not a single spell on their list that doesn't feel like you could take it and give it to another class and it would work fine.Comment by HistoiresI..I dont know what to think about Night Fae Paladin.Comment by LeftkeywestHopefully that Aura of Autumn grants a bigger bonus than 1%. Seems weirdly useless compared to the other seasons.Comment by CatMon92Windwalker main perspective below:

Monk ones....like...like...what were they thinking? We know Monk is bottom of the barrel as its the least played class...but with so "much" effort put into them in general..well...it will stay that way. I honestly cannot believe what I just read...I was thinking that Kirian is meh but I was optimistic about the other 3 as SURPRISE SURPRISE they were not ready for our least played class. Now they are here and.....Kirian just went up a notch as the others are simply garbage. They all seem made with PVE in mind and I hope I will be wrong and at least 1 is decent in PVP as that will be my obious choice..but lets put it like this:

- Night Fae REQUIRES YOU TO STAY IN PLACE...A MELEE CLASS...TO STAY IN PLACE, ok so its PVE - proceed to cross Night Fae off the list.
- Necrolords is an AOE for PVE obviously nothing to explain here its very clear
- Venthyr seems VERY VERY VERY RNG and in a PVP scenario you will be ^&*!ed as those images might break CC for all we know right now. And in a PVP scenario you need to know what your abilities will do when used...lets imagine a few scenarios: I need to burst this target, let me use this and hope for DPS and not heal...or vice versa...I need a heal right now...BOOM thanks for the DPS provided RNGessus.
- Kirian. This one seems the only one reliable for PVP scenarios. Ok I need to burst, cool I will use this for more damage.

Overall: The fears of all players are here. We are forced...literally FORCED into a covenant NOT based on what we like (Night Fae...balance of life and death...monk...balance...karma...makes the most sense) BUT we are forced into whats is best as benefit gains. Simply horrid. At least they could alocate more than 30 minutes of brain storming for the monk in the future...or better yet not let the interns handle monk and put the seniors in charge for once.Comment by YortalHopefully that Aura of Autumn grants a bigger bonus than 1%. Seems weirdly useless compared to the other seasons.EnemiesreducingComment by InhumanitydtFirst thing that comes to mind as a healer when i see Aura of the Seasons is parking aura at Summer/Spring and not using spenders. xdComment by MrXtrmI..I dont know what to think about Night Fae Paladin.Comment by lordkhuzdulOmg, the doubt now is Venthyr or Night Fae for my MM hunter.. actually not knowing what to do, but baby, those are tasty abilities.Comment by RodrigoLeafI..I dont know what to think about Night Fae Paladin.Comment by ThaDuderFae Transfusion "Requires Hunter" in the ability description. So is it Shaman or Hunter?Comment by ServasusHopefully that Aura of Autumn grants a bigger bonus than 1%. Seems weirdly useless compared to the other seasons.Comment by Elyciaeoh my god aura of seasons looks insanely coolComment by selkie47Lordy, going to have sit down and PLAN what I am picking for each alt lol

Havent had to plan things out in quite some time :XDComment by ZexfalFae for disc is extremely disappointing, "we want to make it so that you can play what you want and not feel forced" you LITERALLY just made a covenant that will be 100% forced upon the class because it just buffs the other players while giving you nothing. All these interesting fae bonuses for other classes and you just turned us into a bard. Cool...Comment by TheArchivist95I kind of love monk's Venthyr ability. The idea of Venthyr being dark harbingers of justice, taken and placed on a monk? It makes perfect sense to me thematically that they'll call on all the monks who died to seek vengeance. In Legion, the monk order was the most beaten down, they even called themselves the Order of the Broken Temple because they were rebuilding from basically extinction.

I dunno, I like it.

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