Patch 9.1.5 PTR Build 40078 Class and Spell Changes - AoE Hard Caps Removed

PTR Posted 2021/09/08 at 5:07 PM by Squishei

removal of the AoE Hard CapsHighlights

Death Knight Bonestorm, Consumption, Frostscythe, Bursting Sores, Reanimated Shambler, Sacrificial Pact, Abomination Limb are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Demon Hunter Blade Dance, Fel Barrage, Soul Cleave and Spirit Bomb are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Druid Brutal Slash is now soft capped at 5 targets.

Necrolord Hunter Death Chakram now increases damage taken by 10% up from 3%.
Beast Cleave, Multi-Shot, Barrage, Explosive Shot, Carve, and Butchery are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Mage Arcane Echo, Frozen Orb, and Glacial Fragments are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Monk Rushing Jade Wind and Fists of Fury are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Necrolord Paladin Vanquisher's Hammer now deals damage at 25% increased effectiveness.
Divine Storm is now soft capped at 5 targets.

Rogue Dreadblades now generates maximum combo points.
Fan of Knives, Crimson Tempest, Black Powder, Shuriken Storm, Secret Technique are now soft capped at 5 targets.

Warlock Nether Portal cooldown reduced from 3 to 2.5 minutes.

Warrior Impending Victory heals for 40% up from 30%, and cooldown reduced from 30 to 25 seconds.
Bladestorm (Arms), Bladestorm (Fury), Ravager, Whirlwind, Cleave, and Dreadnaught are now soft capped at 5 targets.

PTR 9.1.5 Build 40078 Datamining

Class & Spell Changes

Character Customizations

Mounts & Models

Lightforged Talbuk Mount

Class Tools

Blood

Talents

Frost

Talents

Unholy

Talents

Bonestorm A whirl of bone and gore batters up to 8all nearby enemies, dealing (19.65% of Attack power) Shadow damage every 1 sec, and healing you for 3% of your maximum health every time it deals damage (up to 15%). Lasts 1 sec per 10 Runic Power spent. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Consumption Strikes up to 8all enemies in front of you with a hungering attack that deals (40%65.52% of Attack power)% Physical damage and heals you for 150% of that damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 Effect #3 Dummy
Value: 5

Frostscythe A sweeping attack that strikes up to 5all enemies in front of you for (14.98% of Attack power) Frost damage. This attack benefits from Killing Machine. Critical strikes with Frostscythe deal 4 times normal damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Bursting Sores Bursting a Festering Wound deals 25% more damage, and deals (20% of Attack power) Shadow damage to 8 nearby targets.all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Reanimated Shambler
Blood, Frost, Initial:
Your attacks have a chance to summon a Super Zombie that shambles forward and explodes, dealing (157.5% of Attack power) Shadow damage and applying a Festering Wound to 8 nearby enemies.
Unholy:
all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Unholy:
Your attacks have a chance to summon a Super Zombie that shambles forward and explodes, dealing Shadow damage and applying a Festering Wound to 8 nearby enemies.
Inventory Type: Waist, Legsall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Inventory Type: Waist, Legs

Sacrificial Pact Sacrifice your ghoul to deal (75% of Attack power) Shadow damage to 8all nearby enemies and heal for 25% of your maximum health. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Abomination Limb
Initial:
Sprout an additional limb, dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec to 5 nearby enemiesall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Every 1 sec, an enemy is pulled to your location if they are further than 8 yds from you. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Gain instantly, and again every 6 sec.
Blood:
Sprout an additional limb, dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec to 5 nearby enemiesall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Every 1 sec, an enemy is pulled to your location if they are further than 8 yds from you. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Gain 3 Bone Shield charges instantly, and again every 6 sec.
Frost:
Sprout an additional limb, dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec to 5 nearby enemiesall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Every 1 sec, an enemy is pulled to your location if they are further than 8 yds from you. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Gain Rime instantly, and again every 6 sec.
Unholy:
Sprout an additional limb, dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec to 5 nearby enemiesall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Every 1 sec, an enemy is pulled to your location if they are further than 8 yds from you. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Gain Runic Corruption instantly, and again every 6 sec.
Effect #1 NEW Effect #5 Dummy
Value: 5

Abomination LimbAbomination LimbAbomination Limb

Class Tools

Havoc

Talents

Vengeance

Talents

Blade Dance Strike 5all nearby enemies for Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Fel Barrage Unleash a torrent of Fel energy over 3 sec, inflicting Chaos damage to 8all enemies within 8 yds. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Soul Cleave Viciously strike 5all enemies in front of you for (70.2% of Attack power) Physical damage and heal yourself for (50% of Attack power). Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Consumes up to 2 Soul Fragments within 25 yds
Vengeance (Level 14)
and heals you for an additional (50% of Attack power) for each Soul Fragment consumed

Spirit Bomb Consume up to 5 Soul Fragments within 25 yds and then explode, afflicting nearby enemies with Frailty for 20 sec and damaging them for (22.113% of Attack power) Fire per fragment. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
You heal for 10% of all damage you deal to enemies with Frailty.

Class Tools

Balance

Feral

Guardian

Restoration

NEW Each time you shapeshift into a Flight Form, your shapeshifted form will be randomly selected.

Brutal Slash Strikes up to 5all nearby enemies with a massive slash, inflicting (69% of Attack power) Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Awards 1 combo point.

Grove Protection Summon a grove to protect allies in the area for 10 sec, reducing damage taken by 40% from enemy playersenemies outside the grove.

Class Tools

Beast Mastery

Talents

Marksmanship

Talents

Survival

Talents

Beast Cleave After you Multi-Shot, your pet's melee attacks also strike up to 5 other nearby enemy targetsall nearby enemies for 90% as much for the next 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Multi-Shot Fires several missiles, hitting up to 5 targetsall nearby enemies within 8 yards of your current target for (12.6% of Attack power) Physical damage
Beast Mastery (Level 32)
and triggering Beast Cleave
Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Dummy
Value: 5

Barrage Rapidly fires a spray of shots for 3 sec, dealing an average of Physical damage to up to 8all nearby enemies in front of you. Usable while moving. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Multi-Shot Fires several missiles, hitting your current target and up to 5all enemies within 10 yards for (41.2% of Attack power) Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Explosive Shot Fires an explosive shot at your target. After 3 sec, the shot will explode, dealing (188.5% of Attack power) Fire damage to up to 6all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 NEW Effect #2 Dummy
Value: 5

Carve A sweeping attack that strikes up to 5all enemies in front of you for (28% of Attack power) Physical damage.
Survival (Level 32)
Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Survival (Level 32)
Reduces the remaining cooldown on Wildfire Bomb by 1 sec for each target hit
, up to 5 sec

Butchery Attack up to 5all nearby enemies in a flurry of strikes, inflicting (88% of Attack power) Physical damage to each.
Survival (Level 32)
Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Survival (Level 32)
Reduces the remaining cooldown on Wildfire Bomb by 1 sec for each target hit
, up to 5 sec

Death Chakram Throw a deadly chakram at your current target that will rapidly deal (31.6% of Attack power) Shadow damage 7 times, bouncing to other targets if they are nearby. Enemies struck by your Death Chakram take 3%10% more Physical damage from you and your pet for 10 sec.until canceled.
Each time the chakram deals damage, its damage is increased by 15% and you generate 3 Focus.
Effect #4 REMOVED Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 0.316)

REMOVED Effect #5 Apply Aura: Mod Damage From Caster % Modifies Buff Duration
Value: 10

REMOVED Effect #6 Apply Aura: Mod Damage Taken From Caster Pet % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 10

REMOVED Effect #7 Apply Aura: Mod Damage Taken From Caster % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 10

Death Chakram

NEW Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Damage From Caster % Modifies Buff Duration
Value: 10

NEW Effect #3 Apply Aura: Mod Damage Taken From Caster Pet % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 10

NEW Effect #4 Apply Aura: Mod Damage Taken From Caster % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 10

Class Tools

Arcane

Talents

Fire

Talents

Frost

Talents

Arcane Echo Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by Touch of the Magi, causes an explosion that deals (10.92% of Spell power) Arcane damage to 8 nearby enemies.all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Dummy Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5

Frozen Orb Launches an orb of swirling ice up to 40 yards forward which deals up to Frost damage to 8all enemies it passes through. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Grants 1 charge of Fingers of Frost when it first damages an enemy.
Enemies damaged by the Frozen Orb are slowed by 30% for 3 sec.

Glacial Fragments Ice Lance has a 20% chance to explode into shards of ice when it hits a target, dealing (40% of Spell power) Frost damage to up to 5all enemies near your target. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. This chance is increased to 100% if your target is standing in a Blizzard.
Inventory Type: Legs, Back
Effect #1 NEW Effect #3 Dummy
Value: 5

Class Tools

Brewmaster

Talents

Mistweaver

Talents

Windwalker

Talents

Rushing Jade Wind Summons a whirling tornado around you, causing Physical damage over 6 sec to up to 6all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Periodically trigger spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5

Fists of Fury Pummels all targets in front of you, dealing Physical damage over 4 sec to your primary target and damage over 4 sec to up to 5 otherall other enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Can be channeled while moving.

Class Tools

Holy

Talents

Protection

Talents

Retribution

Talents

Divine Storm Unleashes a whirl of divine energy, dealing (134% of Attack power) Holy damage to up to 5 nearby enemies.all nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Vanquisher's Hammer
Retribution:
Throws a hammer at your target dealing (136% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Templar's Verdict to automatically trigger Divine Storm with 25% increased effectiveness.
Generates 1 Holy Power.
Holy:
Throws a hammer at your target dealing (136% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Word of Glory to automatically trigger Light of Dawn with 25% increased effectiveness.
Generates 1 Holy Power.
Protection, Initial:
Throws a hammer at your target dealing (136% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next Word of Glory to automatically trigger Shield of the Righteous
Generates 1 Holy Power. with 25% increased effectiveness.
Generates 1 Holy Power.
Effect #1 Effect #2 Apply Aura: Dummy Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 25

Class Tools

Assassination

Talents

Outlaw

Talents

Subtlety

Talents

Fan of Knives Sprays knives at up to 8 targetsall enemies within 10 yards, dealing (24.6% of Attack power) Physical damage and applying your active poisons at their normal rate.
Awards 1 combo points.Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Awards 1 combo points.
Effect #1 Effect #3 Dummy
Value: 5

Crimson Tempest Finishing move that slashes at up to 8all enemies within 10 yards, dealing instant damage and causing victims to bleed for additional damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Lasts longer per combo point.
1 point : plus over 4 sec
2 points: plus over 6 sec
3 points: plus over 8 sec
4 points: plus over 10 sec
5 points: plus over 12 sec
Deeper Stratagem
6 points: plus over 14 sec

Effect #1 Effect #3 Dummy
Value: 5

Dreadblades Strike at an enemy, dealing (95%120% of Attack power) Physical damage, filling your combo points, and empowering your weapons for 10 sec, causing your Sinister Strike,
Ghostly Strike
Ghostly Strike
Sepsis
Sepsis
Echoing Reprimand
Echoing Reprimand
Serrated Bone Spike
Serrated Bone Spike
Ambush, and Pistol Shot to fill your combo points, but your finishing moves consume 5% of your current health.
Effect #1 Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod: 0.951.2)

Black Powder Finishing move that launches explosive Black Powder at up to 8 nearby targetsall nearby enemies dealing Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Subtlety (Level 58)
All nearby targets with your Find Weakness suffer an additional 40% damage as Shadow
1 point : damage
2 points: damage
3 points: damage
4 points: damage
5 points: damage
Deeper Stratagem
6 points: damage

Effect #1 Effect #4 Dummy
Value: 5

Shuriken Storm

Effect #4 Dummy
Value: 5

Secret Technique Finishing move that creates shadow clones of yourself. You and your shadow clones each perform a piercing attack on up to 6all enemies near your target, dealing Physical damage to the primary target and reduced damage to other targets.
1 point : total damage
2 points: total damage
3 points: total damage
4 points: total damage
5 points: total damage
Deeper Stratagem
6 points: total damage
Cooldown is reduced by 1 sec for every combo point you spend.

Class Tools

Affliction

Talents

Demonology

Talents

Destruction

Talents

Nether Portal Tear open a portal to the Twisting Nether for 15 sec. Every time you spend Soul Shards, you will also command demons from the Nether to come out and fight for you.
Cooldown changed from 3 min cooldown to 2.5 min cooldown

Class Tools

Arms

Talents

Fury

Talents

Protection

Talents

Bladestorm Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking up to 8 nearby targetsall nearby enemies for Physical damage over 6 sec.
You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and can avoid attacks.Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and can avoid attacks.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Periodically trigger spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5

Cleave Strikes up to 5all enemies in front of you for (70% of Attack power) Physical damage, inflicting Deep Wounds. Cleave will consume your Overpower effect to deal increased damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Dreadnaught Overpower has 2 charges and causes a seismic wave, dealing (46% of Attack power) damage to up to 5all enemies in a 10 yd line. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Impending Victory Instantly attack the target, causing (50% of Attack power) damage and healing you for 30%40% of your maximum health.
Killing an enemy that yields experience or honor resets the cooldown of Impending Victory and makes it cost no Rage.
Cooldown changed from 30 sec cooldown to 25 sec cooldown

Throws a whirling weapon at the target location that chases nearby enemies, inflicting Physical damage and applying Deep Wounds to up to 8all enemies over 12 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Generates 7 Rage each time it deals damage.

Whirlwind Unleashes a whirlwind of steel, striking up to 5all nearby enemies for Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Fury (Level 37)
Causes your next 2 single-target melee attacks to strike up to 4 additional targets for 45% damage
Fury (Level 22)
Generates 3 Rage, plus an additional 1 per target hit.

Bladestorm Become an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking up to 8 nearby targetsall nearby enemies for Physical damage over 4 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and avoid attacks.
Generates 20 Rage over the duration.
Effect #1 Effect #1 Apply Aura: Periodically trigger spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 5

Ravager Throws a whirling weapon at the target location that chases nearby enemies, inflicting Physical damage to up to 8all enemies over 12 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Generates 10 Rage each time it deals damage.

Whirlwind Unleashes a whirlwind of steel,
Fervor of Battle
hitting your primary target with Slam and
striking up to 5all nearby targets for Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Bag of Munitions Death Chakram now also applies Explosive Shot to every target it hits.
Explosive Shot
Fires an explosive shot at your target. After 3 sec, the shot will explode, dealing (188.5% of Attack power) Fire damage to up to 6all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Lumbering Form While in combat, your size is increased by 100%, your damage and healing is increased by 45%40%, and you automatically knock back ALL players that come within 1.5 yds of yourself.

Abomination Limb Sprout an additional limb, dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec to 5 nearby enemiesall nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Every 1 sec, an enemy is pulled to your location if they are further than 8 yds from you. The same enemy can only be pulled once every 4 sec.
Gain
Blood
3 Bone Shield charges
Frost
Rime
Unholy
Runic Corruption
instantly, and again every 6 sec.

Vanquisher's Hammer Throws a hammer at your target dealing (136% of Spell power) Shadow damage, and empowering your next
Retribution
Templar's Verdict to automatically trigger Divine Storm
Holy
Word of Glory to automatically trigger Light of Dawn
Protection

Word of Glory to automatically trigger Shield of the Righteous
Generates 1 Holy Power. with 25% increased effectiveness.
Generates 1 Holy Power.

Comment by Exar1337Ah yes, blade flurryComment by LeduanMY NECROLORD MM IS BACK BABY!Comment by TOMRUSWhy is MM hunter Trick Shots still capped then? This must be fixed as well...Comment by Kledit wont, hunters damage is insane as it is right nowComment by PassionButtAs an Outlaw Rogue main that plays primarily for the fun of the spec, it still feels bad that it still hasn't gotten the aoe cap removed. Even now I have to swap specs to run legacy content just to have spammable aoe.Comment by Galarecwait why did they make some abilities worse with this uncapping why cant bladestorm continue to do full dmg till 8 targets then be reduced or all of the other abilities that were like that. also come on with fists of fury that ability is capped like 3 times its so unintuitive.Comment by alexje19Why is MM hunter Trick Shots still capped then? This must be fixed as well...Comment by TOMRUSit wont, hunters damage is insane as it is right nowComment by jackomackNot to be a whiner, but as a class that's lived in AOE cap for years now. I wish Bladestorm kept its 8 target max dmg THEN reduced beyond. Seeing as most pulls are 8 or under...Comment by HunttuWoW saved? NOPE!Comment by Lemistio*Cries in outlaw*Comment by IronymanEveryone but shamans. YEY! Seems fair!

Edit: Oh, and priests apparently, but they never had that kind of AoE damage anyway.Comment by EyeOculusBladestorm and Ravager of the Warrior have been reduced from 8 targets to 5 targets full damage with more than 5 reduced damage. Thats somewhat of an nerf, tbh.Comment by Kledits not a bug tho, its been always like that, i main hunter and the damage is actually pretty high unless you are low ilvl or actually bad at the classComment by TnaxThe bladestorm change is aid, remove the AoE cap but hinder it after 5 targets instead of 8 :/Comment by ZularisAll the abilities like consumption, bone storm, aboms limb, bladestorm and ravager that used to hit 8 but are soft capped at 5 seem like nerfs. Are they not nerfs? Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

On a similar note, does this mean that damage in general will increase in larger pulls? Or is the same dmg it's always been but spread out evenly now?Comment by MetalchicThis is how they should have implemented the aoe cap to start with.Comment by Tacobowlit wont, hunters damage is insane as it is right nowEveryone but shamans. YEY! Seems fair!

Edit: Oh, and priests apparently, but they never had that kind of AoE damage anyway.Comment by Aseanna88shamans earthquake is uncapped and priest mind sear is also uncapped. Dont complain if you dont know what you're talking about

Mind Sear may not be capped... but it's balls awful.Comment by M2raiiblade flurry,why?