Blizzard reduces Araknath damage and tweaks Pit of Saron in Midnight Mythic+ tuning on February 20

Blizzard published a new Midnight Season 1 Mythic+ tuning update on February 20, 2026 that touches Skyreach and Pit of Saron. The Skyreach change is a single numerical reduction to Araknath’s Light Ray. Pit of Saron sees several entries altered. The developer adjusted enemy composition ahead of the ice cave, reworked the Dreadpulse Lich’s Torrent of Misery so it can no longer be dispelled while lowering its overall damage when accounting for application resets, reduced Dread Pulse damage, reduced the Rimebone Coldwraith Permeating Cold damage, and fixed an issue where Wrathbone Enforcer’s Sunderstrike could hit unintended targets at unintended ranges.

Patch Notes

The Skyreach change is narrowly focused on Araknath’s Light Ray periodic damage. Pit of Saron receives a broader pass with composition tweaks and multiple ability adjustments that lower damage and correct targeting behavior.

Skyreach

• Araknath
  • Light Ray
    • Periodic damage reduced by 11%

Pit of Saron

• Adjusted the enemy composition of the creatures preceding the ice cave
• Dreadpulse Lich
  • Torrent of Misery
    • Reworked: this ability can no longer be dispelled, but its attributes were adjusted to reduce the total damage ~10% when factoring in application resets of the previous iteration
  • Dread Pulse
    • Damage reduced by 7%
  • Rimebone Coldwraith
    • Permeating Cold
      • Damage reduced by 5%
• Wrathbone Enforcer
  • Sunderstrike
    • Fixed an issue where this ability could hit unintended targets at unintended ranges

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