Frost Death Knight and Arms Warrior Get Buffs, Guardian Druid Faces Big Nerfs on March 24

Blizzard announced additional class tuning scheduled for March 24 aimed at the pre-Mythic+/Mythic raid balance pass. The adjustments target three specializations, Frost Death Knight and Arms Warrior will receive buffs, while Guardian Druid will see multiple reductions.

The changes were posted on Blizzard’s official forums. Below are the headline effects to watch for before the tuning goes live on March 24.

• Frost Death Knight: All damage will be increased by 4%. This adjustment does not apply to PvP combat.
• Arms Warrior: Mortal Strike and Execute receive double-digit damage increases, while Cleave damage is being lowered.
• Guardian Druid: Several core abilities and a set bonus are being reduced, including large cuts to Maul, Raze, Ravage and related effects.

World of Warcraft, Class tuning (March 24)

Overview: The pass nudges two damage specs upward and trims several Guardian Druid damage sources and a set interaction. Expect the biggest raid and Mythic+ impact to come from the Guardian reductions and the specific increases to Arms’ Mortal Strike and Execute.

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • All damage increased by 4%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Druid
  • Guardian
    • Maul, Raze, and Ravage damage reduced by 20%.
    • Heart of the Wild: Cat Form and Moonkin Form damage reduced by 20%.
    • Moonfire and Red Moon damage reduced by 10%.
    • Season 1 4-piece set bonus: Celestial Might causes your Maul, Raze and Ravage to strike again at 50% effectiveness (was 100%).
• Warrior
  • Arms
    • Mortal Strike damage increased by 12%.
    • Execute damage increased by 15%.
    • Cleave damage reduced by 10%.

These adjustments should affect raid and Mythic+ performance once they land on March 24. Players who main these specs may want to plan for small playstyle or stat tweaks after the changes go live.

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