World of Warcraft December 5 Hotfixes Revealed

Blizzard has released a new set of hotfixes for World of Warcraft Dragonflight, which includes tons of balancing changes. Havoc DH and Beast Mastery Hunters seem to be getting a nerf, while WW Monks should feel somewhat reborn. You can find the class balances below.

World of Warcraft December 6 HOTFIXES

December 5, 2023

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Blood
    • Aberrus Class Set bonus: Heart Strike and Blood Boil deal 10% increased damage (was 20%) and have a 5% chance (was 10%) to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.
  • Unholy
    • Virulent Plague damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Epidemic damage increased by 12%.
    • Festering Strike damage increased by 20%.
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 12%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Ghoul Sweeping Claws damage increased by 15%.
• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Fel Rush damage reduced by 12%.
    • Immolation Aura damage reduced by 12%.
    • Fel Barrage damage reduced by 12%.
    • Fixed an issue when talented into A Fire Inside that caused any cast of Immolation Aura beyond the first to not enforce its intended global cooldown.
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Ferocious Bite damage decreased by 20%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Rip damage decreased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Rake damage decreased by 10%.
    • Shred damage decreased by 10%.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • All damage spells increased by 5%.
    • Regenerative Magic increases Leech by 5% (was 3%).
    • Draconic Legacy increases Stamina by 8% (was 6%).
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Fixed an issue where Blessing of Autumn did not properly affect the cooldown of Call of the Wild.
    • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set bonus:
      • Dire Beast’s Kill Command damage reduced by 30%.
      • Beast Cleave gained by Dire Beast effectiveness reduced by 30%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Fixed an issue where the Windrunner’s Guidance buffs would fall off when exiting combat.
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Mana Tea now reduces the mana cost of spells by 25% (was 50%).
    • Upwelling can now stack up to 15 times (was 18).
    • Essence Font healing decreased by 10%.
    • Invigorating Mist healing decreased by 10%.
    • Calming Coalescence now increases the absorb amount of Life Cocoon by 2% per stack (was 3%).
    • Vivify primary healing increased by 5%.
    • Ancient Concordance now increases the chance for Blackout Kick to reset Rising Sun Kick by 12% (was 10%).
  • Windwalker
    • All ability damage increased by 6%.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Crusader Strike now costs 0.6% base mana (was 1.6%) and deals 25% increased damage.
    • Hammer of Wrath now costs 0.6% base mana (was 1%) and deals 20% increased damage.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • All healing reduced by 3%.
    • All damage reduced by 3%.
  • Holy
    • All healing increased by 4%.
    • Burning Vehemence now causes Holy Fire to deal 75% of its initial damage to nearby enemies (was 60%).
    • Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus: Renews caused by Serenity now last 18 seconds (was 14 seconds) and Renews caused by Sanctify now last 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Kingsbane damage reduced by 15%.
    • Blindside effect chance reduced to 15% (was 20%) and 30% against low-health targets (was 40%).
• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing Innervate to give a greater mana spent bonus to High Tide than intended.
  • Restoration
    • Healing Surge now costs 4.4% base mana (was 4.8%).
    • Chain Lightning damage increased by 20%.
    • Acid Rain damage increased by 10%.

Items

• Imminence of Krag’wa’s Executor is now available for 450 Trader’s Tender (was 500).
  • Developers’ notes: This was a pricing bug, and we’re working on a second hotfix that should refund 50 Tender to players who purchased the set before the price reduction. That refund will come as soon as possible this month.

Player versus Player

• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Rotten Touch’s effectiveness reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Amirdrassil 4 set bonus now casts Nourish at 50% effectiveness (was 100%) in PvP combat.
    • Mastery: Harmony is now reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Survival of the Fittest now reduces damage taken by an additional 10% in PvP combat.
    • Exhilaration now heals for 40% of max health (was 30%) in PvP combat.
• Monk
  • Fixed an issue that caused Fortifying Brew’s damage reduction to be higher than intended in PvP combat.
  • Mistweaver
    • Amirdrassil 2 set bonus: Chi Harmony now increases healing received by 15% (was 25%) in PvP combat.
    • Healing Elixir now heals for 10% of maximum health (was 20%) in PvP combat.
    • Yu’lon’s Grace now creates an absorb for 1% of your maximum health (was 2%) in PvP combat.
    • Dampen Harm’s minimum damage reduction is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 25%).
    • Fortifying Brew’s damage reduction is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Diffuse Magic now reduces magic damage taken by 40% (was 60%).
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Amirdrassil 4 set bonus: Now has a 100% chance to cast another Smite (was 50%) in PvP combat.
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Lava Burst damage from the the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is now reduced by 60% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Enhancement
    • Thorim’s Invocation now increases Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage by 10% in PvP Combat (was 20%).
    • Lava Lash damage is now increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 12%).
    • Elemental Blast damage is now reduced by 6% in PvP combat (was 15%).
    • Stormweaver now causes Chain Heal and Healing Surge to gain 150% of the benefits of Maelstrom Weapon based on the stacks consumed (was 100%).
  • Restoration
    • Amirdrassil 2 set bonus: Effectiveness no longer reduced in PvP combat (was reduced by 50%).
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Shadow Blades extra Shadow damage reduced to 15% (base 20%) in PvP combat
    • Thief’s Bargain (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction value reduced to 20% (was 33%)
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fel Obelisk (PvP Talent) now increases attack and cast speed by 10% (was 20%).
    • Master Summoner (PvP Talent) reduces the cast time of Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend, and Summon Demonic Tyrant by 15% (was 20%).
    • Antoran Armaments now increases your Felguards damage by 10% (was 20%) in PvP Combat.
    • Doom Brand from the Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus is now undispellable.
    • The debuff duration reduction for Doom Brand from the Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat.
    • Damage effects from the Amirdrassil 2-piece and 4-piece set bonus are now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Destruction
    • Flame Rift damage from the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 50%).
• Warrior
  • Fury
    • Rampage now deals 40% additional damage in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Execute now deals 50% additional damage in PvP combat (was 40%).
    • Crushing Blow no longer deals reduced damage in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Raging Blow deals 15% additional damage in PvP combat.
    • Annihilator deals 15% additional damage in PvP combat.

Season of Discovery

• Seal of Martyrdom will no longer grant mana to nearby allies who are not in the Paladin’s party or raid.
• Shamanistic Rage will no longer grant mana to nearby players who are not in the Shaman’s party or raid.
• It is no longer possible to have two copies of the Mangle debuff active on a target.
• Multiple Rogues can now have the Saber Slash bleed active on a target. If the Rogues have the Deadly Brew rune, they can each have a Deadly Poison periodic damage effect active on the target.
• Pattern: Phoenix Bindings temporarily removed from the merchant faction vendor while we work to resolve an issue with the recipe.