WoW War Within 11.2.5 Hotfixes Live: Class Tuning, Mythic Raid Nerfs, and an Eco-Dome Fix

Blizzard Entertainment released a fresh batch of hotfixes for World of Warcraft on October 7. The update bundles class tuning, adjustments to Mythic raid encounters, a PvP balance pass, and a targeted fix for Eco-Dome Al’dani. Below are the changes that arrived with the weekly reset.

Patch Notes – World of Warcraft – 11.2.5

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • All ability damage has been reduced by 3%. Does not affect PvP combat.
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Dark Ranger: Black Arrow damage reduced by 8%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Dark Ranger: Bleak Powder damage reduced by 8%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Marksmanship
    • Dark Ranger: Black Arrow damage reduced by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
    • Dark Ranger: Bleak Powder damage reduced by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
• Mage
  • Arcane
    • All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not affect PvP combat.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Atonement healing increased by 15%.
    • Atonement healing is now increased by 75% outside of raids (was 100%).
• Rogue
  • Fatebound: Fixed an issue that caused the damage bonus provided by Fatebound Coin (Heads) to be 8% lower than the displayed value.

Dungeons and Raids

• Eco-Dome Al’dani
  • Addressed an issue where the effect of Binding Javelin was not stacking as intended.
• Manaforge Omega
  • Nexus-King Salhadaar (all changes are on Mythic difficulty)
    • Command: Besiege now activates 8 Fractal Images (was 9).
    • Time between each activation increased to 1.57 seconds (was 1.375 seconds).
    • Conquer magic damage reduced by 10%.
    • Vanquish magic damage reduced by 10%.
    • Oath-Breaker damage reduced by 20%.
    • Behead damage reduced by 10%.
    • The Royal Voidwing melee damage reduced by 10%.
    • Galactic Smash damage reduced by 10%.
    • Starshattered damage reduced by 10%.
  • Dimensius, the All-Devouring (all changes are on Mythic difficulty)
    • Massive Smash raidwide damage reduced by 20%.
    • Shattered Space raidwide damage reduced by 20%.
    • Living Mass health reduced by 10%.
    • Infinite Possibilities cast time increased to 10 seconds (was 8 seconds).
    • Umbral Gates grant Soaring Reshii for 11 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    • Artoshion and Pargoth health reduced by 5%.
    • Artoshion and Pargoth melee attack damage reduced by 15%.
    • Voidwarden health reduced by 10%.
    • Nullbinder health reduced by 20%.
    • Null Binding cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 4 seconds).
    • Starshards are now more generous about detecting players at lower elevations beneath them.
    • Cosmic Radiation damage reduced by 10% in Stage Three.

Player versus Player

• Death Knight
  • Blood
    • The 11.2 Deathbringer Class Set damage bonus to Empower Rune Weapon is now 33% effective in PvP combat.
    • The cooldown reduction from Insatiable Blade is now 40% effective in PvP combat.
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • Reactive Resin healing increased by 80%.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Rejuvenation and Regrowth to benefit from Soul of the Forest when applied from the 11.1 4-piece set bonus.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Overgrowth to cast Regrowth’s initial heal when Nature’s Swiftness was active.
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • Packleader: Ravenous Leap damage from Huntermaster’s Call reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Marksmanship
    • Rapid Fire now deals 10% more damage in PvP combat.
    • Aimed Shot now deals 10% less damage in PvP combat.
    • Black Arrow deals 15% less damage in PvP combat.
• Mage
  • Arcane
    • Leydrinkiner now repeats its damage at 35% effectiveness in PvP combat (was 70%).
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Enveloping Mist healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Soothing Mist healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Dawnlight damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Sun’s Avatar damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Healing Hands now reduces the cooldown of Lay on Hands by a maximum of 30% (was 60%).
    • Fixed an issue that caused the 11.2 Herald of the Sun 2-piece set bonus to not be properly reduced by 33% in PvP combat.
• Shaman
  • Enhancement
    • Stormstrike damage increased by 45% in PvP combat. Does not apply to Windstrike.
    • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Tempest damage from Thorims Invocation is now 50% effective in PvP combat (was 70%).
    • Doom Winds now increases the chance for Windfury to trigger by 100% (was 200%) in PvP combat.
    • Feral Spirits now increase Physical and Elemental damage done by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).

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