- Author: Luxrah
- Date: September 4, 2024
- Updated: September 4, 2024
- Expansion: World of Warcraft
If you’ve been waiting to play a Dracthyr as any class other than Evoker, there’s good news headed your way. In the upcoming 20th Anniversary Celebration content update for The War Within, Dracthyr are getting access to six new classes:
- Hunter
- Mage
- Priest
- Rogue
- Warlock
- Warrior
There’s another change coming to Dracthyr alongside the new classes that will make many players happy. You’ll now be able to choose to fight in your visage form rather than your dragonkin form. Unfortunately, if you were hoping that this would be your chance to play an Evoker as something other than a giant lizard, you’re out of luck: Evokers will be the exception to this change and will still be forced into their dragon form in combat. The class will also will remain exclusive to the Dracthyr race.
Along with a few adjustments to their racial abilities, there’s one cool little bit of racial flavor coming for Dracthyr. You’ll gain a new Skyriding talent called Squadron that will allow you to fly in formation with up to two other Dracthyr characters.
Dracthyr aren’t the only ones getting some love in this update: Shamans will be getting some new Ascendance forms, allowing them to transform their appearance to reflect their attunement with the elements. Restoration will get a Water Form, Elemental will get a Fire Form, and Enhancement will get an Air Form. We imagine these new forms will bring some new appearance customization options to collect, as we’ve seen with Druid forms.
The exposure to new races and their abilities in the Dragon Isles has expanded opportunities for growth among the dracthyr. In the 20th Anniversary Celebration content update, players will be able to create new Dracthyr as a Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warrior, or Warlock. In addition, Shaman will get a new Ascendance form for each specialization with the release of the update!
Undertaking one of these new classes as a Dracthyr will allow you to choose between fighting as a Dracthyr or fighting in Visage form by activating Visage, which switches you between forms. You can additionally choose to toggle on Chosen Identity, which will automatically shift you into Dracthyr form when entering combat and Visage form when leaving combat.
Dracthyr Evokers will continue to use Dracthyr form during combat, as many of their abilities emphasize their draconic nature. With the addition of new classes to Dracthyr, we are making some further adjustments to their racials.
- Race – Dracthyr
- Tail Swipe cooldown has been increased to 3 minutes (was 1.5 minutes).
- Wing Buffet cooldown has been increased to 3 minutes (was 1.5 minutes). It now displays wing effects around your character if you use it while in Visage form.
- Tail Swipe and Wing Buffet no longer automatically shift you into Dracthyr form for all classes except Evoker.
- Class – Evoker
- Clobbering Sweep reduces Tail Swipe’s cooldown by 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
- Heavy Wingbeats reduces Wing  cooldown by 2 minutes (was 45 seconds).
- Permeating Chill is now baseline for Evoker.
- Heavy Wingbeats and Clobbering Sweep are no longer a choice node, and their position has changed in the class tree.
Dracthyr players will also be able to learn a new Skyriding talent called Squadron in which up to two additional Dracthyr players can join you to fly in formation as you soar through the skies.
New Shaman Ascendance Forms
But wait, there’s more! Shaman can also look forward to new Ascendance forms to express their elemental mastery. Restoration Shaman will get a new Water form, Elemental will get a new Fire form, and Enhancement will get a new Wind form.
We’ll have additional adjustments you can look forward to for Ascendance, just keep an eye out for the PTR update notes in the days ahead. We can’t wait to see what paths your new Dracthyr take when the update goes live!
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