PvP Class Tuning Coming to The War Within on April 8th

The following PvP class adjustments will arrive with scheduled weekly maintenance (April 8 in this region). We will continue to monitor and tune class combat in PvP and PvE as necessary in the weeks to come.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Unholy
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the damage of Unholy through a few sources this week and adding some power back into their healing reduction PvP talent.
    • Necrotic Wounds now absorbs 4% of all healing received (was 3%).
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
    • Virulent Plague damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
    • Death Coil damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
• DRUID
  • Heart of the Wild cast time reduction reduced to 15% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • Feral
    • Rip damage decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Restoration
    • Mana regeneration reduced by 70% in PvP combat (was 65%).
    • Liberation of Undermine 4-set bonus chance to trigger reduced to 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
• HUNTER
  • Marksmanship
    • Developers’ notes: We’re adjusting Marksmanship with the goal of reducing their maximum burst damage potential and increasing their consistent damage.
    • Trick Shots now hits targets for 40% of normal damage in PvP combat (was 75%).
    • Aspect of the Hydra now fires at 30% original value in PvP combat (was 60%).
    • Spotter’s Mark increases Aimed Shot’s damage by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Improved Spotter’s Mark now increases the damage bonus of Spotter’s Mark by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Trueshot now increases critical strike damage by 10% (was 20%).
    • Aimed Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Arcane Shot damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• MAGE
  • Fire
    • Fireball damage increased by 25%.
    • Sunfury Phoenix damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Frost
    • Developers’ notes: Icy Veins has been more threatening than we would like, so we’re moving more of Frost Mage’s damage baseline and making a few adjustments to PvP talents with high and low representation.
    • Icy Veins increases Haste by 15% in PvP combat (was 20%).
    • Frigid Empowerment now increases spell damage by 1% per stack in PvP combat (was 2%).
    • Death’s Chill now stacks up to a maximum of 10 times in PvP combat (was 15).
    • Slick Ice now increases the damage of Frostbolt by 2% and decreases cast time by 2% per stack in PvP combat (was 4%).
    • Frost Bomb (PvP Talent) damage increased by 40%.
    • All damage increased by 4% in PvP combat.
    • Ice Wall now inherits 30% of the Mage’s health (was 40%).
    • Overpowered Barrier (PvP Talent) now increases barrier’s absorb by 80% for Frost Mage (was 100%).
• PRIEST
  • Discipline
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the effectiveness of some Voidweaver specific damage this week to continue to improve its viability.
    • Voidweaver: Entropic Rift damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
    • Voidweaver: Collapsing Void damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Holy
    • Developers’ notes: We’re reducing the strength of Oracle Holy Priest this week through nerfs to its damage and Prayer of Mending output.
    • Oracle: Preventive Measures now provides a 15% damage and healing bonus to its affected spells in PvP combat (was 40%).
• ROGUE
  • Outlaw
    • Restless Blades effectiveness reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Sinister Strike damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
    • Pistol Shot damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• SHAMAN
  • Enhancement
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the power of some core Maelstrom spenders which have fallen behind the rest of its damage sources.
    • Elemental Blast damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Restoration
    • Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the strength of the Storm Conduit PvP talent and some targeted buffs to Totemic Restoration Shaman.
    • Storm Conduit now reduces the cooldown of spells by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
    • Storm Conduit now reduces the duration of interrupts suffered while casting Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 65% (was 50%).
    • Rain Dance now reduces the mana cost of Healing Rain and Surging Totem by 60% (was 45%).
    • Rain Dance now increases the healing of Healing Rain and Surging Totem by 50% (was 30%).
    • Acid Rain damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.