The War Within PTR Patch Notes: Class Spell & Ability Changes

The War Within Pre-Expansion PTR has been updated. Please note that some of these changes will be hotfixed into the PTR over the course of the week.

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Swiftmend healing increased by 15%.
  • Restoration
    • Wild Growth healing increased by 15%.
    • Rejuvenation healing increased by 15%.
    • Regrowth healing increased by 15%.
• EVOKER
  • Devastation
    • Eternity Surge damage increased by 15%.
    • Imminent Destruction is no longer the capstone, and has swapped positions with Feed the Flames.
• HUNTER
  • Survival
    • Grenade Juggler has been updated – Casting Explosive Shot reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb by 2 seconds.
    • Grenade Juggler and Sulfur-Lined Pockets procs will no longer grant the cooldown reduction effect. Tooltip will be updated in 11.0.2.
    • Bombardier is no longer consumed by Sulfur-Lined Pockets or Grenade Juggler procs.
• MAGE
  • Arcane
    • High Voltage base chance decreased to 10% (was 20%).
    • High Voltage proc chance increase per failure increased to 10% (was 5%).
    • Aether Attunement damage bonus decreased to 100% on primary target and 50% on secondary targets (was 150% and 100% respectively).
    • Fixed an issue that was allowing procs such as Orb Barrage and Energy Reconstitution to generate Clearcasting.
    • Arcane Blast damage reduced by 5%.
    • Arcane Missiles damage reduced by 5%.
    • Arcane Barrage damage reduced by 10%.
  • Frost
    • Death’s Chill now stacks up to 12 times.
    • Time Anomaly now grants a temporary Water Elemental when it procs Icy Veins.
    • Refreshing Icy Veins no longer breaks Fractured Frost, Slick Ice, Death’s Chill, or Thermal Void for the duration of the refreshed Icy Veins.
    • Glacial Spike damage increased by 10%.
    • Cryopathy and Splintering Ray are no longer a choice node.
    • The location of nodes in Gate 3 have been adjusted.
• PALADIN
  • Holy
    • Holy Light’s healing decreased by 20%.
    • Imbued Infusions now reduces the cooldown of Holy Shock by 1 second (was 2 seconds).
• SHAMAN
  • Enhancement
    • Elemental Blast damage reduced by 25%.
      • This change has been reverted.
  • Restoration
    • Torrent now increases Riptide’s initial healing by 20% and its critical strike rate by 10%.