WoW Hotfix March 9th: Enhance Shaman Tweaks and more Raid Tuning

Author: Baed
Date: March 10, 2022
Updated: March 10, 2022
Expansion: World of Warcraft

Enhancement Shamans have received several fixes and changes to Lava Lash in this hotfix, with the ability now prioritizing enemies with Lashing Flames for the Flame Shock spread, and should no longer bounce to enemies you are not in combat with and enemies that will break out of crowd control from damage. They also fixed an issue where Lava Lash caused Flame Shock to fall off the primary target, but have also made it so that Lava Lash no longer refreshes Flame Shock on the primary target, meaning you will have to use Flame Shock to keep the DoT up.

Hunters have had the tooltip of the Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil Legendary effect fixed to no longer state a 100% chance instead of a 50% chance to activate like it is supposed to say.

Warlock glyphs that apply to your Sayaad should now maintain whether you’ve chosen Incubus or Succubus for your Sayaad.

In Sepulcher of the First Ones, raid tuning continues throughout the Race for World’s First. Vigilant Guardian is receiving a 10% health nerf, 50% damage reduction on its Spike of Creation, resets its auto-attack timer on Pneumatic Impact, and Point Defense Drones should no longer cast Blast while Vigilant Guardian uses Exposed Core. Blast has also had its range reduced from 100 yards to 40 yards.

Xy’mox’s enrage timer has been increased from 7 to 10 minutes on Mythic, and the Genesis Ring’s impact damage can now only occur one time. The lingering damage on Raid Finder difficulty has also been reduced by 50%.

Lord’s of Dread have received a 10% health reduction on Normal difficulty, and the enrage timer has been increased from 11 minutes to 13 minutes on Normal.

In Prototype Pantheon, Bastion’s Ward should no longer spawn on top of Necrotic Ritualists.

Rygelon’s Celestial Collapse should no longer cast a third time during any phase.

A handful of trinkets have been fixed to properly reset their cooldown after raid encounters finish: The First Sigil, Chains of Domination, Earthbreaker’s Impact, Cache of Acquired Treasures, Grim Eclipse, and Intrusive Thoughtcage.

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March 9, 2022

Classes

Hunter
- Fixed a tooltip issue where the Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil (Runecarving Power) said it has a 100% chance to activate the effect when the chance is actually 50%.
Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Lava Lash spread Flame Shocks now prioritize targets with the Lashing Flames (Talent) debuff.
  - Lava Lash spread Flame Shocks no longer apply to neutral enemies that are out of combat.
  - Lava Lash spread Flame Shocks no longer apply to enemies that are under the effects of a crowd control ability that breaks from damage.
  - Fixed an issue where Flame Shock would potentially fall off the primary target when Flame Shock was spread on the maximum number of targets.
  - Lava Lash will no longer refresh Flame Shock on your primary target.
Warlock
- Warlocks can now apply Succubus-specific cosmetic glyphs to Summon Sayaad and Summon Succubus. Succubus glyphs will be maintained, even when they have chosen Summon Incubus or Summon Sayaad.

Creatures and NPCs

Mounts are no longer disabled around the quest characters in the center of Haven.

Dungeons and Raids

Sepulcher of the First Ones
- Vigilant Guardian
  - Vigilant Guardian health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
  - Spike of Creation damage reduced by 50% on Mythic difficulty.
  - Force Field is now cancelled 3 seconds after Exposed Core completes.
  - Pneumatic Impact now resets Vigilant Guardian’s melee swing timer.
  - Point Defense Drones should no longer cast Blast when the Vigilant Guardian is channeling Exposed Core.
  - Blast range reduced to 40 yards (was 100 yards).
- Artificer Xy’mox
  - Genesis Rings initial hit now only occurs once, and the lingering additional damage reduced by 50% on Raid Finder difficulty.
  - The encounter’s enrage timer has been increased to 10 minutes on Mythic difficulty (was 7 minutes).
- Prototype Pantheon
  - Bastion’s Ward should no longer spawn atop Necrotic Ritualists.
- Lords of Dread
  - Mal’Ganis and Kin’tessa health reduced by 10% on Normal difficulty.
  - The encounter’s enrage timer has been increased to 13 minutes on Normal difficulty (was 11 minutes).
- Rygelon
  - Fixed a rare issue that could sometimes cause Celestial Collapse to be cast a third time during a single phase.
Mythic+
- Encrypted Affix
  - Fixed an issue causing Decrypted Urh Cypher to not reduce some cooldowns.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where the following trinkets’ on-use cooldowns wouldn’t reset after a raid boss encounter ends:
- The First Sigil
- Chains of Domination
- Earthbreaker’s Impact
- Cache of Acquired Treasures
- Grim Eclipse
- Intrusive Thoughtcage
The Dance Dance Darkmoon item is now a toy and has been added to the Toy Box.

Quests