Blizzard nerfs 7 of the 8 Mythic Keystone dungeons from Season 1 of WoW Dragonflight. After the first week, some of them were simply too hard for players. However, Blizzard is not ready to make too many changes yet.
Which dungeons are affected? The Ruby Life Pools and the Algeth’ar Academy were the absolute horror scenarios for many players in the first week of Season 1 in WoW Dragonflight. The dungeons often require hundreds of deaths and several hours to complete.
The combination of the current affixes of the week and the abilities that enemies and bosses bring makes the dungeons virtually unplayable at higher levels. Especially spellcasting classes literally find themselves unable to cast because they are constantly interrupted.
Now Blizzard is coming with a nerf that is set to hit these two dungeons and 5 more. The changes will go live with the next weekly reset on December 21 in Europe.
What will be nerfed now: In the Academy, the feared “Tree Boss” will be weaker, the Overgrown Ancient. Its add “Ancient Branch” will have 40% less health. Additionally, some enemies will deal less damage.
The Ruby Life Pools will receive significantly more adjustments:
- Flammlinge will no longer cast Burning Touch
- the two dragons Thunderjaw and Firemaw can be spotted from further away and their “Breath” abilities will now be cast for one second longer (3 seconds)
- Fire Dancers will now channel their dance for 6 seconds (previously 4)
- the periodic damage from Living Bomb will be reduced by 40%
- the storm from Storm Channelers will deal 20% less damage and affect players for 20% shorter duration
- Kokia Firehoof and her add as well as Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormstrider will have less health, and Kyrakka’s Flame Breath will only hit 3 targets now (previously 5)
Additionally, there will be some nerfs for the attack of Nokhud, the Hall of Valor, the Court of Stars, the Temple of the Jade Serpent and the Azure Vault. You can find all changes in the official WoW forum.
You can learn about the most important changes in Season 1 of Dragonflight in our overview here. The trailer summarizes the new features in Dragonflight:
“We don’t want to change too much”
The developers explained that they don’t want to change too much initially, since players need to get used to the new season, the affixes, and dungeons. However, the current problems in the dungeons are significant enough for a nerf.
The community is responding positively to the changes. It is welcomed that the enemies in the Nokhud attack will no longer be so annoying. Especially at the graveyard it was horrific to face certain groups (via reddit).
Healers also have reason to be happy. The dungeons were particularly exhausting for them because they had to heal the enormous damage, but couldn’t do so due to being constantly interrupted. With the planned changes, their job should become a bit easier again.
Blizzard has also already announced strong buffs for 7 classes. These will also be implemented with the maintenance on December 21. Some bosses should then be easier to master, at least for the respective classes.
The raid is also getting adjustments, particularly in Mythic mode. Here, the best guilds in the world are currently racing for the World First kill on the final boss Raszageth. Especially the two top guilds Echo and Team Liquid are making the race exciting:
WoW: Head-to-head race at the ‘World First’ race – Team Liquid and Echo make it exciting
