Blizzard nerfs healers and mages in WoW PvP – Latest patch notes

A hotfix aims to fix the PvP problems. The clear losers are mages and holy priests, who now perform worse.

In recent weeks, particularly strong classes have emerged in World of Warcraft, causing fear and panic, especially in PvP. Due to this imbalance, Blizzard is now releasing a pure PvP hotfix that aims to resolve the biggest balance issues.

The focus is on druids, who will lose significant strength, but arcane mages will also face a clear nerf.

There are also some major changes to holy priests and paladins, who will have to accept some alterations to their talents – all clear nerfs.

Additionally, there will be many adjustments to the PvP templates, which are the defined base values that each class has in PvP situations.

PvP Hotfix from 30.01.2018

Druid

Balance

• The versatility of the PvP template is reduced by 15%.
• The intelligence of the PvP template is reduced by 2%.

Feral

• Entangling Grip now has a cooldown of 15 seconds (previously 10 seconds).
• King of the Jungle now increases movement speed by 3% (previously 4%).

Hunter

Beast Mastery

• The agility of the PvP template has been reduced by 3%.

Marksmanship

• The agility of the PvP template has been reduced by 1.5%.

Mage

Arcane

• The intelligence of the PvP template has been reduced by 2%.
• Arcane Power now increases damage in PvP situations by 25% (previously 30%).

Monk

Windwalker

• The agility of the PvP template has been reduced by 2.5%.

Paladin

Holy

• Pure of Heart now only removes one poison effect and one disease from the target, instead of removing all poisons and diseases.

Protection

• The versatility of the PvP template has been reduced by 25%.

Priest

Holy

• The intelligence of the PvP template has been increased by 3%.
• Renew now heals 75% more in PvP situations (previously 100% more).
• Flash Heal increases the range of Prayer of Mending by 10 meters (previously 20 meters).
• Circle of Healing now only increases the healing of the casting priest by 50% instead of all healing on the target.

Rogue

Assassination

• The agility of the PvP template has been reduced by 2.5%.

Subtlety

• The agility of the PvP template has been reduced by 3%.

Shaman

Elemental

• The intelligence of the PvP template has been reduced by 1.5%.
• Icy Fury now increases the damage of Frost Shock by 250% in PvP situations (previously 300%).

The changes are expected to go live in the upcoming night (30.01.2018). Otherwise, they will follow with the maintenance work the night after.

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