The Corruption effects were not well balanced at the launch of WoW Patch 8.3. Blizzard is changing this now – and nerfing effects by up to 50%.
During the race for the “World First Kill” of N’Zoth, which was achieved by Limit, Blizzard announced that it would drastically adjust some Corruption effects. These effects have been present in World of Warcraft since Patch 8.3 on certain items and can significantly impact the strength of the character.
The balance has been far from optimal, so Blizzard is making adjustments. Particularly a few of the strongest effects will be heavily reduced – but a few other effects will be significantly buffed.
Corruption will finally be balanced
What will be changed? Mainly the bonus “Reverberating Void” will be adjusted, as the effect will be reduced by 50%. This was sorely needed, as the bonus could account for 30% or even 40% of a tank’s damage. Particularly Druid tanks with high health pools benefited tremendously here. However, other effects have also been adjusted:
- Slippery (increased avoidance) now has 20% less Corruption at each rank.
- Deadly Momentum (stackable crit buff) now has a duration of 30 seconds (previously 15 seconds).
- Reverberating Void (percentage of own health as AoE damage) now deals 50% less damage.
- The bonus to the attributes of Void Ritual has roughly doubled per stack.
- Grasping Roots (negative Corruption effect) no longer counts as a magical effect.
You can see the general damage values from the current raid Ny’alotha here.
N’Zoth is getting nerfed: Additionally, N’Zoth will receive a nerf at the mythic difficulty level. This is relatively minor and is meant primarily to compensate for the changes to the Corruption effects. With the server restart on 12.02., the following applies:
- N’Zoth and Mindreaver have 5% less health on mythic difficulty.
Technically, this doesn’t really qualify as a nerf, but rather an adjustment to account for the reduced damage from player characters. The difficulty of the encounter is hardly altered by this.
Do you find the changes good and sensible?
