WoW: Hotfix rolls the balance before Antorus: Mythic in disarray

Shortly before the launch of the mythic version of the latest WoW raid Antorus, the Burning Throne, there is a hotfix. Nerfs and buffs are on the way!

Tomorrow, on 06.12.2017, the race for the “World First Kills” begins again in World of Warcraft, as the latest raid Antorus, the Burning Throne opens its gates on mythic difficulty. Blizzard has used the past week to evaluate the damage values from Antorus and make some adjustments.

The plan includes mainly changes to shadow priests and affliction warlocks. Both specializations currently deal too much damage and will therefore be nerfed a bit.

On the other hand, rogues with a subterfuge specialization can rejoice. Their damage is increased by a proud 4% across all abilities, which should lead to noticeably better results in the next assessment of the DPS chart.

Furthermore, there are numerous changes to the tier sets, often involving only small changes that should ultimately reflect a few decimal points of damage.

The full changes that will go live with the maintenance tomorrow morning (06.12.2017) are here for you:

Class Changes

Priest

Shadow

• Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain now deal 12% less damage.
• All other abilities deal 3% more damage.

Rogue

Subterfuge

• The damage of all abilities has been increased by 4%.

Warlock

Affliction

• Corruption and Agony now deal 6% less damage.
• Unstable Affliction now deals 4% less damage.

Item Changes

Druid

Balance

• The 4-piece bonus of Stormheart Garb for Star Surge and Starfall now increases the haste by 2% (previously 3%) and is stackable up to 4 times (previously 5 times).

Hunter

Beast Mastery

• The 4-piece bonus of Camouflage of the Serpent Stalker now causes Killing Command to reduce the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 2.5 seconds (previously 1.5).
• Convergence of Fate (trinket) is now 50% less effective when combined with the 4-piece bonus of the Camouflage of the Serpent Stalker.

Marksmanship

• The 4-piece bonus of Camouflage of the Serpent Stalker now grants In Your Sights a 50% chance (previously 30%) to fire an additional In Your Sights at three additional targets.

Monk

Brewmaster

• The 4-piece bonus of Chi-Ji’s Battle Armor now causes dodging an attack to reduce the cooldown of Breathe of Fire by 2 seconds (previously 1 second).

Rogue

Assassination

• The 4-piece bonus of Garments of the Lurking Rogue now causes critical hits from Lethal Poison to restore 3 energy (previously 2 energy).

Deceit

• The 4-piece bonus of Garments of the Lurking Rogue now grants Assassination and Shadow Strike a 4% chance (previously 3%) to trigger shadow gestures, causing the next finishing move to not consume combo points.

Warlock

Affliction

• The 4-piece bonus of Diabolical Garb grants a 25% chance to increase haste by 15% for 8 seconds when consuming soul shards (previously 10%).
• The 4-piece bonus of Garb of the Grim Inquisitor empowers Unstable Affliction and Seed of Destruction such that affected targets take 15% additional damage from Agony and Corruption (previously 10%).

Destruction

• The 4-piece bonus of Garb of the Grim Inquisitor now allows Doombringer to immediately execute another Doombite for 75% increased damage (previously 50% increased damage).

Warrior

Arms

• The 4-piece set bonus of Armor of the Titan Assault now causes the warrior to hit 2 nearby targets for free with Deadly Strike twice during Blade Storm (previously 3 times) and once during Devastate (previously 2 times).

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Do you need tips and tricks for the start in Antorus, the Burning Throne? Here we have boss guides for all enemies in the new raid!