WoW: Buff for Unholy Death Knight and major PvP changes – Patch notes from 22.02

Balance adjustments are being made again for World of Warcraft. A hotfix aims to resolve the issues in PvP and buffs Unholy Death Knights.

Among all damage dealers in World of Warcraft: Legion, the Unholy Death Knight fared the worst with patch 7.1.5. Blizzard now has a solution and carried out some balance changes via hotfix last night (February 22, 2017). But even beyond the slight buff for Death Knights, there is much that is changing in terms of PvP metrics. The complete patch notes from the hotfix can be found here:

Death Knight

Unholy

• The regular damage effect of ‘Virulent Plague’ has been increased by 67%. The damage in PvP remains unchanged.
• The damage of ‘Summon Gargoyle: Gargoyle Strike’ has been increased by 50%. The damage in PvP remains unchanged.
• The damage of ‘Dark Judge: Val’kyr Strike’ has been increased by 16%. The damage in PvP remains unchanged.

PvP

Death Knight

• The cooldown of ‘Dark Simulacrum’ has been reduced to 25 seconds (previously 30 seconds).

Blood

• Blood Death Knights no longer deal reduced damage in PvP situations (previously 10% less damage).

Unholy

• The damage of ‘Grave Fever’ has been reduced by 15%.

Druid

Restoration

• ‘Nourish’ now reduces the cast time of ‘Healing Touch’ by 0.2 seconds (previously 0.5 seconds).
• ‘Nourish’ now only affects the periodic heal effect of ‘Rejuvenation’ on the target (previously both direct healing and periodic healing).
• ‘Abundance’ now reduces the cast time of ‘Healing Touch’ by 5% in PvP situations per active ‘Rejuvenation’ (previously 10%).
• A bug was fixed that caused ‘Nature’s Essence’ not to heal when casting ‘Wild Growth’ in PvP situations if the Druid had selected the talents ‘Nourish’ or ‘Wild Growth’.

  

Hunter

Survival

• ‘Crows’ now deals 20% less damage in PvP situations and reduces movement speed by 50% (previously 70% movement speed).
• The PvP mobility template has been reduced by 2.5%.

Marksmanship

• ‘Healing Shell’ now heals the full amount in PvP situations.
• ‘Chimaera Shot’ now deals 5% more damage in PvP situations.
• The PvP mobility template has been increased by 5%.
• The PvP speed template has been reduced by 15%.
• The PvP mastery template has been increased by 33%.
• The PvP armor template has been increased by 20%.

Beast Mastery

• The PvP mobility template has been increased by 5%.
• The PvP speed template has been increased by 30%.
• The PvP versatility template has been increased by 25%.
• The PvP mastery template has been reduced by 25%.
• The PvP critical strike chance template has been reduced by 30%.
• The PvP armor template has been increased by 20%

  

Mage

Fire

• The healing from ‘Cauterizing Blink’ has been reduced by 33% in PvP situations.
• The PvP intelligence and stamina templates have been reduced by 5%.

Paladin

Holy

• ‘Retribution Aura’ now no longer requires line of sight when healing.
• ‘Retribution Aura’ now triggers the healing from ‘Judgment’ and ‘Crusader Strike’ even when the damage from these abilities is absorbed.
• A bug was fixed that caused ‘Blessed Word’ to trigger the cooldown of ‘Cleansing’.

Retribution

• The PvP strength template has been increased by 3%

  

Priest

Discipline

• ‘Inner Renewal’ now causes ‘Power Word: Radiance’ to refund 25% of the mana cost when cast on the character itself (previously 50%).

Rogue

Assassination

• A bug was fixed that caused the extra free ‘Wound Poison’ effect from ‘Deadly Mix’ to increase the damage of ‘Kingsbane’.
• The damage of ‘Poison Bomb’ has been reduced by 30% in PvP situations.
• The healing reduction effect of ‘Wound Poison’ has been reduced to 20% in PvP situations (24% with ‘Master of Poisons’).
• The PvP mobility template has been reduced by 5%

  

Shaman

Elemental

• The PvP intelligence and stamina templates have been increased by 5%.

Enhancement

• ‘Storm Strike’ now deals 20% less damage in PvP situations (previously 15% less damage).
• The PvP mobility template has been increased by 10%.
• The PvP stamina template has been increased by 5%.

Restoration

• The PvP versatility template has been increased by 30%

  

Warrior

Arms

• The PvP strength and stamina templates have been increased by 5%.
• The PvP armor template has been increased by 10%.
• The PvP versatility template has been increased by 17%.

Fury

• ‘Endless Rage’ now extends the duration of ‘Berserker Rage’ by 1 second (previously 2 seconds).

  

Warlock

Destruction

• The damage of ‘Chaos Bolt’ has been increased by 25% in PvP situations.
• ‘Entropy Reversal’ now reduces the cast time of ‘Chaos Bolt’ in PvP situations by 0.25 seconds (previously 0.5 seconds).
• ‘Pyrolysis’ now reduces the cast time of ‘Chaos Bolt’ and ‘Conflagrate’ in PvP situations by 15% (previously 30%).

Demonology

• The PvP intelligence template has been increased by 5%.
• The PvP speed template has been increased by 50%.
• The PvP versatility template has been reduced by 25%.
• The PvP mastery template has been reduced by 25%.

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By the way, legendaries are now dropping more frequently in WoW!