WoW Dragonflight Patch Notes: A Massive Balancing Wave Will Happen Soon!

This Wednesday, December 21, 2022, Blizzard will deploy a hotfix aimed at improving the quality of gameplay for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight players. While a game concerns all players, PvE like PvP. A lot of balancing on the program this Wednesday, which could drastically change the power of certain classes and specializations in the different types of content.

December 21 Balances for PvE on Dragonflight

Shaman

Improvement

• All damage dealt is reduced by 3%.

Hunter

Precision

• All damage dealt is reduced by 3%.

Death Knight

• Damage taken from Soul Reaper increased by 10%.

• Glacial Talons duration increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).

  Impious

• Duration of ghouls summoned by Apocalypse increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Damage taken from Death Coil increased by 10%.
• Damage taken from Claws of Shadows increased by 6%.
• Damage taken from Scourge Strike increased by 6%.
• Duration of Plaguebringer increased to 10 seconds (was 5 seconds).
• Dire Harvest now increases damage dealt by Soul Reaper , Scourge Strike, Festering Strike , and Death Coil by 25% against enemies below 35% health (from 20% increase) .

Warlock

Affliction

• Damage taken from Malefic Rapture increased by 15%.
• Damage taken from Drain Soul increased by 20%.
• Damage taken from Shadow Bolt increased by 20%.

• Damage taken from Pandemic Summon increased by 500%.

  Destruction

• Damage taken from Chaos Bolt increased by 5%.

Druid

Restoration

• Effectiveness of all healing increased by 5%. This change does not apply to PvP combat.
• Dream's Embrace healing increased by 25%.
• Lush Ground now has a 1.5/3% chance to spread Recovery (was 1/2%).

evocative

• Damage taken from Disintegrate increased by 15%.

Warrior

Weapons

• All damage dealt by techniques is increased by 3%.
• Damage taken from Mortal Strike increased by 5%.

• Damage taken from Execute increased by 10%.

  Fury

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Execute critical strike chance bonus increased to 25% (was 10%).

magician

Frosted

• Damage taken from Ice Spear increased by 12%.
• Damage taken from Flurry increased by 15%.
• Damage taken from Frostbolt increased by 15%.
• Glacial Spike damage increased by 15%.

• Ice Break now causes icicles from Mastery: Icicles to hit an additional nearby target for 80% of the initial damage (was 65%).

  Fire

• Damage taken from Pyroblast increased by 12%.
• Damage taken from Mastery: Ignite increased by 5%.
• Damage taken from Fire Bolt increased by 12%.
• Damage taken from Fireball increased by 12%.
• Damage taken from Burn increased by 12%.

Monk

windwalker

• All damage dealt is increased by 3%.

Priest

• Power Word: Shield mana cost increased to 5% of base mana (was 4%).

  Shadow

• Damage taken from Vampiric Touch increased by 10%.
• Damage inflicted by Shadow Word: Pain increased by 10% in Shadow specialization only.
• Damage taken from Shadowy Apparitions increased by 10%.
• Damage taken from Devouring Plague increased by 10%.
• Damage taken from Void Bolt increased by 20%.
• Mind Blast damage increased by 20% in Shadow specialization only.
• Damage taken from Mind Spike increased by 20%.
• Damage taken from Mind Sear increased by 20%.
• Idol of Y'shaarj increases damage dealt by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%).

Thief

• Echoing Clarity now causes Echoing Rebuke to charge 2 additional combo points with Anima (up from 3).

  Assassination

• All damage dealt is reduced by 3%.

• The bonus to damage inflicted by poisons applied to Fatal Decoction weapons has been reduced to 10% (was 15%).

  Fineness

• All damage dealt is reduced by 3%.

  Outlaw

• All damage dealt is reduced by 3%.

Dragonflight PvP December 21 Balances

Shaman

• Healing Totem healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Improvement

• Damage taken from Elemental Explosion reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

• Primal Wave now causes your next Bolt to hit all targets affected by Flame Shock for 75% of its normal damage (was 150%) in PvP combat in Enhancement only specialization.

  Elementary

• Damage taken from Elemental Explosion reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

  Restoration

• Riptide healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Druid

Balance

• Starsurge damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Damage taken from Wrath increased by 20% in PvP combat.

• Starfire damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.

  fierce

• Pack Leader now heals for 3% of maximum health (down from 5%).

  Restoration

• Lifebloom healing reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
• Healing from Lifebloom outbreak reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

Warlock

• Demonic Embrace no longer increases Stamina by an additional 10% in PvP combat.

  Affliction

• Duration of effect granted by Soul Burn in conjunction with Demonic Circle - Teleport reduced to 6 seconds in PvP combat.
• Healing from Soul Burn in conjunction with Drain Life no longer grants an absorb shield when you already have maximum health in PvP combat.

• Healing from Soulburn in conjunction with Healstone reduced to 20% in PvP combat (down from 30%).

  Demonology

• Corrupted Hunter's Call cooldown increased to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).

  Destruction

• Chaos Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Damage taken from Shadowburn increased by 30% in PvP combat.
• Damage taken from Incinerate increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Warrior

Fury

• Warpaints now reduces damage taken by 5% while enraged in PvP combat (down from 10%).

  Protection

• Shield Slam damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
• Rend damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat in Protection specialization only.

Monk

• Blackout Strike damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

• Damage taken from Tiger Palm increased by 15% in PvP combat.

  windwalker

• Damage taken from Strike of the Windlord reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

  Mistweaver

• Mana regeneration reduced by 15% in PvP combat (was 5%).

Paladin

Sacred

• Mana regeneration reduced by 35% in PvP combat (was 40%).

Priest

Discipline

• Mana regeneration reduced by 5% in PvP combat (down from 15%).

  Shadow

• Void Blast Duration: Horrify reduced to 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
• Damage taken from Void Blast reduced by 30%.
• Amount of absorption granted by Power Word: Shield reduced by 20% in PvP combat in Shadow specialization only.
• Healing from Vampiric Embrace reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
• Damage inflicted by Shadow Word: Death reduced by 30% in PvP combat in Shadow specialization only.

Thief

• Stunning Poison attack and cast speed penalty effectiveness reduced by 33% in PvP combat.

  Assassination

• Damage taken from poison and bleed effects duplicated by Lethal Mark reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

  Fineness

• Secret Technique damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

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