World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

Throughout the beginning of phase 3, we’ve closely monitored in-game progress, feedback from the community, and bug reports.

With scheduled weekly maintenance next week, we’ll make the following class adjustments.

Druid

• Starsurge no longer consumes Clearcasting procs from Omen of Clarity.
• Skull Bash rune moved to the Hands slot (was the Leg slot).
• Lacerate rune moved to the Leg slot (was Hands).
• Lacerate threat increased substantially.

Paladin

• Light’s Grace rune moved to the Bracer slot (was Helm).

Rogue

• Focused attacks now generates 3 additional energy (up from 2)

Shaman

• The Internal Cooldown for Overcharged has been increased to 3 seconds

Warlock

• Life tap now grants mana return to warlock pets as well
• Unstable Affliction’s damage has been increased by roughly 120%
• Warlocks with Metamorphosis active and the Master Demonologist talent will now gain increased threat generation when they summon an Imp or Felguard (was decreased threat generation).

Warrior

• Victory Rush heal increased to 30% of the Warrior’s health (was 10%).

Classes

• Druid
  
  • Balance
    
    • Fixed a bug that could prevent a Druid with Radiant Moonlight who died and resurrected from getting more than one cast of Full Moon before it resets to New Moon.
      
    • Primordial Arcanic Pulsar progress now resets on raid encounter start.
      
  • Feral
    
    • Damage dealt from Berserk: Frenzy and Burning Frenzy (Seasons 3 and 4 set armor 4-piece bonus) will now log correctly when buffed by an Augmentation Evoker.
      

Items

• The following cast time trinkets will now trigger a 1 second global cooldown and may not be used when the global cooldown is active:
  
  • Manic Grieftorch
    
  • Beacon to the Beyond
    
  • Belor'relos, the Suncaller
    
  • Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
    
• Manic Grieftorch damage increased by 1.2%. Can now be channeled while moving.
  
• Storm-Eater's Boon damage reduced by 25%.
  
• Dragonfire Bomb Dispenser damage reduced by 15%. Flash of Inspiration may now only occur every 2 seconds (was 0.74 seconds).
  
• Neltharion's Call to Chaos primary stat reduced by 6.4%.
  
• Neltharion's Call to Dominance primary stat reduced by 15%.
  
• Nymue's Unraveling Spindle now triggers a 1 second global cooldown (was 1.5 seconds).
  
• All Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart’s damage reduced by 5%.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Inexorable Resonator to grant more primary stat than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Whispering Incarnate Icon to grant significantly more passive secondary stat than intended.

Season of Discovery

• Darkmoon Card: Overgrowth proc chance increased to 10% (was 5%).
  
• Darkmoon Card: Decay now procs from ranged attacks and abilities.
  
• Anguish of the Dream's bonus damage on next ability will no longer be consumed by professions.
  
• “Jungle Durian” now rewards 20 Jungle Durians (was 10).
  
• Rogue
  
  • Cheap Shot's stun effect can now correctly apply to targets under the effects of Goblin Rocket Helmet's Reckless Charge.
    
  • Combat Potency and Deadly Brew can no longer proc from Fiery Weapon procs.
    
• Shaman
  
  • Rolling Thunder now correctly restores 2% of the Shaman's total mana per Lightning Shield charge released.
    
  • Shamans should now appropriately have access to Rank 4 of Fire Nova (was Fire Nova Totem) when the rune is engraved.
    
• Warlock
  
  • Unstable Affliction is now affected by Haunt’s increase.
    
  • Damage over time effects that crit through the Pandemic rune will now be able to activate Dance of the Wicked.
    
  • Felguards summoned by Warlocks are now given an appropriate demon name.
    
• Warrior
  
  • Gladiator Stance will now appear at the end of your stance bar instead of the beginning and will no longer rearrange the order of your stances for the purpose of stance macros.
    
• Sunken Temple
  
  • Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause Dreamscythe and Weaver to evade when their target survived falling into the Pit of Sacrifice.
    

The Great Push (TGP) returns alongside the Arena World Championship (AWC) in Season 4. Register today for a chance to become the final champions of Dragonflight ahead of a new age with The War Within™.

With Dragonflight Season 4 commencing the week of April 23, the Arena World Championship and The Great Push signups are now open! This is the final season of the current expansion, and the last opportunity to be crowned champions of Dragonflight.

Registration is now open on Raider.IO – join in for your chance to earn the Draconic Banner of the Aspects and a combined over $600,000 (USD) in prizing! Watch all the action unfold throughout the season on Twitch and YouTube.

Arena World Championship

The Arena World Championship continues from where we left off in Season 3, with Echo and Liquid featuring in close-quartered combat during the Mid-Season Clash. Season 4 commences with the first Cup starting May 1^st and playing through until the Dragonflight Grand Finals May 17.

Similar to Season 3, two Cups offer teams the chance to show their might and earn qualification toward the AWC Gauntlet & Dragonflight Grand Finals. The Dragonflight Grand Finals feature a total prize pool of $300,000 (USD) split between regions and the chance to be crowned the Champions of Dragonflight.

Register today on Raider.IO for the Dragonflight Season 4 Cups and to earn the Draconic Banner of the Aspects.


Mythic Dungeon International: The Great Push

Dragonflight Season 3 concluded with one of the most competitive finals of Mythic Dungeon Internationals (MDI) to date as Mandatory defeated back-to-back champions Echo. With Dragonflight Season 4, a new challenge awaits dungeon players as The Great Push returns for the final time in this expansion.

The Great Push kicks off June 19 with the Proving Grounds, an open registration 6-day qualification period where teams push keystones as high as possible on tournament realms. The top 12 teams will advance to The Great Push Group Stage, where they’ll push pre-assigned keystones against the clock live on Twitch and YouTube. The final 6 teams will advance to the TGP Global Finals, where the champions of Dragonflight will be decided and the lion’s share of $200,000 (USD) will be rewarded.

Register today on Raider.IO and earn the Draconic Banner of the Aspects by completing this season’s Proving Grounds!


Stay Connected

We’re excited to get the Season 4 competitions underway, and also to share more details about upcoming plans for competitions in Cataclysm Classic! Stay on top of the latest news by subscribing to our Twitch and YouTube channels and following WoW Esports on Socials.

Good luck and have fun!