Blizzard has updated the WoW Dragonflight Patch Notes for February 7th, giving us a sneak peek at some of the changes coming to World of Warcraft next week. The latest expansion has been a huge hit for one of the most beloved and best MMORPGs ever, and several classes will see significant improvements as Blizzard continues to tweak classes following the release of WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.5 at the end of January.
There's a pretty big wave of changes coming, so be sure to check out the full patch below to see how your favorite class in WoW has changed. First of all, these are some big buffs to the Death Knight that should improve his damage output for Blood and Frost specs. Warlock buffs also boost their damage across several stats, with a focus on their ability to deal damage to single targets.
The Guardian Druid's numerous buffs should increase his overall survivability, especially when facing certain types of damage. However, for other types of druids, this is not good news, as Resto Druid's buffs reduce healing efficiency. Evoker's save nerfs also reduce the healing effectiveness of the new Dragonflight class, but you'll get better healing elsewhere thanks to the Mistweaver Monk, Holy Priest, and Resto Shaman buffs.
The hunter's buffs also give the class a nice damage boost in all three main specs for both the hunter and his pet abilities. The latest of the regular upgrades are the Prot Paladin's buffs, which greatly increase his damage output.
There are also many settings for PvP classes. Most of these changes are intended to compensate for game-wide changes to classes that perform in PvP content around the desired results, such as Evoker. Blizzard says it has also made some changes to abilities and talents with effects that felt poorly transferrable or inconsistent, in an effort to standardize the behavior of such skills.
WoW community manager 'Kaivax' notes: "Due to the nature of our internal testing, some of these changes will also appear on the 10.0.7 PTR between now and February 7th," although they will appear in the actual game in the 10.0.5 update next week .
WoW Dragonflight 10.0.5 patch notes - February 7
Here are the latest patch notes containing all the class changes coming to WoW Dragonflight 10.0.5 as part of the February 7 update:
Death Knight
Blood
- Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
- Blood Plague damage increased by 15%.
- Blood Boil damage increased by 15%.
- Death and Decay damage increased by 20%.
- Bone Crushing damage increased by 5%.
- Sanguine Ground damage while in Death and Decay increased to 6% (up from 5%).
Frost
- Unleashed Frenzy duration increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Cleaving Strikes Obliterate now hits 2 additional targets (up from 1).
- Frost Fever damage increased by 15%.
- Glacial Advance damage increased by 20%.
- Frost Strike damage increased by 10%.
- Frosthelp's Aid damage increased by 100%.
- Frostscythe damage increased by 35%.
Druid
Keeper
- Ironfur armor increased by 20%.
- Reinforced Fur now increases Ironfur armor by 15% (from 8%) and Barkskin damage reduction by 10% (from 5%).
- Ursoc's Rage now grants an absorb shield for 50% of the damage dealt by Thrash and Maul (up from 30%).
- Furious Regeneration cooldown reduction increased to 20/40% (up from 15/30%).
- Chance of getting Layered Mane increased to 10/20% (was 5/10%).
- Lunar Beam healing increased by 130% and duration reduced to 1 minute.
Recovery
- All healings reduced by 3%. This does not apply to PvP combat.
Evoker
Preservation
- All healings reduced by 5%.
Hunter
Animal Mastery, Accuracy, Survival
- Damage dealt by hunter and pet abilities increased by 5%.
Monk
mistweaver
- All healings increased by 3%.
- Vivify healing increased by 5%.
- Clouded Focus now increases healing and reduces mana cost by 20% (was 15%) for Enveloping Mist and Vivify.
- Peaceful Mending now increases healing from Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist by 25/50% (up from 15/30%).
- Spinning Crane hit damage increased by 15%.
- Ancient Concordance increases Rising Sun Kick reset chance by 5/10% (up from 3/6%).
- Lesson of Doubt increases healing and damage by 40% (up from 35%).
Paladin
DEF
- Avenger's shield damage increased by 10%.
- Blessed Hammer/Hammer of the Righteous/Crusader's Strike damage increased by 30%.
- Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 15%.
Priest
St.
- All healings increased by 3%.
Shaman
- Healing Surge healing increased by 10%.
- Chain Heal healing increased by 10%.
Recovery
- Healing Wave healing increased by 10%.
- Healing Rain healing increased by 10%.
- Healing of overcrowded shores increased by 10%.
Warlock
- Inquisitor's Gaze Fel Barrage damage increased by 35%.
- Inquisitor's Gaze no longer casts Fel Blast.
- Summon Soulkeeper damage increased by 35%.
Destruction
- Soulfire damage increased by 20%.
- Incinerate damage increased by 5%.
Demonology
- Damage from wild imps increased by 15%.
- Vilefiend damage increased by 30%.
WoW Dragonflight 10.0.5 PvP patch notes - February 7
Here are all the changes to PvP for WoW Dragonflight 10.0.5 coming in the February 7th update:
Articles
- Neltharax, enemy of the sky now grants 1% attack speed in PvP combat (was 5%).
Demon Hunter
Havoc
- Restless Hunter (talent) Damage bonus from the next Blade Dance/Death Sweep reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
Druid
Keeper
- Frenzy Regeneration is now 50% effective in PvP combat (up from 62%).
Evoker
- Living Flame healing increased by 30% in PvP.
- Verdant Embrace healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Oppressing Roar increases the duration of incoming crowd control by 30% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
Hunter
Beast Mastery
- The Stormtrooper camo now increases the damage of your next Kill command by 10% in PvP (up from 20%).
marksmanship
- Rapid fire damage increased by 15% in PvP.
- Aimed Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP.
- Chimera shot damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
- The effectiveness of Unerring Vision's critical strike damage bonus has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
Monk
mistweaver
- Orb of Healing (PvP Talent) - Now triggers the backlash dispel effects from Unstable Hit and Vampiric Touch. Healing increased by 320%.
Priest
Тень
- Psyfiend (PvP Talent) Healing Reduction no longer stacks with similar effects.
Tramp
Assassination
- Vault Delver's Toolkit 4-piece set bonus Bleed damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Wound Poison Healing Reduction (Deathmark version) no longer stacks with similar effects.
Shaman
Recovery
- Damage dealt by Earthen Wall Totem from damage absorbed by pets is reduced by 90%.
Warlock
Affliction
- Unstable Affliction's recoil damage increased by 35%.
Destruction
- Chaos Bolt damage increased by 40% in PvP (up from 15%).
- Resolved an issue that caused Bane of Havoc (PvP Talent) to deal more damage to the target than intended.
- Fel Fissure (PvP Talent) no longer stacks with similar effects.
Martial Artist
Weapon
- Executioner Accuracy is now 30% effective in PvP combat (up from 50%).
- Combat Mastery is now 33% more effective in PvP combat (up from 50%).
- Superpower damage increased by 20% in PvP.
- Slam damage increased by 40% in PvP.
Further comments developers can be found on the Blizzard forums.
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