World of Warcraft: Hotfixes – December 5, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of Azeroth, maintaining balance is a continuous task for the developers of World of Warcraft. To address ongoing gameplay issues and enhance the player experience, a new set of hotfixes has been deployed as of December 5, 2023. These changes touch upon various classes, addressing concerns related to damage output, ability functionality, and overall balance in both player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) scenarios.

Blood:

Aberrus Class Set bonus adjusted:

• Heart Strike and Blood Boil deal 10% increased damage (down from 20%).
• 5% chance (down from 10%) to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.

Unholy:

• Virulent Plague damage increased by 15% (excluding PvP combat).
• Epidemic damage increased by 12%.
• Festering Strike damage increased by 20%.
• Festering Wound damage increased by 12% (excluding PvP combat).
• Ghoul Sweeping Claws damage increased by 15%.

Havoc:

• Fel Rush damage reduced by 12%.
• Immolation Aura damage reduced by 12%.
• Fel Barrage damage reduced by 12%.
• Fixed an issue with A Fire Inside talent affecting Immolation Aura global cooldown.

Restoration:

• Ferocious Bite damage decreased by 20% (excluding PvP combat).
• Rip damage decreased by 15% (excluding PvP combat).
• Rake damage decreased by 10%.
• Shred damage decreased by 10%.

Devastation:

• All damage spells increased by 5%.
• Regenerative Magic increases Leech by 5%.
• Draconic Legacy increases Stamina by 8%.

Hunter

Beast Mastery:

• Fixed an issue with Blessing of Autumn affecting the cooldown of Call of the Wild.
• Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set bonus adjusted:
  • Dire Beast’s Kill Command damage reduced by 30%.
  • Beast Cleave gained by Dire Beast effectiveness reduced by 30%.

Marksmanship:

• Fixed an issue with Windrunner’s Guidance buffs falling off when exiting combat.

Monk

Mistweaver:

• Mana Tea now reduces the mana cost of spells by 25%.
• Upwelling can now stack up to 15 times (down from 18).
• Essence Font healing decreased by 10%.
• Invigorating Mist healing decreased by 10%.
• Calming Coalescence now increases the absorb amount of Life Cocoon by 2% per stack (down from 3%).
• Vivify primary healing increased by 5%.
• Ancient Concordance now increases the chance for Blackout Kick to reset Rising Sun Kick by 12% (up from 10%).

Windwalker:

• All ability damage increased by 6%.

Paladin

Holy:

• Crusader Strike now costs 0.6% base mana (down from 1.6%) and deals 25% increased damage.
• Hammer of Wrath now costs 0.6% base mana (down from 1%) and deals 20% increased damage.

Priest

Discipline:

• All healing reduced by 3%.
• All damage reduced by 3%.

Holy:

• All healing increased by 4%.
• Burning Vehemence now causes Holy Fire to deal 75% of its initial damage to nearby enemies (up from 60%).
• Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus adjusted:
  • Renews caused by Serenity now last 18 seconds (up from 14 seconds).
  • Renews caused by Sanctify now last 6 seconds (up from 5 seconds).

Rogue

Assassination:

• Kingsbane damage reduced by 15%.
• Blindside effect chance reduced to 15% (down from 20%) and 30% against low-health targets (down from 40%).

Shaman

Implemented a hotfix that resolved an issue with Innervate giving a greater mana spent bonus to High Tide than intended.

Restoration:

• Healing Surge now costs 4.4% base mana (down from 4.8%).
• Chain Lightning damage increased by 20%.
• Acid Rain damage increased by 10%.

Items

Imminence of Krag’wa’s Executor is now available for 450 Trader’s Tender (down from 500).

• Developers’ notes: A pricing bug occurred, and a second hotfix is underway to refund 50 Tender to affected players.

In the ever-shifting landscape of Azeroth, these hotfixes aim to ensure a more balanced and enjoyable gaming experience for World of Warcraft players. As always, the developers remain vigilant, ready to address concerns and make necessary adjustments to maintain the harmony of the game. Keep adventuring, heroes!