So, I am curious as to why the ninja nerf to armor spikes? or did i miss it in a patch note? I crafted my gear on Tuesday and put Armor SPikes on it because it had a chance to reflect 15k damage (i’m a tank)…I look at the piece today, it now only reflects 5.4k… I would by lying if i didn’t say im a little salty right now that i now need to recraft it 
Can confirm I have a screenshot from Tuesday where my Rank 3 Armor Spikes were doing 15,550 and today they are doing 5,767.
The Proc rate was already bugged and not happening 3.5 times per minute like it’s supposed to and now this. Sadge.
glad i’m not the only one that noticed this. really made me sad. I recrafted it to the mastery above 90% health one. I don’t see the need to nerf armor spikes at all. they weren’t even a very big portion of my damage but it was a decent addition to it. but at 5k its not even worth it.
Yeah it’ s pretty unfortunate.
Over five dungeons and 75 minutes of game play I only had 60 procs. The proc rate is supposed to match the PvP helm of 3.5ppm and it’s currently around the 1.0ppm mark.
With the proc being bugged and the damage being cut by 66% I can’t really recommend anyone craft this.
I wonder if it was an un-intentional nerf when they started messing with the reflect damage on druid abilities for PvP? i dunno. I can’t think of literally any other reason as to why they would need to nerf Armor Spike damage. especially to your point, at the current proc rate.
I also noticed this. Seems pretty odd, as it didn’t even seem to do that well prior to the nerf. It feels like they completely destroyed this embellishment, when it wasn’t even that great before.
Has there been any word from Blizzard on if this nerf was unintentional or intended yet?
This seems stealth… yea would like to hear about this.
Hoping it’s an unintended consequence and will be reverted
I haven’t seen them say a word about it. so it was straight stealth and hope people didn’t notice. 