They actually gutted the main ability that netted demo kills. Also 10% nerf to dogs.
Would not call that barely touched.
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its bc uhdk is balanced
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Did I just read a developer note about ret paladins O_O Prepare thy self for my fat crusader strikes baby. From 3.5k to 5k in one buff letsss gooooo
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Interesting changes indeed. Happy to see how defensive stance is used now.
They skipped Eles damage and proc rate!
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Ebola coming to a arena near you soon!
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The lack of feral+UHDK changes has me worried. Also looks like no healer balance was done at all on this pass, so evokers are still absurdly broken for another week.
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You forgot ele too.
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Unholy is honest and balanced, just like Elemental. 
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Yea they nerfed windwalkers but completely missed ele shamans
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I would anticipate some feral nerfs in pvp similar to spriests here in the coming weeks.
So far (sans Xmas break) really nice and quick tunings of outliers.
Wish Boomy got something but Iām forever hopeful.
Ele actually dies soā¦
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Also, with quite a lot of top DPS specs nerfed, Rdruids and Prevokers were basically untouched and will be very difficult to deal with.
Especially since Spriest got hit the hardest who have the toolkit to counter those 2 healers the most with purge, instant CC and Mind Games etc.
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Unholy DKās were already basically invincible against caster cleavesā¦now with a lot of top casters nerfed they will get a lot of free wins.
There were some healing changes with Hpriest and MW getting buffed. But healer specs definitely needed a bit more with nerfs to Rdruid and Prevoker and buffs to Disc and Hpal as well.
Rsham is actually able to do well and their weakness is meleeā¦the nerfs to DH and WW will help them indirectly.
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Demo changes are a little susā¦not sure if this really fixes any of the sentiments the playerbase has towards the spec. Unholy DK is already a nightmare to play into as any caster, this indirectly makes them stronger (yay for physical damage).
And continuing off that and the topic of zug zug, unholy just feelings unbearably oppressive to play into as any caster. Going to be optimistic and hope that they didnāt actually overlook the spec and will circle back to it with the next round of tuning?
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Yeah Iām hoping they are still figuring out how to balance changes to UHDK kit to make them less squish vs phys but less godlike vs casters. All while doing some of the highest consistent AND burst damage in the game atm.
Also, no shaman mention has me thinking they are looking at testing proc chances or something that cannot simply be a āX does Y less damageā because by itself, lava burst doesnāt actually hit hard, itās just the slot machine 1/100 matches you get a LOLDEAD burst.
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In .5 expect arms warriors to start providing an answer to dk uwu
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Effectively a 10% nerf in damage for priest where it matters in PvP, 5% nerf on focused will, nerf on instant cast proc rates.
Honestly I feel like this is a bit of a miss but I also dont think it can be helped. Spriest is a design mess that needs a soft rework in a .5 patch. The oppresive/obnoxious parts of priest will still exist like 3 schools of DR on its own, it just makes it less fun.
Oh really? I didnāt see nerfs to double pet stun, tyrant, pet MS, or sustain damage. You knowā¦ the things that actually net them kills.
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did you call my name?
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