WoW Hotfixes - January 8

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Here are today’s hotfixes:

November 28, 2023

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • Aberrus, the Shadow Crucible 2-piece set
        • The damage of your next Frostwyrm’s Fury is increased by 4% (was 5%). Stacks unchanged.
        • The effectiveness of Frostywrm’s Fury reduced to 25% (was 30%).
        • Howling Blast damage reduced to 10% (was 20%).
      • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set
        • Chill Streak can bounce 3 additional times (was 2 times).
        • The chance to proc a bonus effect increased to 35% (was 30%).
      • Chill Streak damage increased by 10%.
      • Obliterate damage increased by 8%.
      • Enduring Chill chance to bounce increased to 25% (was 20%).
      • Piercing Chill damage increased to 12% (was 10%).
  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • All healing increased by 3%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Evoker
    • Augmentation
      • Shifting Sands will now properly trigger twice when casting back-to-back empower spells with Tip the Scales.
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue causing Retribution Aura to fail to trigger from some abilities.
  • Priest
    • Resolved an issue preventing the cooldown of Mass Dispel from resetting when an encounter ends.
    • Shadow
      • All damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Fixed an issue that caused Envenom’s buff to persist beyond its intended duration when used with fewer than 5 combo points.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Destruction
      • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Murozond’s Rise
    • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper
      • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper’s health reduced by 15%.
      • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper will now only cast a single Dividing Strike within a sequence of the Infinite Hand Technique.
    • Chrono-Lord Deios
      • Chrono-Lord Deios’ Temporal Breath impact damage reduced by 20% and periodic damage reduced by 15%.
      • The vulnerability effect of Chrono-Lord Deios’ Infinity Nova reduced to 75% (was 250%).
      • Resolved an issue that could cause a player standing in certain locations to not be eligible for loot.
  • The Everbloom
    • Ancient Protectors
      • Dulhu’s Noxious Charge impact damage reduced by 25%.
      • Dulhu’s Noxious Discharge damage reduced by 25%.
      • Dulhu’s Noxious Discharge impact time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
    • Council of Dreams
      • Addressed an issue causing Barreling Charge to hit players standing closely behind Urctos.

Items

  • Wherever possible, all cosmetics and collectibles that drop from a unique rare elite enemy in Forbidden Reach and Zaralek Cavern will now drop more often.
  • Cache of Amirdrassil Treasures should now display the correct item level.
    • Developers’ notes: This was only a display issue and did not affect the items in the cache.
  • Existing Rated PvP gear that was previously on the Veteran track should now be using the Champion track.
    • Developers’ notes: This change does not affect existing Class Sets either obtained from the Great Vault or items that were converted at the Catalyst. Those will be addressed in a separate hotfix.

Player versus Player

  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Chaotic Disposition now has a 33.33% chance (base 7.77%) to increase damage by 4% (base 17%) in PvP combat, providing the same average damage bonus with significantly less variance.
  • Druid
    • Eclipse will now properly track your Wrath and Starfire casts if Eclipse ends while you are Cycloned.
    • Fury of Elune will now properly deal damage to enemies who are not in line of sight of the Druid.
    • Feral
      • Regrowth healing is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 43%).
  • Evoker
    • Azure Strike damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
    • Time Stop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
    • Chrono Loop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
    • Augmentation
      • Upheaval damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
      • Eruption damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
    • Preservation
      • Dream Flight healing increased by 100% in PvP combat.
      • Mana regeneration now reduced by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
  • Priest
    • Ultimate Penitence will now prioritize healing players in PvP combat and will only heal pets if all players are at full health.
    • Holy
      • All healing increased by 6% in PvP combat.

WoW’s 19th Anniversary

  • Reduced the Dragons of Nightmare Lethargy stun to 2 seconds (was 5 seconds).
  • Reduced the health of Emeriss’s Putrid Mushrooms by 85%.
  • Adjusted the frequency of Emeriss’s attack patterns.