HUGE Nerfs For DPS Cooldowns & Major Class Reworks In Patch 12.1

[00:00] Hey folks, this is Kalani. Patch 12.1

[00:02] was just revealed and it includes a

[00:04] massive round of class changes, buffs,

[00:07] and nerfs with a handful of classes or

[00:09] specs getting completely reworked. Some

[00:12] of those reworks are for classes that

[00:13] have already been reworked multiple

[00:16] times over the course of season 1, while

[00:18] others are finally getting some updates

[00:20] after an entire season of stagnation.

[00:23] So, we're going to go over all of those

[00:24] updates in detail. We also have some

[00:27] quick updates for the live game and

[00:29] patch 12.0 7 including changes to how

[00:32] rare spawns work. The Umbral Champion

[00:34] achievement mount has finally been

[00:36] revealed and you may be able to gear up

[00:38] even faster if you've been holding onto

[00:40] your bonus rolls. There's a lot to talk

[00:42] about, so let's break it all down in

[00:44] this week's WoW news video. Now, before

[00:47] we jump in, be sure to hit that like

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[00:52] Let's kick things off with the huge

[00:54] class changes coming in patch 12.1. The

[00:57] dev team has a few goals in mind with

[00:59] most of these changes. They want to

[01:01] reduce the overall throughput of most

[01:03] major cooldowns while increasing the

[01:05] damage you deal with your standard

[01:07] rotation. So, you shouldn't see as many

[01:09] big damage spikes when you have your

[01:11] cooldowns up, which may be less fun for

[01:14] quite a few classes, but your overall

[01:16] damage should be more reliable,

[01:18] especially for the classes that relied

[01:20] heavily on their damage during cooldowns

[01:22] to carry that overall throughput. To

[01:25] that end, several classes and specs have

[01:27] some big changes and a few of them are

[01:29] getting completely reworked.

[01:32] For Blood Death Knights, Permafrost was

[01:34] buffed up to provide a shield for 50% of

[01:36] damage dealt up from 40%. Voracious now

[01:39] grants 15% leech up from 12%. Relish in

[01:43] blood healing was increased by 25% Rapid

[01:46] Decomposition increases blood plague

[01:48] healing by 85% up from 50%. Sanguinary

[01:52] Burst heals you for 18% of damage dealt

[01:54] up from 15% and Umbilicus Eternus was

[01:58] buffed up to six times damage dealt by

[02:00] Blood Plague up from five times. So, a

[02:02] lot of buffs to Blood's self-healing and

[02:04] sustain. Frost Death Knights only have

[02:07] one quick change for Permafrost, so

[02:09] that'll grant a shield for 35% of damage

[02:11] dealt up from 30%, so not much going on

[02:14] for Frost right now, which is the total

[02:17] opposite for Unholy DK, who will see a

[02:19] lot of changes that reduce the overall

[02:22] number of summons that you can control

[02:23] at once. Reanimation has been renamed to

[02:26] Lord of the Dead and its secondary

[02:28] effect has been redesigned so that when

[02:30] you control three Mages of the Dead, you

[02:33] sacrifice them to summon a Lord of the

[02:35] Dead for 15 seconds, which casts

[02:38] bouncing frostbolts. So, you reset your

[02:40] Mages of the Dead count whenever you

[02:41] reach three and you'll get this more

[02:43] powerful summon instead. The rank three

[02:46] Apex talent was updated to no longer

[02:48] give Mages of the Dead a stacking damage

[02:50] bonus for Necrotic Coil and Graveyard

[02:52] and the effectiveness of Putrify

[02:54] activated by Dark Plague has been

[02:55] increased to 100%. Soul Reaper has been

[02:58] updated to no longer consume charges of

[03:00] Putrify and will instead consume up to

[03:02] three lesser ghoul stacks to summon them

[03:05] instantly. Unholy Aura has been updated

[03:07] so Mages of the Dead now grants the

[03:09] haste buff on spawn for 15 seconds. Army

[03:12] of the Dead has been changed to summon

[03:13] or empower lesser ghouls to form an

[03:16] unholy army of eight for 30 seconds.

[03:19] While active, your Scourge strikes will

[03:21] cause your ghouls to do something based

[03:23] on nearby enemies. So, I guess in single

[03:26] target they use Death Order in order to

[03:28] strike your enemy, but in AoE they use

[03:30] Epidemic Order and explode for

[03:32] additional damage. Menacing Mages now

[03:34] also causes your Lord of the Dead's

[03:36] frostbolts to chain to extra enemies.

[03:39] Lesser ghoul damage has increased by

[03:40] 10%. Army of the Dead lesser ghoul

[03:42] damage was reduced by 20%. Necrotic Coil

[03:46] and Graveyard saw a 20% buff each.

[03:49] Commander of the Dead was nerfed down to

[03:50] a 10 and 20% damage bonus, down from 15

[03:53] and 30. Ruptured Viscera now deals

[03:56] reduced damage beyond five targets.

[03:57] Players other than the Death Knight can

[03:59] now only see up to three lesser ghouls

[04:01] at a time, so they're going to cause a

[04:03] lot less business in melee, and they'll

[04:06] see the same Permafrost Shield buff. So,

[04:08] there's a lot going on here, but all in

[04:10] all, you'll have a smaller army of

[04:12] undead minions to do your bidding with

[04:14] these changes in play.

[04:17] Moving on to the Demon Hunters, they'll

[04:19] now be able to equip daggers, which is

[04:21] really only important for Devourers, so

[04:23] they can use intellect daggers moving

[04:25] forward. For Devourers specifically,

[04:27] they're going to see some huge nerfs to

[04:29] void matter damage throughput, and a lot

[04:31] of that damage is getting funneled into

[04:33] your basic rotation. So, their mastery's

[04:35] bonus damage during void matter was

[04:37] nerfed by 66%,

[04:39] which is kind of crazy, so we may see

[04:41] their stat priority shift quite

[04:43] dramatically in this next patch as well,

[04:46] but then all ability damage was

[04:47] increased by 20%. Void Matter now

[04:50] increases avoid ray damage by 40%, down

[04:52] from 67%. Impending Apocalypse's

[04:55] Collapsing Star damage bonus was reduced

[04:58] to 20% per cast, down from 30%, and then

[05:01] consume damage was increased by 60%, but

[05:04] that's not going to affect Devourer.

[05:07] It'll be interesting to see how this

[05:08] plays out. It should reduce the wide

[05:11] swings of potential damage among

[05:13] Devourer Demon Hunters, so you should do

[05:15] more damage even if you mess up your

[05:17] void matters a bit, but then you won't

[05:19] have the crazy damage profile when you

[05:21] execute them perfectly, which a lot of

[05:23] players were really enjoying.

[05:26] Havoc has a few changes. The first one

[05:29] locks most of their core rotation to

[05:31] requiring war glaves, axes, swords, and

[05:34] fist weapons. So, even though Demon

[05:36] Hunters can now use daggers, Havoc

[05:38] actually can't. There's a new talent

[05:40] called Never Say Die that increases your

[05:42] damage while above 50% health, and

[05:44] increases your leech while below 50%

[05:46] health. And dash of chaos has been

[05:48] removed. For vengeance specifically,

[05:51] they also can't use daggers when using

[05:53] pretty much any of their main abilities.

[05:55] Charred Warblades was buffed up to 5%

[05:58] from 4%. Soul Cleave healing and Fel

[06:00] Devastation healing were increased by

[06:02] 25%. Frailty causes you to heal for 10%

[06:05] of damage dealt up from 8%. Feast of

[06:08] Souls saw a 25% buff, and Revel in Pain

[06:11] causes 6% of your fire damage to shield

[06:14] you up from 5%. So, a lot of

[06:16] self-sustain buffs for Demon Hunter

[06:17] tanks as well.

[06:20] Druids are up next with a couple of

[06:22] general buffs to get us started. Matted

[06:24] Fur absorb was increased by 25% and

[06:27] Heart of the Wild empowered Wild Growth

[06:29] healing was buffed up by 25% too. For

[06:32] Balance Druids, the dev team are trying

[06:34] to make Astral Power management more

[06:36] impactful. There's a new passive learned

[06:38] at level 42 that applies Stellar Flare

[06:40] if Moonfire or Sunfire are dispelled.

[06:43] Umbral Intensity has been updated to

[06:45] increase Wrath and Starfire damage by

[06:47] 10% at all times. The rank two Apex

[06:50] talent had its damage nerfed, but its

[06:52] duration increased. They'll also see a

[06:55] blanket damage buff across the board of

[06:57] 4%. Star Surge and Starfall damage saw a

[07:00] 10% buff on top. And then Rejuvenation,

[07:03] Wild Growth, and Regrowth healing all

[07:05] got 25% buffs. Celestial Fire was buffed

[07:08] up to a 10% damage bonus. Orbit Breaker

[07:11] effectiveness was reduced to 50%. Touch

[07:14] of the Cosmos chance to trigger was

[07:15] reduced for both Wrath and Starfire.

[07:18] Total Eclipse chance to trigger was

[07:19] buffed up to 15 and 30% up from 10 and

[07:22] 20%. Sculpt the Stars and Astral

[07:24] Communion swap places in the talent

[07:26] tree, and Sculpt the Stars reduces

[07:28] Eclipse cooldown by 3 seconds up from 2.

[07:31] And then to round out the balance

[07:32] changes, Elune's Chosen Lunar Calling

[07:34] was nerfed slightly, and a few hero

[07:36] talents in the Keeper of the Grove tree

[07:38] were nerfed as well.

[07:41] Feral Druids have quite a few changes,

[07:43] too. Saber Jaws damage bonus was

[07:45] increased to 60% per point. Focused

[07:47] Frenzy damage bonus was nerfed down to

[07:49] 15%. Rip and Tear damage bonus was

[07:52] increased up to 20% and Chomp damage saw

[07:55] a 30% buff. Apex Predator's craving base

[07:58] chance to trigger was reduced down to 4%

[08:01] and then Rejuvenation, Wild Growth, and

[08:03] Regrowth healing all saw 25% buffs.

[08:06] Resto druids are up next and they have a

[08:08] bunch of updates. There's a new talent

[08:10] that causes Nature's Swiftness to let

[08:12] Regrowth apply pretty much all of your

[08:14] heal over time effects. Flash of Clarity

[08:16] is a new talent that causes Omen of

[08:18] Clarity to increase Regrowth healing by

[08:20] 40%. Innervate has been redesigned to

[08:23] grant 25% of the target's max mana over

[08:26] 8 seconds instead of just making spells

[08:28] free to cast, which should be far easier

[08:30] to make good use of. Abundance has been

[08:33] redesigned to have a hard cut off point

[08:35] for Rejuvenations. So, at five

[08:37] Rejuvenations, Regrowth gets 50% crit

[08:40] strike chance and 50% reduced mana cost.

[08:43] Tranquility has been updated to grant

[08:45] you an absorb shield that also prevents

[08:47] knockbacks, so you just root yourself to

[08:49] the ground during Tranquility.

[08:51] Incarnation: Tree of Life now casts

[08:53] Regrowth onto up to three nearby injured

[08:56] allies when you initially shapeshift.

[08:58] Swiftmend healing is now increased by

[08:59] 40% of the consumed heal over time

[09:01] effect. And Everbloom rank three's heal

[09:04] effect now triggers when you press

[09:05] Swiftmend instead of Soul of the Forest.

[09:08] Verdant Infusion no longer extends heal

[09:10] over time effects. Germination no longer

[09:12] increases Rejuvenation's duration. And

[09:15] Ysara's Gift now transfers any

[09:17] overhealing to a nearby ally. In

[09:19] addition to all of that, all spell and

[09:22] ability healing was increased by 6% Wild

[09:24] Growth healing saw a 20% buff, but its

[09:27] mana cost was increased by 15%. Verdancy

[09:30] healing was increased by 40%.

[09:32] Rejuvenation and Regrowth mana costs

[09:34] were reduced by 10%. Lifebloom mana cost

[09:37] was cut down by 20%. Passing Seasons

[09:40] reduces Nature's Swiftness cooldown by

[09:42] three extra seconds. A couple of talents

[09:44] were removed and some talents have

[09:46] shifted around in the talent tree. So, a

[09:48] lot of changes for Restoration Druid as

[09:51] we head into patch 12.1.

[09:54] And then we round out the Druid changes

[09:56] with Guardian. Gorey Fur has been

[09:58] redesigned so that Iron Fur has a chance

[10:01] to make your next Maul, Raze, or Ravage

[10:03] free while Maul, Raze, and Ravage have a

[10:06] chance to make your next Iron Fur free.

[10:08] The Apex talent have been redesigned to

[10:10] give you a chance to summon a Guardian

[10:12] spirit whenever you spend range. The

[10:14] spirits reset the cooldown on Thrash and

[10:16] Mangle and when you use Berserk or

[10:18] Incarn, your next two Mauls are

[10:21] guaranteed to spawn a spirit. Hopefully,

[10:23] this makes the Apex talent worth taking

[10:25] in most cases, unlike the original

[10:28] iteration. Brambles Absorb was increased

[10:30] by 25% after the Wildfire healing was

[10:33] buffed by 25%. Ursoc's Fury was buffed

[10:36] up to 35% of Thrash and Maul damage.

[10:39] Elune's Favored heals you for 18% of

[10:41] Arcane damage dealt up from 15%. Lunar

[10:44] Beam healing was increased by 25% and

[10:47] Lunation reduces a Lunar Beam's cooldown

[10:49] by a flat 20 seconds instead of 3

[10:52] seconds per Arcane ability. Elune's

[10:54] Chosen Boundless Moonlight also saw a

[10:56] buff that now causes you to leech 12% of

[10:59] damage dealt up from 10%. So, a lot of

[11:02] buffs for self-sustain and absorb

[11:04] shields and hopefully an actually useful

[11:07] Apex talent moving forward.

[11:10] Evokers are up next and Augmentation

[11:12] only has a couple of changes. Upheavals

[11:14] cast by duplicates no longer knock

[11:16] enemies into the air, which means less

[11:19] free knock-ups but also more reliable

[11:21] knock-ups. Living Flame healing, Verdant

[11:23] Embrace healing, and Emerald Blossom

[11:25] healing were all increased by 25% so

[11:28] they do seem to want to up the healing

[11:30] potential of hybrid specs across the

[11:32] board by the looks of things. And then

[11:34] for Chronowarden, the additional stats

[11:36] from Ebonmight crits now last for 15

[11:38] seconds, modified by mastery, instead of

[11:40] the entire Ebonmight duration. For

[11:43] Devastation, the rank three Apex talent

[11:45] is being redesigned to give you a new

[11:47] spell, Unbound Flame, that you can cast

[11:49] up to four times before Dragon Rage

[11:51] finishes its cooldown. That spell deals

[11:54] AoE damage and grants one Essence Burst.

[11:57] Tyranny has been updated to now work

[11:58] with Unbound Flame, so it always

[12:00] benefits from your max mastery bonus.

[12:02] Living Flame, Verdant Embrace, and

[12:04] Emerald Blossom healing were all buffed,

[12:06] and Risen Fury has been removed. And

[12:08] then for Preservation, Morithus's

[12:10] Blessing has been updated to increase

[12:12] Dream Breath healing by 60%, down from

[12:14] 250%,

[12:16] but the bonus now applies to the heal

[12:18] over time portion of the spell as well.

[12:21] Font of Magic has been updated to reduce

[12:23] the empower time of Dream Breath and

[12:24] Fire Breath by 20%. Dream Breath instant

[12:27] healing saw a 50% nerf, but its periodic

[12:31] healing was increased by 118%.

[12:33] So, that should offer you a stronger

[12:35] heal over time option instead. And then

[12:37] Temporal Barrier absorption was

[12:39] increased by 30%.

[12:42] Then we come to the Hunters, and they're

[12:44] starting out strong with a ranged auto

[12:46] shot damage buff of 600%.

[12:49] So, that should do more than just tickle

[12:51] your target now. And then Hunter's Mark

[12:53] can now be applied to up to five targets

[12:55] at a time instead of one, which lets you

[12:58] mark priority adds in rating counters

[13:00] without it dropping off the boss. This

[13:02] also lets you mark multiple targets in

[13:04] dungeon packs, which can actually lead

[13:06] you to spending five globals before you

[13:08] get to deal any damage. So, hopefully

[13:10] something changes here to streamline

[13:12] that process. For Dark Ranger, Bleak

[13:14] Arrow's damage was a 300% buff, and

[13:17] Withering Fire's Black Arrow damage was

[13:19] reduced by they'll see a lot of damage

[13:21] boosts to help their damage outside

[13:25] of Bestial Wrath windows. Heart of the

[13:28] Pack was renamed to Razor Sharp and it's

[13:30] been redesigned to increase the damage

[13:32] of your pets bite, claw, and smack by

[13:34] 100%.

[13:36] Piercing Fangs now increases the crit

[13:37] damage of Kill Command by 15%. Bloody

[13:40] Frenzy now reduces Barbed Shot's

[13:41] periodic rate increase by 33% instead of

[13:44] 50%.

[13:45] Kill Cleave was nerfed so only cleaves

[13:47] 20% of Kill Command's damage down from

[13:50] 40% and then Barbed Shot damage was

[13:52] buffed up by 25%.

[13:54] Kill Command and Cobra Shot damage saw a

[13:56] 20% increase. Beast Cleave's duration

[13:58] was extended by 2 seconds. Dire Beast

[14:01] summons can now be tracked on the

[14:02] cooldown manager and Wild Instincts has

[14:04] been removed. So, it should be easier to

[14:06] maintain Beast Cleave and a lot of

[14:08] abilities will deal more damage

[14:10] baseline.

[14:12] Marksmanship is one of the specs with

[14:14] the larger changes in the new patch,

[14:15] mostly due to the previous rework not

[14:18] sticking the landing. Explosive Shot has

[14:20] been redesigned into a damage over time

[14:23] effect that deals AoE damage every time

[14:25] it ticks. So, it's more like the old

[14:27] survival explosive shot from way back in

[14:29] the day. There's a new talent that lets

[14:31] you fire explosive shot again right

[14:33] away. Multiple talents have been updated

[14:35] to extend the duration of explosive shot

[14:37] or reduce its cooldown. The rank two

[14:39] Apex talent was updated to increase your

[14:41] crit strike damage and ranged ability

[14:43] damage. And the rank three Apex talent

[14:45] now increases the damage of Aimed Shot

[14:47] and Rapid Fire instead of just Aimed

[14:49] Shot. Bullet Storm has been changed so

[14:51] Rapid Fire now increases the damage of

[14:53] your next Aimed Shot incendiary

[14:55] ammunition now causes Bullet Storm to

[14:57] affect your next two Aimed Shots. Death

[14:59] Blow has been updated so you know

[15:01] exactly when it's going to proc. Aspect

[15:03] of the Hydra no longer causes Arcane

[15:05] Shot to cleave and then Aimed Shot,

[15:07] Rapid Fire, Arcane Shot, Multi-Shot, and

[15:10] Kill Shot damage all saw 20% buffs.

[15:13] Eagle's Accuracy is now a one point

[15:15] talent that increases the damage of

[15:17] Aimed Shot by 5% down from 10% and Rapid

[15:20] Fire by 10% down from 20%. Focused Aim

[15:23] was nerfed to a 1 second cooldown

[15:25] reduction Double Tap and Head Shot were

[15:27] both removed and Aimed Shot has a new

[15:29] icon. It will be interesting to see how

[15:32] this damage over time explosive shot

[15:34] works and if it helps the spec feel

[15:36] smooth and cohesive in the new patch.

[15:38] That's not all though, Dark Rangers

[15:40] Through the Eyes has been redesigned

[15:41] Black Arrow no longer highlights itself

[15:43] whenever it's available Black Arrow

[15:45] direct damage was cut down by 40% Evan

[15:48] Bowstring now causes Black Arrow to have

[15:50] a chance to cause your next Aimed Shot

[15:52] to grant the Death Blow effect and Dark

[15:54] Minion summons can now be tracked on the

[15:56] cooldown manager. For Sentinel, Moon's

[15:58] Blessing reduces the cooldown of Aimed

[16:00] Shot by 1 second down from two. And then

[16:03] Survival hasn't been entirely left out

[16:05] though it's not quite as exciting as the

[16:07] other spec changes. There's a new talent

[16:09] that increases the crit chance and crit

[16:11] damage of Raptor Strike, Raptor Swipe

[16:13] and Kill Command. Primal Surge has moved

[16:15] up in the talent tree and Shower of

[16:17] Blood has been removed. For Sentinel,

[16:20] Lethal Bonds has been updated to give

[16:21] auto attacks a high chance to generate

[16:23] three focus rather than every attack

[16:25] generating one focus and then Scout's

[16:28] Vigil no longer increases stealth

[16:29] detection radius while using camouflage.

[16:32] Very exciting changes indeed.

[16:35] Moving on we have the mages who will see

[16:37] some decent survivability buffs. There's

[16:40] a new talent that reduces AoE damage

[16:41] taken by 4% which is always going to be

[16:44] nice. Improved Prismatic Barrier has

[16:46] been updated to grant an additional

[16:48] charge of your shields so both Arcane

[16:50] and Fire that extra charge now and then

[16:52] Temporal Re-alignment now immediately

[16:55] heals 20% of your health and 30% extra

[16:58] over 6 seconds. There are also a lot of

[17:00] updates for Sunfury will only have three

[17:02] orbs now but you can buff those three

[17:04] orbs instead of just being able to get a

[17:06] couple extra. Mana Cascade is now

[17:08] uncapped and several hero talents that

[17:10] grant the buff have been updated. For

[17:13] Arcane, their apex talent is being

[17:15] redesigned into Prismatic Bolt. Arcane

[17:18] Barrage has a chance per Arcane Salvo

[17:20] stack consumed to trigger prismatic

[17:23] bolt, which deals damage to your target

[17:25] and nearby enemies and generates four

[17:27] Arcane charges. Arcane Pulse has been

[17:29] changed to now have a cooldown, a larger

[17:31] radius, and generate one charge per

[17:33] target hit. Expanded Mind causes

[17:36] prismatic bolt to grant four stacks of

[17:38] Arcane Salvo. A few talents no longer

[17:40] interact with Arcane Pulse, and Touch of

[17:42] the Archmage has been removed.

[17:45] Fire has a few updates, too. Pyroblast

[17:47] damage and Flame Strike damage saw 15%

[17:50] buffs, and the Apex talent has been

[17:51] adjusted so that rank one increases fire

[17:54] damage by 2% for 8 seconds, down from 4%

[17:57] for 12 seconds. Rank two now increases

[17:59] fire damage by 5 and 10%, up from 3 and

[18:02] 6%, and rank three's chance to trigger

[18:04] during Combustion was reduced. And then

[18:07] we come to Frost, who no longer get the

[18:09] extra charge of Ice Barrier all by

[18:11] themselves, as that's now a baseline

[18:13] function. They'll see a 4% damage boost

[18:15] across the board, but their rank two

[18:17] Apex talent spell damage bonus was cut

[18:20] in half.

[18:22] Monks are up next with a couple of

[18:23] general changes. Chi Transfer now causes

[18:26] Touch of Death to heal you for 60% of

[18:28] damage dealt, up from 50%, and Vigorous

[18:31] Expulsion increases Expel Harm's healing

[18:33] by 6%, up from 5%. For Brewmaster,

[18:36] stagger reduction from staggering

[18:38] strikes was increased by 25%. Spirit of

[18:40] the Ox chance to generate a healing

[18:42] sphere was increased by 20%. Celestial

[18:44] Brew and Celestial Fusion absorbs were

[18:46] increased by 25%.

[18:48] Awakening Spirit's max absorb value saw

[18:50] a 25% buff. Vital Flame heals for 50% of

[18:54] damage dealt, up from 40%, and a few

[18:56] more buffs were added into the cooldown

[18:58] manager.

[18:59] For Mistweaver, there's a new talent

[19:01] that increases Soothing Mist's healing

[19:03] by 300%, but increases its mana cost as

[19:06] well. They'll see a 3% nerf to all

[19:08] healing done, a 50% boost to their

[19:11] mastery, a 15% nerf to spinning crane

[19:14] kick damage, way of the crane now

[19:16] transfers 280% of damage done down from

[19:18] 340% and then Jade Fire Teachings now

[19:21] increases ancient teachings transfer

[19:23] amount by 320%

[19:26] up from 270%.

[19:28] So, some give and take for the

[19:29] Mistweaver so far in patch 12.1.

[19:32] Windwalkers haven't been left out.

[19:34] They'll see a 30% damage boost to auto

[19:36] attacks and Zenit Storm damage. Blackout

[19:39] kick damage is up 50%. Tiger Palm saw a

[19:41] huge 200% damage buff and duel threat

[19:44] damage was increased by 30%. Weapon of

[19:47] Wind was nerfed down to a 5% bonus and

[19:49] Tiger Eye Brew's crit strike damage

[19:51] bonus was cut down to 5 and 10% down

[19:54] from 10 and 20% and then Vivify healing

[19:57] saw a 25% buff. For Conduit of the

[19:59] Celestials, Celestial Conduit damage

[20:02] will see a 25% nerf and Temple Training

[20:05] increases the damage of Fist of Fury and

[20:07] Spinning Crane Kick by 30% up from 10%.

[20:10] So, a lot of damage boosts for your main

[20:12] rotational abilities to look forward to.

[20:16] Paladins have a lot of changes to look

[20:17] forward to as well. Golden Path,

[20:19] Lightforged Blessing, Brought to Light,

[20:21] and Lights Myth Right of Adoration

[20:24] healing were all increased by 25%.

[20:27] For protection, they're going to see

[20:28] some big buffs. There's a new talent

[20:30] that lets Word of Glory's overhealing to

[20:32] be applied as an absorb shield, so you

[20:34] could potentially end up with some big

[20:36] bubbles as a prop paladin. Improved

[20:39] Ardent Defender now increases max health

[20:40] by 20% while active and no longer

[20:43] cancels the remaining duration if you

[20:45] take fatal damage. Seal of Reprisal now

[20:47] causes Blessed Hammer to reduce enemy

[20:49] damage taken by 10% for 8 seconds.

[20:51] Master was updated, so after you cast a

[20:54] Holy Armament, your Crusader Strike or

[20:56] replacement ability will bestow a lesser

[20:58] version to a nearby ally. And then we

[21:00] have some huge damage buffs and nerfs.

[21:03] Judgment and Consecration damage are up

[21:05] 100%. Shield of the righteous is getting

[21:08] a 150%

[21:09] buff. Hammer of the righteous primary

[21:11] damage is up 50%. Avenging wrath now

[21:14] increases damage, healing, and crit

[21:16] strike chance by 10% baseline. Avenger

[21:18] shield is getting a 30% buff, and lesser

[21:21] weapon damage was increased by 50%.

[21:23] Hammer of light and Imperium hammer

[21:25] damage will catch a 33% nerf. Divine

[21:28] exaction's divine toll effectiveness was

[21:30] cut down to 80% from 150% and sentinel's

[21:34] duration was increased up to 20 seconds.

[21:37] Undying embers was buffed up to 125%.

[21:40] Bulwark of order absorb shield was

[21:42] increased to 75% of damage done. Solace

[21:45] causes consecration to heal you for 375%

[21:48] of the damage it deals, which will be

[21:50] buffed even further by the consecration

[21:52] damage buff from earlier. Glory of the

[21:54] vanguard now deals damage as a

[21:56] percentage of Avenger shield initial

[21:58] damage. Sentinel has been moved, and it

[22:00] now inherits the crit strike bonus of

[22:02] Avenging wrath, and sanctified wrath has

[22:05] been removed. So, you no longer have to

[22:07] choose between sanctified wrath and

[22:08] sentinel. You'll have way more damage

[22:10] baseline and more self-sustain on top of

[22:13] everything else. So, there's some huge

[22:14] changes for prop paladins in this patch.

[22:18] That's not all though, retribution also

[22:20] has some pretty significant changes. The

[22:22] apex talent was updated to let art of

[22:24] war and righteous cause stack twice, so

[22:27] you don't have to worry about spending

[22:28] those quite as quickly, and you'll lose

[22:30] fewer procs. Art of war now increases

[22:32] blade of justice's damage by 80% down

[22:35] from 150%, so that's a pretty big nerf.

[22:38] But then blade of justice base damage is

[22:40] being increased by 40%. Final verdict

[22:43] and divine storm damage will see 15%

[22:45] buffs. Avenging wrath damage bonus and

[22:47] crit strike chance bonus were reduced

[22:49] down to 15%, but then Templar strike,

[22:52] Templar slash, judgement, and hammer of

[22:54] wrath will all see 50% buffs. Divine

[22:57] toll's judgement now deals 50% increased

[22:59] damage down from 100%, and the rank

[23:01] three Apex talent saw a 25% damage

[23:04] nerve. Flash of light, word of glory,

[23:06] and eternal flame healing were all

[23:07] increased by 25%. Art of war no longer

[23:10] activates from additional sky fury

[23:12] attacks. Crusading strikes now increases

[23:14] auto attack speed by 15% instead of

[23:17] decreasing it by 20%. So, that's going

[23:20] to be pretty huge. And then, execution

[23:22] sentence area of effect radius was

[23:23] increased. Then, there are some quick

[23:25] changes to Templar. Hammer of light

[23:27] damage saw a 30% nerve, but it now only

[23:30] costs three holy power down from five.

[23:33] So, that's going to be interesting to

[23:34] get used to, but we have a lot of

[23:36] changes for retribution, which should

[23:38] lead to smoother damage overall, less

[23:40] burst damage from cool downs, and the

[23:42] Apex talent will be a bit easier to use.

[23:46] Then, we come to the priests, starting

[23:48] with discipline. There's a new talent

[23:49] that increases the healing of shadow

[23:51] mend and lets it apply a longer

[23:53] atonement effect. Flash heal will just

[23:55] now passively be shadow mend. Mind blast

[23:58] now always upgrades your next power word

[24:00] shield into void shield, but void shield

[24:02] now reflects 15% of damage taken down

[24:04] from 25%. Your Apex talent can now

[24:07] accumulate up to two charges, which

[24:09] sounds quite powerful. Flash healing

[24:11] will see a 25% buff. Smite damage is

[24:14] increased by 40% inescapable torment

[24:17] damage was nerfed by 30%. Penance no

[24:19] longer applies atonement when cast on an

[24:21] ally, and greater smite is now a one

[24:23] point talent. For Oracle, unfolding

[24:26] vision has been redesigned. Void

[24:27] weaver's void blast damage is increased

[24:29] by 25%. Void wraith damage was buffed by

[24:32] 30%, and void infusion now increases

[24:35] atonement healing from void blast and

[24:37] penance by 75% while your rift is

[24:39] active, up from 50%.

[24:42] Now, holy doesn't have too much going on

[24:44] so far in the patch. It does see a

[24:45] slight change to resonant energy in the

[24:47] Archon hero talent tree, and divine hymn

[24:50] has been updated to grant guardian

[24:51] spirit while you channel it. So, at

[24:53] least you shouldn't die quite as often

[24:55] while trying to keep everyone else

[24:56] alive. It's interesting that druids get

[24:59] an absorb shield and knockback immunity

[25:02] while priests get a lethal damage

[25:03] protection spell. I'd probably prefer

[25:06] the druid tranquility change, but what

[25:08] do you think will be more valuable? Let

[25:10] me know in the comments section below.

[25:12] And then shadow has quite a few changes

[25:14] coming their way. There's a new talent

[25:16] that causes shadowy apparitions to

[25:18] explode when they reach their target,

[25:20] which sounds really cool. Improved void

[25:22] form now causes void form to increase

[25:24] your spell damage and grant two

[25:25] additional uses of void volley. Ancient

[25:28] madness has been redesigned to give you

[25:29] stacks of a haste buff that linger after

[25:31] void form ends, and you can only use

[25:33] void volley a certain number of times in

[25:35] during each void form. And then power

[25:38] word shield saw a 25% buff. There are

[25:40] also a couple of quick changes for the

[25:42] Arcan hero talent tree, so you won't be

[25:44] quite as reliant on psychic link for

[25:46] your cleave and AoE damage, and

[25:48] exploding spirits sounds really fun.

[25:52] Now, rogues actually have quite a few

[25:53] updates in this patch, which may

[25:55] surprise many of the rogues out there.

[25:57] Thistle Tea is now a choice talent

[25:59] letting you choose between it

[26:00] automatically activating at low energy

[26:03] or giving you an ability you can cast

[26:04] actively. Atrophic Poison now reduces

[26:07] damage dealt by 4% up from 3% and its

[26:10] duration was increased to 60 seconds up

[26:12] from 10. For Fate Bound, Deal Fate now

[26:14] has a 60% chance to grant an extra combo

[26:17] point when you Seal Fate down from 100%.

[26:20] For assassination, there's a new talent

[26:22] that increases Envenom damage but

[26:23] reduces its duration. Your rank one apex

[26:26] talent has been updated to increase

[26:28] Envenom damage and restore energy for

[26:30] each combo point spent. Internal

[26:31] bleeding now triggers from casting

[26:33] kidney shot and rupture rather than also

[26:35] being applied when copying ruptures with

[26:37] Crimson Tempest. Iron Wire now causes

[26:40] garrote from stealth to silence targets

[26:42] for 5 seconds. Dashing scoundrel was

[26:44] buffed up to a 10% crit chance bonus.

[26:46] They'll see a 3% damage boost across the

[26:49] board. Death Mark was reduced to a 75%

[26:52] damage boost. Kingsbane damage to a 15%

[26:54] nerf. Shrouded Suffocation got buffed up

[26:57] to 30%. Avulsion increases rupture

[26:59] damage by 25%. Motivated Murderer energy

[27:03] was increased to 30% and Rapid

[27:05] Injection's damage bonus was buffed up

[27:06] to 20 and 40%.

[27:08] Venomous Wounds generates more energy

[27:10] when multiple targets are affected by

[27:12] your bleeds. Blindside's chance to

[27:14] trigger was reduced to 10 and 20%.

[27:16] Deadly Momentum was removed and several

[27:18] talents have shifted around in the

[27:20] talent tree.

[27:22] For Outlaw, improved Between the Eyes

[27:24] was reduced to 2.5 times normal damage

[27:26] down from three times. Fast Action has

[27:28] been updated to reduce the cooldown of

[27:30] Between the Eyes by 8 seconds up from

[27:32] five and increases the damage bonus from

[27:34] each stack by 1%. Killing Spree damage

[27:37] was increased by 60%.

[27:39] Heavy Hitter was buffed up to a 15 and

[27:41] 30% bonus. Zero In value per stack was

[27:44] reduced to 2%. Hidden Opportunities

[27:46] chance for Ambush to grant opportunity

[27:48] was increased to 100% of the chance for

[27:50] Sinister Strike's chance. And then there

[27:53] are new connections in the talent tree

[27:54] to help you pick and choose talents more

[27:56] freely. And then for Sub Rogues,

[27:58] Relentless Strikes was nerfed down to

[27:59] four energy per combo point spent.

[28:01] Shadow Craft no longer stores one

[28:03] additional combo point, but the

[28:04] frequency bonus from auto attacks was

[28:06] almost doubled. Lingering Shadow now

[28:09] also applies to Shuriken Storm and your

[28:11] Apex talent now considers the total

[28:13] damage of Secret Technique instead of

[28:15] only the initial hit.

[28:17] Moving on, we have the Shamans. For

[28:19] Elemental, Chain Lightning now hits up

[28:21] to five targets up from three. Lava

[28:23] Burst now also increases damage by a

[28:25] percent equal to your crit strike

[28:27] chance. For Elemental, a lot of damage

[28:30] has been taken out of your Ascendant's

[28:32] windows and put into your standard

[28:33] rotation. Power of the Maelstrom now

[28:35] gives a Lightning Bolt and Chain

[28:37] Lightning a chance to cause your next

[28:38] Lava Burst to deal 20% increased damage

[28:41] stacking up to two times and Lava Burst

[28:44] consumes one stack at a time.

[28:46] Stormkeeper now affects your next two

[28:47] lightning bolts or two chain lightnings

[28:49] and they cause an elemental overload on

[28:51] all targets hit. Lava burst and

[28:53] lightning bolt damage will both by 30%.

[28:56] Chain lightning and flame shock damage

[28:57] up 60%. Tempest direct damage is buffed

[29:00] by 20% and then healing surge, earth

[29:03] shield and healing stream totem also a

[29:05] 25% boost to their healing. Ascendance

[29:08] now increases the damage of over mental

[29:10] overload by 30% down from 75%.

[29:14] Bonus lava bursts when activating and

[29:16] are 50% of their normal value down from

[29:18] 100% and molten wrath now increases the

[29:21] damage of lava burst by 10% down from

[29:23] 15%. The apex talent rank one now

[29:26] increases elemental overload damage by

[29:27] 10% down from 35% but now also increases

[29:31] elemental damage by 10%. The rank two

[29:34] was nerfed down to a 15 and 30% bonus to

[29:36] crit damage down from 25 and 50% and

[29:39] elemental blast casts from fusion of the

[29:41] elements now only grants 40% of the

[29:43] normal duration of your stats above down

[29:45] from 100% and then for storm ringer

[29:48] supercharge now causes lightning bolt,

[29:50] chain lightning and tempest overloads to

[29:52] deal 10% additional damage. So

[29:54] ascendance might not be quite as fun to

[29:57] push but your damage profile should be

[29:59] smoother overall. Now enhancement

[30:02] doesn't really have much going on they

[30:03] just get the hybrid heal boosts to

[30:05] healing surge, earth shield and healing

[30:07] stream totem and then resto has been

[30:09] more or less left out too. Healing rain

[30:11] now has a 12 second cool down and 18

[30:14] second duration so you can move it

[30:16] around easier. That's all for now.

[30:19] Warlocks are up next and I'm very

[30:21] surprised to say they have the least

[30:23] changes out of any class so far in patch

[30:26] 12.1. Hell callers blackened soul and

[30:29] mark of perathon have been redesigned

[30:31] and destructions conflagration of chaos

[30:33] now causes conflagrate and shadow burn

[30:35] to always crit and the damage increased

[30:37] by your crit chance and that's it.

[30:41] And then last but not least we come to

[30:42] the warriors. Rend has been given back

[30:44] to arms warriors exclusively as an

[30:46] ability and will be single target only,

[30:48] but cleave will still apply rend to all

[30:50] targets hit. Storm of blood causes

[30:53] whirlwind to apply rend to all targets

[30:55] hit for fury and blood and thunder

[30:57] causes thunderclap to apply rend to all

[30:59] targets hit for protection. It seems

[31:01] like a bit of a weird switch around that

[31:04] ultimately doesn't really change

[31:05] anything. For arms, ravager has been

[31:08] updated to deal more damage. It no

[31:10] longer increases cleave or whirlwind

[31:12] damage and instead causes all enemies to

[31:14] take extra damage from your bleed

[31:16] effects for its duration and its

[31:17] duration is no longer affected by haste.

[31:20] Bloodletting has been updated to give

[31:22] you extra crit chance against targets

[31:24] affected by rend and mortal strike

[31:26] inflicts rend on targets below 35%

[31:29] health. Broad strokes has been updated

[31:31] so colossus smash now grants six stacks

[31:33] of sweeping strikes or news and a couple

[31:35] talents have shifted around in the

[31:37] talent tree. For colossus, tide of

[31:39] battle increases the damage of and

[31:41] execute instead of just overpower.

[31:44] Demolish's cool down was reduced to 30

[31:45] seconds baseline, but dominant of the

[31:47] colossus no longer reduces the cool down

[31:50] of demolish. For fury warrior, whirlwind

[31:53] has been updated to now generate three

[31:55] rage. Improved whirlwind now just

[31:57] increases rage generated per target hit

[31:59] and there's a new talent that increases

[32:01] whirlwind's damage when it only hits one

[32:03] target. Rampaging ruin has been

[32:05] redesigned to deal AoE damage when

[32:06] improved whirlwind is active and hack

[32:08] and slash was updated to give rampage a

[32:10] 75% chance to refund a charge of raging

[32:13] blow and increase the damage of your

[32:15] next raging blow by 20%. For mountain

[32:18] thing, thunder blast damage is buffed by

[32:19] 40% but crashing thunder's damage boost

[32:22] was nerfed down to 10%. And then we come

[32:25] to protection warriors. Devastating

[32:27] focus has been updated to also increase

[32:29] the damage of execute. Blood born now

[32:31] increases all bleed damage. Fueled by

[32:33] violence was buffed up to 125%.

[32:36] Ignore pain absorb was buffed by 25%.

[32:39] Brutal vitality at 10% of damage dealt

[32:41] to ignore pain up from 8% and ravager

[32:44] will see the same updates that arms

[32:46] warrior got. Protection will also get

[32:48] all of the changes for both hero talent

[32:50] trees that we already went over.

[32:53] So as you can see, we have an enormous

[32:56] amount of class changes planned for 12.1

[32:59] and this is just the very first build.

[33:01] As the PTR unfolds and more builds get

[33:03] pushed through, we should see even more

[33:05] tweaks and tuning. So if your class

[33:07] didn't get much in this first round,

[33:09] there's still plenty of time for changes

[33:11] to make their way into the patch. What

[33:13] do you think of the changes to your

[33:15] class and spec from what you've seen so

[33:16] far? Let me know what you think in the

[33:18] comments section below.

[33:21] Now that's all for the class changes

[33:22] coming in 12.1 but that only scratches

[33:25] the surface of what this new patch has

[33:27] to offer. We'll get a whole new zone to

[33:29] explore, new seasonal content, massive

[33:31] changes to gearing up, raid loot saw

[33:34] some big buffs, solo players have more

[33:36] content than ever and there are a bunch

[33:38] of quality of life updates too. If you

[33:40] want to check out the patch in more

[33:42] detail, I'll leave a link to our full

[33:44] preview video in the comments section

[33:46] below.

[33:48] Now in other news, we do have a couple

[33:49] of important updates for the live game

[33:51] in patch 12.0.7. To start with, the

[33:54] Umbral Champion mount has finally been

[33:56] revealed. This is the mount you can earn

[33:58] if you end the season in the top 1% of

[34:01] mythic plus players. It's a dark red

[34:03] recolor of the mythic mount from

[34:05] Kel'Thuzad's freeze mount and it looks

[34:07] pretty awesome. I might actually push

[34:09] some keys to see how close I can get to

[34:11] this reward. If you're ever curious

[34:13] about what rating you'd have to reach to

[34:15] be in the running, you can pop by

[34:17] raider.io and check out their season

[34:19] ratings cutoff page. As of writing this

[34:22] video, NA realms 1% currently sits just

[34:25] under 3,800 rating and EU realms sit at

[34:28] just over 3,850

[34:31] rating. That's only going to go up as we

[34:33] get closer to the end of the season, so

[34:35] you'll probably need to time at least

[34:37] every key on plus 20 or thereabouts if

[34:39] you want a chance of obtaining this

[34:41] shiny new mount.

[34:43] If you'd rather spend your time gearing

[34:45] up your alts and farming the patch

[34:47] 12.0.7 zones, I have some good news for

[34:49] you. All rares will now be immune to

[34:51] damage for 3 minutes after they spawn,

[34:54] giving you plenty of time to cross the

[34:56] zone to reach any rare on the map before

[34:58] they get absolutely obliterated. With

[35:01] rares offering some of the best catch-up

[35:02] rewards in the patch, this should make

[35:04] gearing up easier and faster for all

[35:07] players.

[35:08] And then the last little bit of news we

[35:10] have for this week is for the new

[35:11] Sporfall raid. The mythic version of the

[35:14] Rotmire encounter being flexible wasn't

[35:16] the only change to mythic difficulty. It

[35:19] also doesn't have a standard mythic

[35:21] lockout. That means you can go in as

[35:23] many times as you want and kill the boss

[35:25] over and over and over again to help out

[35:27] your friends or guildies. Now, you only

[35:29] get one chance at loot for your very

[35:31] first kill, so you may be wondering, why

[35:34] would anyone even bother? And that's

[35:36] where bonus rolls come in. Because you

[35:39] can kill the boss repeatedly, you can

[35:41] actually roll on the boss as many times

[35:43] as you want within a week as long as you

[35:45] have the bonus rolls to spend. Using two

[35:48] void core bonus rolls guarantees you a

[35:50] piece of gear, and with the duplicate

[35:52] protection actually working nowadays,

[35:54] you won't ever see the same piece twice.

[35:57] That means if you have enough bonus

[35:59] rolls, you could theoretically get every

[36:02] single piece of loot from Rotmire in one

[36:04] week, giving you an insane item level

[36:07] advantage. And that's what some players

[36:09] have been doing. The only problem is

[36:12] that this wasn't really available for

[36:14] any other mythic boss due to the mythic

[36:17] lockout changes, so it wasn't clear if

[36:19] this was intended or if those players

[36:21] would end up getting rolled back or

[36:23] receiving some kind of punishment. But

[36:25] the dev team took to the forums to

[36:27] confirm that there are no current plans

[36:29] to change Sepulcher's loot lockout and

[36:32] players are free to use multiple bonus

[36:34] rolls on repeated attempts for this

[36:36] encounter. So, we have a blue post to

[36:38] confirm that you can roll as many times

[36:40] as you want to get that shiny 298 gear.

[36:44] But that's all of the updates we have so

[36:45] far. So, that's it for this week's WoW

[36:48] news video. What do you think of the

[36:50] huge round of class changes slated for

[36:52] patch 12.1? And how do you feel about

[36:55] certain specs getting reworked yet

[36:57] again? Leave all your thoughts in the

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