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Gamescom Round Up: Friday August 7th
posted
2015/08/07 at 3:51 PM
by
Serrinn
Gamescom continued today with the Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm panels! Below we have summarized the info from those panels, we well as new World of Warcraft: Legion and Diablo 3 information released today. We learned today that Demon Hunters will start above level 90 and that there are no weapon drops in Legion--you'll just have your Artifact weapon!
5955
New Site Feature: Class Guides Revamp, Spectral Tiger Giveaway
posted
2015/07/02 at 4:50 PM
by
Serrinn
Last year we launched class guides on Wowhead, written by members of the WoW community. This got a great response and we continued to update them each patch, but we are always looking to improve upon new features. Today, we are officially launching the revamped class guides - that means more information, more detail, and easier-to-read guides. We are very excited about the work that has gone into these, and we're excited to share them with you! The authors put a great deal of work into these guides, and it shows.
Click Here to Browse Our New Classes Section
Here are some changes and improvements we've made to the new class guides:
We've split out the massive DPS guides into guides for each spec for better readability--you can still find guides for the other specs linked on the right-hand side of the guide page.
Instead of putting all the information on one page, we've broken it up into multiple pages. This gives us more flexibility and space to explain basic concepts like rotations or embed a talent calculator build.
Our Classes Page
has gotten a facelift, with a new layout, more links, and guides that provide an overview for
Tanking
,
Melee DPS
,
Ranged DPS
, and
Healing
.
You can find class guides by going to
http://www.wowhead.com/classes
which is on the navigation menu at the top of each page, and we've also added links on our
talent calculator
pages.
To help with better gearing recommendations, we've been adding new item features in the past few months--stat weights now have values for different gear levels (currently ilvl 630, 705, 720, and 735 for 6.2), you can quickly compare two items (including DPS trinkets) at
http://www.wowhead.com/upgrade
, you can see detailed Warforged/socket variations when ranking items for a particular slot, and you can pin a character via the
Profiler
to get alerts if an item you're browsing is an upgrade or not.
To celebrate our revamped class guide launch, we’re giving away one
Spectral Tiger Mount
courtesy of
WoWTCGLoot
! Simply comment letting us know what your main spec is for 6.2 by July 9th for a chance to win!
17
Guide to Ranged DPS: Gameplay Tips and Class Selection
posted
2015/01/03 at 12:53 PM
by
Anshlun
Following our earlier
guide to tanks and tanking
, today we have a similar guide to ranged DPS. Like the earlier tanking guide, this is aimed at newer players, or players who want to try a new role.
Guide to Dealing Damage and Ranged DPS.
Dealing damage, or, in short, DPSing, is one of the most common roles in World of Warcraft, which can be separated in two large groups:
Those who do damage mostly to nearby enemies, or, as we call, enemies in melee range.
Those who do damage to enemies usually from a far distance.
This guide will cover the latter group, helping you pick within the options available from all the classes and explaining the basics that every DPS should know!
Dealing damage is the most competitive role in World of Warcraft. Ranged damage dealers have a few basic responsibilities:
Make sure to deal as much damage as possible.
Position yourself properly to make sure to be in range of your enemies and not standing in something bad.
Unless explicit told to, avoid to stay nearby other raid members.
Kill enemies quickly so tanks and healers can have an easier time.
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Warlords of Draenor Launch Guide
posted
2014/11/12 at 9:46 AM
by
perculia
Warlords of Draenor Launch Guide
Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, launched on November 13th. The Wowhead team has compiled a list of our most useful guides and content to help you build your garrison, pick your gear, play your class, and more! Our database is completely updated for Warlords of Draenor data as well.
Also huge thanks to our beta testers! We gave away five thousand beta keys and have received many wonderful comments and screenshots to help everyone navigate Draenor.
46
Wowhead Class and Boosted 90 Prepatch Guides, Blizzard Video Guides, October 20th Hotfixes
posted
2014/10/20 at 1:02 PM
by
perculia
Warlords of Draenor Class Guides
On Patch 6.0.2's launch, we released a series of
updated role guides
geared towards boosted or beginner players. With the recent Boosted Guide update, we thought it would be a good time to highlight them again. These guides are written by well-known theorycrafters and bloggers, with information on key abilities, stat priorities, utility spells, talents, glyphs, and more.
As many classes will have a different playstyle at 100 due to additional perks and talents, we've released these guides with their level 100 information so you can see how everything fits together. If something feels off with your class in the prepatch, it may be solved at 100 with additional mechanics.
The guides contain valuable prepatch information, including a summary of what's changed in the prepatch and enchanting/gem info at level 90, since you can't access the Warlords versions just quite yet.
Guides
Death Knight:
DPS (Frost/Unholy)
and
Blood
Druid:
Feral
,
Balance
,
Guardian
, and
Restoration
Hunter:
Hunter DPS Guide (Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival)
Mage:
Mage DPS (Arcane, Fire, Frost)
Monk:
Brewmaster
,
Mistweaver
, and
Windwalker
Paladin:
Holy
,
Protection
, and
Retribution
Priest:
Healing Priest Guide (Disc/Holy)
and
Shadow Priest
Rogue:
Rogue DPS (Assassination, Combat, Subtlety)
Shaman:
Elemental
,
Enhancement
, and
Restoration
Warlock:
Warlock DPS (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)
Warrior:
Warrior DPS Guide (Arms/Fury)
and
Protection Warrior
Blizzard's Level 90 Video Guides
Blizzard has also put together a set of videos for the basics of one spec for each class to get you started with a class or spec you're completely new to.
<p>Want to leap into action with a new class at level 90 but not sure how to begin? In our new videos—one for each of WoW’s 11 classes—we’ll give you a crash course on how to play your new level-90 character. To help you get started, these videos focus on one damage-dealing (DPS) specialization for each class.</p>
<p>Click your class of choice below to begin your training!</p>
<center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" style="width: 500px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="
http://youtu.be/D7wkdB79oQ8"
target="_blank"><img alt="Death Knight" data-id="14131204" src="
https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/6LQCVJR7RZLB1400272575520.png"
style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; width: 188px; height: 109px;" /></a><br />
<strong>Death Knight</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="
http://youtu.be/DE54uV2CvpE"
target="_blank"><img alt="Druid" data-id="14131204" src="
https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/YYLQFYMH6XP11400272575526.png"
style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; width: 188px; height: 109px;" /></a><br />
<strong>Druid</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="
http://youtu.be/A0tE13fZqcA"
target="_blank"><img alt="Hunter" data-id="14131204" src="
https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/UXNFJBZL83HG1400272575530.png"
style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; width: 188px; height: 109px;" /></a><br />
<strong>Hunter</strong></td>
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Patch 6.0.2 Survival Guides: How to Play Your Class, Prelaunch Event, New Content, and Gearing Up
posted
2014/10/14 at 12:21 PM
by
perculia
Warlords of Draenor is nearly here with The Iron Tide prepatch. In this patch, you will find all systems changes, including class buffs and nerfs, the Toy Box, new character models, and the Group Finder!
Perculia and Olivia hosted a 6.0.2 Q&A yesterday covering popular topics like Garrosh heirlooms, character models, and the new UBRS:
We also have a video of Blizzard's own 6.0.2 Survival Guide :
Below we've listed our most popular guides for the prepatch, covering what's new, the event in the Blasted Lands/UBRS, gearing changes, and how to play your class in the patch.
Also do keep in mind that if you do not see 6.0.2 information on a database page or some links look odd, it is most likely due to cache. The database is updated on our end, just clear your browser cache to update the page.
We've also started up a blog documenting all the
known bugs, hotfixes, and patch note clarifications
.
This guide covers all the content and system updates coming in the Warlords of Draenor prepatch--before the expansion hits.
This patch contains many system and UI changes for Warlords of Draenor--you just can’t access Draenor content or level to 100.
Here are the improvements:
Bag Space Improvements
Character Models
Class and Glyph Changes
Group Finder
Guild Leveling Removed
Item Changes
Raid Changes
Racial Traits
Skirmishes
Toy Box
Transmog Improvements
Undelete Character
Unified Auction Houses
Changed Old Raids
UI Improvements
View this Guide
With currency changes coming in the prepatch and an item level requirement for the special version of UBRS, we thought we’d put together a guide on some easy new ways to get gear.
We’ve also put in a refresher course on item changes relevant to the prepatch as well--including changed gem stats and removed combat perks.
Gearing up Quickly:
Justice Gear for Gold
New UBRS
First Garrosh Heirloom 100% Chance
PvP Gear for Honor
Gear Changes:
Item Scaling
Hit and Expertise Removed
Gem and Enchant Changes
Profession Combat Perks Removed
Additional Detailed Item Changes
View this Guide
Patch 6.0.2: The Iron Tide hits with a special prelaunch event featuring the Iron Horde. This features an instance with special armor and a new Blasted Lands questline that can only be completed for a few weeks.
Completing the level 90 version of
Upper Blackrock Spire
rewards special ilvl 550 loot, some of which resembles popular old items. We've included loot tables and strategies in our guide.
Completing the Blasted Lands questline rewards
Iron Starlette
and
<Of The Iron Vanguard
>.
View this Guide
Class information
is a crucial resource for players in the prepatch with all the spell changes, so our expert guide writers have updated their beginner class guides for the prepatch and level 100. We've gone for brevity, to give you just the core facts you need to get started, without bogging you down with hugely detailed strategies.
We also have extensive list of class changes throughout the Warlords of Draenor beta. They are organized by spell type and then what's new, changed. and removed. We've also included pictures of changed spell effects and new Tier armor.
View this Guide
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Warlords of Draenor™ Beta Patch Notes: August 27 and Class Blue Tweets
posted
2014/08/27 at 7:34 PM
by
perculia
The latest Warlords of Draenor Patch Notes have been posted, and we have a TL;DR for different classes, with the full notes after.
Remember that these are not necessarily in line with the current beta build, or the associated datamining.
We've also updated our
Warlords of Draenor Class Guides
with the latest patch notes! They also cover new tier models, spell effects, and datamined spell changes.
Epicurean
now increases the benefit of Well Fed effects by 75% (down from 100%).
Typhoon
now has a range of 15 yards (down from 30 yards).
Wyvern Sting
now has a 1.5 second cast time.
Silence
is now available to Discipline and
Shadow Priest
s.
Deadly Throw
now requires 5 Combo Points in order to interrupt spell casting (up from 3 Combo Points).
no longer removes movement-impairing effects.
Pillar of Frost
now increases Strength by 15% (down from 20%).
now increases attack speed by 20%
35%
(down from 45%), and haste by 5% (up from 0%).
now increases the damage of
Obliterate
by 50% (up from 40%) and melee damage by 35% (up from 30%) while wielding a two-handed weapon, and increases the damage of
Frost Strike
by 50% (up from 35%) while dual-wielding.
Razorice
now deals 4% additional weapon damage (up from 2%), and increases Frost damage by 2%
4%
per stack (down
up
from 3%).
now increases all damage dealt by 15%
20%
, instead of increasing rune regeneration rate.
now increases your
critical strike chance
, Multistrike chance, haste, and Stamina by 10% (up from 9% to Stamina only), reduces the chance for attacks to be parried by 3%, increases the damage of
Death Strike
by 100%, and grants 1 Runic Power per second while in combat.
Conversion
no longer has an initial tick, and now costs 30
15
Runic Power/second for Blood, 10 Runic Power/second for Frost, and 20 Runic Power/second for Unholy.
Barkskin's
no longer provides pushback protection
, but its cooldown has been reduced to 30 seconds.
Nature's Vigil
, while active, increases single-target damage and healing caused by healing spells by 30% (up from 25%), and all single-target damage spells also heal a nearby friendly target for 40% of the damage done (up from 25%). Its healing now targets allies within 40 yards of the
Druid
(instead of within 40 yards of the target).
now has a 20% chance to trigger (up from a 15% chance), but now only grants 1 charge each time it triggers (down from 2 charges).
's effects have been incorporated into
.
's cooldown is reset if it is dispelled.
now has a 6% chance to trigger for every 10 Focus spent (instead of a flat 30% chance).
has a 20% chance to trigger (down from 30%).
We've changed the combat rotations of each
Hunter
specialization (primarily through Ability Pruning) with the goal of them being a platform to build upon with talents. To facilitate this, we've modified several talents to add additional rotational depth.
Hunter
s had many talent options which added abilities to their rotation, but most of them had quite simple usage, with little interaction with your rotation or other abilities. Now, there should be more of a variety; still some simple talents, but also some talents that create a more engaging combat rotation.
Barrage
now has a 20 second cooldown (down from 30 seconds), costs 60 Focus (up from 30 Focus), and its damage has been increased by 100%.
Murder of Crows has been changed. Its duration, cost, and cooldown have been reduced by 50%. It no longer has a shorter cooldown when used on low health targets. Instead, its cooldown is reset if the target dies.
Fervor
has been replaced with a new passive ability, Steady Focus.
Steady Focus increases Focus Regeneration by 50% for 10 seconds after using
or
twice in a row, or after using
.
Survivalist
increases Multistrike damage by 20%
the chance to Multistrike by 10%
, and causes the
Hunter
to gain 15% health over 10 seconds after killing a target.
can no longer be used to heal the Mage's Water Elemental.
The Brain Freeze effect now increases
Flurry
's damage by 25%
15%
, and can now stack up to 2 times. It also no longer triggers from the Bomb Talents, and instead has a 10% chance to trigger from
casts. Each Multistrike of Frostbolt increases that cast's chance by an additional 25%. (Total of 60% on double-Multistrikes).
Power Strikes
now triggers every 15 seconds (up from every 20 seconds), and also triggers from
Effuse
(for Mistweavers only), but no longer triggers from
Crackling Jade Lightning
.
Selfless Healer
no longer causes
to apply to
Flash of Light
. For Holy Paladins, it now increases the healing of
Flash of Light
on others by 35% per stack (up from 20%). For Retribution and Protection Paladins, the effect on
Flash of Light
remains unchanged.
Beacon of Light
now has a small Mana cost.
Beacon of Light
's effects have been changed and merged into baseline
Beacon of Light
.
Beacon of Light
now causes
Flash of Light
and
Holy Light
on a
Beacon of Light
target to refund 40% of the spell's Mana cost instead of generating 1 Holy Power.
Shadow Word: Pain
's initial damage is now considered direct damage, not periodic damage.
Shadowy Apparitions
and
Shadowy Insight
are no longer able to trigger from this initial direct damage.
increases the amount of the Multistrike stat gains from all sources by 5%, and increases the damage and healing of Multistrikes by 20%
25%.
now grants
Sinister Strike
a 25% chance to generate an extra Combo Point (up from 20%)
deals 20% more damage
, but no longer advances
.
now causes
Elemental Blast
,
Lightning Bolt
, and
Chain Lightning
damage and multistrike damage to always generate an additional
charge, up to a maximum of 15.
Earth Shock
will consume any charges beyond 1, dealing their total damage to the enemy target.
Magma Totem
's damage has been increased by 100%, and now ticks faster with Haste.
's chance to trigger has been reduced by 20%.
Searing Totem's Searing Bolt now has a 2-second cast time (up from 1.5 seconds), but casts faster with Haste, and its damage has been increased by 120%
65%
.
Healthstone
's cooldown will now not reset until the player leaves combat. Healing from this ability is now a flat amount (instead of a % of maximum health) and can no longer be a Critical Effect.
Haunt
now increases periodic damage by 30% (down from 35%).
Mastery:
has been slightly changed. It now passively increases all damage by 6% regardless of form. While in
, it further increases the damage of
,
Chaos Wave
,
,
Immolation Aura
, and
while by 12%.
now increases all damage by 30% (up from 20%) while using one-handed weapons.
now increases damage by 10% (down from 15%).
Protection:
Heavy Repercussions
:
Shield Slam
deals 50% additional damage while
Shield Block
or
Shield Charge
is active.
We also expanded
to affect all damage, not just Physical damage, and increased its duration slightly so that it can cover burst windows like
Colossus Smash
adequately.
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Warlords of Draenor Beta: Screenshots and Video of New Spell Effects for All Classes
posted
2014/08/03 at 12:30 PM
by
perculia
Many Level 100 talents and revised abilities have cool spell effects in Warlords of Draenor, so we've put together a series of screenshots and videos! In addition, we've updated our
Warlords of Draenor Class Changes Guides
with new sections highlighting the spell effects for each class.
We're also giving away some Warlords of Draenor beta keys if you
sub to our YouTube channel and leave a comment on the latest Wowhead Weekly with your favorite topic
.
27
Updated WoD Class Previews: Tier 17 Set Bonuses and 3D Models
posted
2014/06/24 at 11:30 AM
by
perculia
Our
Warlords of Draenor Class Previews
have been updated with the 3D models and Tier 17 set bonuses from the latest build!
Olivia also put together a video of the new Tier 17 and Mythic models we've added to our guides. If you like our Warlords video coverage, consider giving our
Youtube channel a subscribe
.
26
Introducing Wowhead Class Guides
posted
2014/03/28 at 4:21 PM
by
perculia
Class information is a crucial resource for boosted 90 players and alts. Here at Wowhead we try to build tools and present data in the best possible way to help players, and since class gameplay lends itself well to guides, we've launched a new Class Guide section!
Click here to check out our new class guides!
These guides are in the style of our popular guides written by Wowhead staff, such as our holiday and patch guides. We've asked a number of raiders and bloggers, many of which were familiar faces at WoW Insider, to write guides aimed towards beginners. We've aimed for brevity, to give you just the core facts you need to get started, without bogging you down with hugely detailed strategies.
The guides include everything you need to get started:
Spells: core abilities, rotations and priority systems, self buffs, utility, CC and more
Talents: basic builds and optimal choices for different situations
Glyphs: the most popular choices and options for different contexts
Stats/Reforging: your main pr
15
Blizzard Dev Notes, Patch 5.0.5 Hotfixes
posted
2012/11/08 at 11:35 AM
by
perculia
Earlier this week, the Blizzard Community Team shared notes from weekly developer meetings to fansites! While this is a partial transcript as not all questions and answers can be shared with the public, there's a ton of useful information covering a wide breadth of topics and it's a neat to see what's discussed at dev meetings. We've summarized the highlights below, and be sure to check out (removed) the complete Q&A over at Wowjuju, as well as their extremely-useful (removed).
Classes
Several class issues and abilities were brought up:
Zen Pilgrimage
,
Hunter
pet storage, PvP Balance for
Rogue
and
Shaman
.
Challenge Modes
The instance creation cap can be dodged by resetting while inside the instance.
Challenge Mode mounts are intended to be account-wide.
Leaderboards are planned to not be reset this expansion.
PvP
Blizzard is happy with PvP vendors on the wall: map icons and in-game mail clarify their locations. The rewards from random Battlegrounds and dungeon bonuses were changed to fit the new reward structure in MoP. Discip
28
Mists of Pandaria Launch Guide
posted
2012/09/24 at 8:46 PM
by
perculia
Mists of Pandaria, the fourth World of Warcraft expansion,
went live on September 25th
. We've rounded up our daily beta previews and created a guide to
everything
that's new--from Tier Armor to neon Pandaren hair streaks.
Our database is completely updated for Mists of Pandaria as well and we added several features earlier today, most notably an
interactive world map
and a
visual database for battle pets
.
Read more about all the new features
here
.
General Changes
Some quality-of-life changes and clarifications relevant to Mists' launch:
You will
not need to log out at midnight PST
to play Mists. You will get a quest at midnight directing you to quest in the new zones, and will be able to create Pandaren on the character selection screen.
Quest rewards in Mists are
dynamic
. This means th
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