5.4 PTR: Build 17331 Spell Changes, BlizzCon Barcodes Mailed Today

Posted 2013/08/26 at 12:50 PM by perculia

official patch notesTier 16Season 14Shaohao reputation previewnew achievementsnoreply AT http://pnmi.comBlizzCon twitterend of the month or early SeptemberClassesHunterForumTalent CalculatorSpell Changes

: An instant shot that causes 125% weapon damage plus 19022306 as Arcane damage.

Talents and Specialization

: Your pet rapidly charges from target to target, attacking 9 times over 4 sec. Each attack causes the target to bleed for of Attack Power) * 5] damage over 15 sec, stacking up to 9 times. The pet must be within 10 yards of the target to Lynx Rush.

Aimed Shot: A powerful aimed shot that deals 400%450% ranged weapon damage plus 2996 to 3310.2605 to 2878.

: You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing 227 + 678244 + 730) / 2 + Ranged attack power * 363391 / 1000] Fire damage initially and every second for 2 sec and applying the Hunter's Mark effect.

Kill Command: Give the command to kill, causing your pet to instantly inflict 698935 + (Ranged attack power * 0.8050.938)) * 1] damage to its target and apply the Hunter's Mark effect. The pet must be within 25 yards of the target to Kill Command.

PaladinForumTalent CalculatorTalents and Specialization

: Summons a Guardian of Ancient Kings to help you heal for 15 sec. The Guardian of Ancient Kings will heal the targets of your heals for an additional 30% of the amount healed and grants you 10% haste for its duration.

RogueForumTalent CalculatorTalents and Specialization

: While wielding daggers, your maximum Energy is increased by 20 and your damage is increased by 30%25%.

NPC Abilities

Lynx Rush: Your pet rapidly charges from target to target, attacking 9 times over 4 sec. Each attack causes the target to bleed for of Attack Power) * 5] damage over 15 sec, stacking up to 9 times. The pet must be within 10 yards of the target to Lynx Rush.

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Adrenaline Bomb: Lobs an adrenaline bomb, granting nearby units 50%20% bonus melee, spell and ranged haste, and increasing damage dealt by 50%20%.

: A powerful aimed shot that deals 400%450% ranged weapon damage plus 1371 to 4112.

Chain Lightning: Inflicts 170625 to 179375 Nature damage, chaining to nearby enemies.

Corrosive Blood: Inflicts 48750 to 51250 Nature damage initially, and then 14000 Nature damage every 21 seconds.

Deafening Screech: Inflicts 224250 to 235750312000 to 328000 Physical damage to all enemies and interrupts spellcasting for 2 sec.

Fearsome Roar: Inflicts 136500 to 143500 Physical damage in a frontal cone. The roar incites terror in the heart of enemies, causing them to take 50%25% more damage per stack.

Kill Command: Give the command to kill, causing your pet to instantly inflict + (Ranged attack power * 0.8050.938)] * 1] damage to its target and apply the Hunter's Mark effect. The pet must be within 25 yards of the target to Kill Command.

Panic: Inflicts 136500 to 143500 Sonic damage in a frontal cone. The roar incites terror in the heart of enemies, this panic causes them to take 50%25% more damage per stack.

Shadow Stalk: Steps through the shadows and reappears behind the enemy.

Comment by izaulyay moar huntar buffs!Comment by 561614I was hoping in a enha shaman buff (PVE only) the dps of this spec is pretty ridicolous.... still hope in Blizzard... you have 2 weeks to buff my loved enhancement shaman and make it usefull in pve!Comment by 498472im so glad i stopped playing a week ago....Comment by 903435This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by numbersoulim so glad i stopped playing a week ago....Comment by kalgromashI'm ok with these hunter buffs they really needed it in pve and in pve with the lsos of Readiness makes sense they have more up time damage. Now fix enh shammies Blizzard... Damage wen't down by a huge margin just because of one ability and cd. Also warriors still need OP and MS buffs. Obviously TFB won't be reworked now but still. Also frost dk still low in dps I have no idea how lmao. shift howling blast damage to frost strike but by a huge number maybe? something around the rune dumps, I never thought aoe was in a wrong place for frost. Frost mages still need icicles to go faster to target and benefit from crit on frozen targets. nerfing burst time is fine, nerfing it completely isn't.Comment by 903435This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by MenardisBefore anyone moans about Hunter buffs, a few things to remember:

- Arcane Shot's cost has went up as well.

- Aimed Shot isn't a huge part as much as other shots are of the MM rotation and although the tier bonus seems to be trying to involve it more in the rotations which is nice to see, the initial Ready, Aim ramp up time still feels slow at times. In PvP AiS has even less emphasis unless you have excellent timing, use the glyph and get lucky.

- Lynx Rush is rarely used for pvp for obvious reasons. In PvE it was looking far more favourable to choose Murder of Crows (more damage) or Blink Strikes (less buttons and superior choice for BM hunters regardless) so it makes sense to buff it to keep it in line with that tier of talents.

A necessary damage buff after the loss of Readiness that shouldn't affect PvP, except for Arcane Shot, which I am a bit worried about. Afaik however, the PvP set bonus has moved the nearly 100% uptime of 800 pvp power from AS spam back to Rapid Fire's initial buff for 4 piece set.

Things might change once things go live, but BM Hunters won't be anywhere as overwhelmingly stupid as they have been. I hope.Comment by IceveiledUp and down we go. Hey the patch is still 3 weeks off. Could see more hunter nerfs in that time. :-\Comment by leon57Yay! Give rogues hope then shoot em down...

>.>Comment by VihavierasI was hoping in a enha shaman buff (PVE only) the dps of this spec is pretty ridicolous.... still hope in Blizzard... you have 2 weeks to buff my loved enhancement shaman and make it usefull in pve!Comment by 678294im happy too see some hunter buffs, this finally should push a bit up and that's always a good thing.

now they just got too make Enh work agian for PvE.

god im hating on PvP this expansion ruining PvE.
not that most changes were undeserved for PvP. but why did the PvE side have too suffer directly also from them.

they should do more seperate effect spell in PvE/PvP, like collusal smash and stampede.
so prevent PvE and PvP screwing each other over.Comment by 498472im so glad i stopped playing a week ago....Comment by 1073501im so glad i stopped playing a week ago....Comment by 561614I was hoping in a enha shaman buff (PVE only) the dps of this spec is pretty ridicolous.... still hope in Blizzard... you have 2 weeks to buff my loved enhancement shaman and make it usefull in pve!Comment by kalgromashI was hoping in a enha shaman buff (PVE only) the dps of this spec is pretty ridicolous.... still hope in Blizzard... you have 2 weeks to buff my loved enhancement shaman and make it usefull in pve!Comment by kalgromash'' quote Final fantasy XIV launched last week too...''

As if that game is gonna be awesome. that game has as much chance of success as ben affleck has as batman.Comment by Adamsm'' quote Final fantasy XIV launched last week too...''

As if that game is gonna be awesome. that game has as much chance of success as ben affleck has as batman.Comment by kalgromash'' quote Final fantasy XIV launched last week too...''

As if that game is gonna be awesome. that game has as much chance of success as ben affleck has as batman.Comment by Adamsm
It flunked when it came out and they want it to be subscription based. Also no real PVP content and as usual their PVE content isn't surprising as well. A game carried by graphics always dies out.