Battle for Azeroth 8.0 Pre-Patch Coming July 17th

Posted 2018/07/12 at 8:03 PM by Squishei

8.0 Pre-Patch Content HubWhat To Do Before Battle for Azeroth Guide

Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch Survival Guide

The BFA pre-patch has many changes to classes, professions, items, and models. We have it all covered in our survival guide! With the loss of the artifact weapons for your specs, there are many changes to classes and our class guides are updated for 8.0.

Mage

Monk

Paladin

Priest

Rogue

Shaman

Warlock

Warrior

Things to Do Before Pre-PatchWhat To Do Before Battle for Azeroth Guide

Ahead of the Curve: Argus the Unmaker and Cutting Edge: Argus the Unmaker - If you need help getting Ahead of the Curve: Argus the Unmaker, you can check out the amazing websites Friendship Birb or Perky Pugs.

The Chosen - This achievement will be moved to a Feat of Strength in Patch 8.0

First Aid Achievements - First Aid achievements have been moved to Legacy which indicates they may be unobtainable in the prepatch.

Legion Elite PvP Sets - The 7.3 Elite Transmogs will become unobtainable.

Mage Tower Appearances - Any Mage Tower appearances not obtained by 8.0 will become unobtainable. Need help? Check out our guides.

Ashran and Strand of the Ancients - Both zones will be retiring. If you have any achievements that you want, it's time to get them now!

Pet Charms - If you want to buy Battle Stones, buy them before the Pre-Patch! Find out more here.

Prestige Rewards - After the conversion into Honor, many Prestige Rewards will require much more Honor than before. Click here for more details.

New FeaturesBurning of Teldrassil and Battle for UndercityWar-Torn Reins of the Undercity PlaguebatSmoldering Reins of the Teldrassil HippogryphpurchaseLoot DistributionPersonal Lootcurrently

The Raid Mount is given to a random member of the raid who does not already have the mount.

With the Mythic Gul'dan mount (Fiendish Hellfire Core), you can trade it with PL. However, this currently does NOT work with the Argus mount (Shackled Ur'zul). For guilds who are selling the Argus mount, it's important to make sure that every person in the raid already owns the mount.

Legacy Loot ModeBattle for Azeroth will return

The number of items dropped by bosses will be the same as if you were in a full party.

Flexible raid sizes will act if there were 20 players.

All items on the loot table can drop, not just ones designated for your spec.

War Mode

In the open world, you will only see players that also have War Mode turned on.

You get 10% increased experince and currencies (Honor, Gold, Resources, AP).

You get to use your PvP Talents in the Open World

War Mode GuideGuild UI and CommunitiesGuild and Communities UI articleStat and Item Level Squish

Instance

LFR

Normal

Heroic

Mythic

Emerald Nightmare

162

168

174

180

Trial of Valor

166

172

178

184

Trial of Valor - Helya

168

174

180

186

Nighthold - Early

170

176

182

188

Nighthold - Middle

172

178

184

190

Nighthold - Gul'dan

174

180

186

192

Tomb of Sargeras

182

188

195

210

Tomb of Sargeras - Kil'Jaeden

186

192

205

220

Antorus

195

210

225

240

Antorus - Argus

205

220

235

250

Stat Squish and Item Level Changes GuideClass ChangesArtifacts

Find out more about all the Artifact updates by clicking here!

all artifact traits

Many of these traits are reused in the Battle for Azeroth Pre-Patch as core abilities or talents and you can find out more in our Artifact Traits Returning in Battle for Azeroth Guide.

Artifact Skins that required specific Prestige Levels now require Honor Levels instead. You'll receive one PvP tint at Honor Level 10, Honor Level 30, Honor Level 50, Honor Level 80.

Druids will be able to transmog their special Artifact forms through a new option in the dropdown menu called "Artifact Pair"

Class Raid Buffs and Class Dispel Utility

First are Primary Stat Buffs which can be buffed by Mage, Priest and Warrior
Mage: Arcane Intellect - Infuses the target with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 10% for 1 hour. If target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected.

Priest: Power Word: Fortitude - Infuses the target with vitality, increasing their Stamina by 10% for 1 hour. If the target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected.

Warrior: Battle Shout - Increases the Strength and Agility of all raid and party members within 100 yards by 10% for 1 hour.

Damage Modifier DebuffsMonkDemon Hunter

Monk: Mystic Touch - Your damage weakens the target, increasing Physical damage taken by 5%.

Demon Hunter: Chaos Brand - Your Chaos/Fire damage brands the target, increasing magic damage taken by 5%.

Dispel and Purge Utility is being added

Demon Hunter have Consume Magic as a Magic Purge joining Mage, Priest, Shaman and Warlock (Felhunter).

Mage have Remove Curse back as a Curse Removal joining Druid and Shaman.

Hunter and Druid have regained the ability to Dispel Enrage effects using Soothe and Hunter Pets respectively.

Poisons can still be dispelled by Druid, Monk and Paladin.

Diseases can still be dispelled by Monk, Paladin and Priest.

Class Systems Changes

Individual buttons for Druid travel forms.
Each individual Druid travel form now has its own passive ability, meaning druids can glyph different forms for each of their travel forms.

The majority of class cooldowns have been added to the GCD

Abilities that are in the Global Cooldown, or GCD, cannot be used at the same time, meaning you must wait for the default GCD, 1.5s reduced by haste, until you can use your next ability.

Before BfA, many abilities were called "off-GCD" as you could two or more of them at the same time, even in the same button macro. For BfA, Blizzard started to reduce to amount of abilities in this state.

All melee abilities now scale with both Attack Power and Weapon Damage

The actual ability damage formula for all non-casters has changed, and now all those abilities use both weapon damage and attack power, even abilities like Shield Slam or Howling Blast.

This appears to be intended to create a better balance between classes, rather than some favoring weapons heavily (Warrior), while others hardly at all (Monk).

Bleed and Poison ticks now scale with Haste

Bleeds and poisons from Druid, Rogue, and Warrior were the only over time effects not affected by haste, which is being changed in Battle for Azeroth.

Hunter pets have set specializations, which offer different types of utility, and several pet families have changed specs

Hunter pets are receiving an overhaul in BfA to improve their utility and streamline their usability.

Battle for Azeroth has a huge stat and ilvl squish.

Battle for Azeroth implements the second stat squish for World of Warcraft, two expansions after the Warlords of Draenor Squish.

Unlike Warlords, Battle for Azeroth will also have an item level squish, changing the item level previously found on classic items as well.

Tank Threat has been massively reduced

Battle for Azeroth reduces the Threat of all tank specializations by ~75% from it's Legion counterparts.

PvP Talents are available in the Open World if War Mode is turned on.

With the new War Mode feature, PvP talents can be used while questing.

Specific Class ChangesCheck out all Battle for Azeroth changes for every class and specialization!

PvP Talents Guide

Will to Survive Cooldown changed from 2 min cooldown to 3 min cooldown. Shared cooldown increased from 30s to 90s.

Arcane Torrent No longer interrupts, instead attempts to remove a beneficial effect from all nearby enemies. Now on the GCD

Other UpdatesCharacter Customization Updates

Find out more about all the Character Customization updates by clicking here!

You can now also change your Skin Colour at the Barber Shop using In-Game Gold!

If you are an Orc, it will allow you to choose the Upright Posture!
You can currently preview the upright Orcs, as well as their animations in Wowhead's Dressing Room and selecting the "Use upright posture".

Wowhead Dressing RoomhereCollection Updates

Find out more about all the Collection updates by clicking here!

No Stable Big Enough for collecting 350 mounts rewards Biting Frostshard Core

A Horde of Hoofbeats for collecting 400 mounts rewards Frenzied Feltalon

80 Exalted Reputations for hitting Exalted with 80 reputations rewards

100 Exalted Reputations for hitting Exalted with 100 reputations rewards and Pureheart Courser

Toybox Tycoon for collecting 400 toys rewards Brutus

Pet Emporium for collecting 800 pets rewards Rooter

Master of Minions for collecting 1000 unique pets rewards Hearthy

Creature Model Updates

Find out more about all the Creature Model updates by clicking here!

hereClass Ability Animations

Find out more about all the Class Ability updates by clicking here!

All three warlock specs received massive updates to their visuals and also applied to the Green Fire visuals - Affliction Video, Demonology Video, Destruction Video

Feral Druids received updates to their running and walking animations - Video

Guardian Druids and their Artifact skins received updates - Video

Mage's Water Elemental is updated!

Shaman's Fire and Earth Elementals are also updated!

Profession Updates

Find out more about all the Profession updates by clicking here!

Classic goes up to 300

Outland, Northrend, Catalcysm, Pandaria goes up to 75

Draenor and Legion goes up to 100

Kul Tiras and Zandalar goes up to 150

PvP Updates

Find out more about all the Honor updates by clicking here!

account-widereleased an addon

Legion Reward

Legion Prestige in Honor Level*

BFA Honor Level Requirement

Prestige 1: Alliance Enthusiast/Horde Fanatic

Honor Level 3.5

Honor Level 20

Prestige 2: First PvP Tint

Honor Level 8.5

Honor Level 10

Prestige 3: Honorable Pennant

Honor Level 13.5

Honor Level 10

Prestige 4: Prestigious Bronze Courser

Honor Level 18.5

Honor Level 15

Prestige 5:

Honor Level 23.5

Honor Level 25

Prestige 6: Second PvP Tint

Honor Level 28.5

Honor Level 30

Prestige 7: Dutiful Squire/Dutiful Gruntling

Honor Level 33.5

Honor Level 5

Prestige 8: Prestigious Pennant

Honor Level 38.5

Honor Level 30

Prestige 9: Prestigious Ivory Courser

Honor Level 43.5

Honor Level 40

Prestige 10:

Honor Level 48.5

Honor Level 50

Prestige 11: Third PvP Tint

Honor Level 53.5

Honor Level 50

Prestige 12: Elite Pennant

Honor Level 58.5

Honor Level 60

Prestige 13: Prestigious Azure Courser

Honor Level 63.5

Honor Level 70

Prestige 14:

Honor Level 68.5

Honor Level 80

Prestige 15: Fourth PvP Tint

Honor Level 73.5

Honor Level 80

Prestige 16: Esteemed Pennant

Honor Level 78.5

Honor Level 90

Prestige 17: Prestigious Forest Courser

Honor Level 83.5

Honor Level 125

Prestige 18:

Honor Level 88.5

Honor Level 100

Prestige 21: Prestigious Royal Courser

Honor Level 103.5

Honor Level 150

Prestige 22:

Honor Level 108.5

Honor Level 200

Prestige 25: Prestigious Midnight Courser

Honor Level 123.5

Honor Level 250

Prestige 25, Honor 50:

Honor Level 128.5

Honor Level 300

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Comment by perculiaAOTC and the Violet Spellwing are going away on the Prepatch? Are you @#$%ing kidding me?Comment by lovelywazAnybody know if there will be some type of alt gear catch up mechanic coming in the pre-patch?Comment by JinchooAnybody know if there will be some type of alt gear catch up mechanic coming in the pre-patch?Comment by 193168Will Order Hall mission be affected? Will the Gold missions go away with the pre-patch, or will they stay until BfA actually launches?Comment by kurio1990AOTC and the Violet Spellwing are going away on the Prepatch? Are you @#$%ing kidding me?Comment by holypandaazfor da hord :)Comment by VarsicoAnybody know if there will be some type of alt gear catch up mechanic coming in the pre-patch?Comment by omedon666Will Order Hall mission be affected? Will the Gold missions go away with the pre-patch, or will they stay until BfA actually launches?Comment by natyarafdnPanic Time Bomb
Only 4 days to go, lots of stuff to do.

When can I empty my bags of these 24 legos I have accumulatedsilly question: will legion invasions be over? will be possible to level through invasions?Comment by kaleestrazaAOTC and the Violet Spellwing are going away on the Prepatch? Are you @#$%ing kidding me?Comment by RockwellHpopcorn bro get it outComment by JinchooAnybody know if there will be some type of alt gear catch up mechanic coming in the pre-patch?Comment by savageinkSo from what I can tell the only collectables from the pre-patch event are the two new mounts? I don't have to grind for a random chance at 11 weapons and a full armour set for every armour type in a three-week span?

Pretty jazzed about that, if so.Comment by ElloreGreat! Was hoping for another week to prepare, but, who needs to sleep and eat anyway. Bring it!Comment by Papanurgllehttp://www.wowhead.com/news=285514/method-jdotb-q-a-17-top-classes-in-bfa-dispelling-raging-affix-tank-threat

apparently it doesn't matter at all, so don't worry.Comment by DaillemandI'm really excited! For the Alliance!Comment by AzuraiHahaha I just realized WoW is now a narrative copy of the movie Wizards in BFA. LolComment by davemacawesomehuh, 4 more days? neat. as for the loot, i'm gonna make full use of itComment by NinjaFlibbleI kinda want to keep a count of how many sub rogues fall to their death (since the sub artifact has a trait that makes you immune to falling damage)....(sorry, I'm mean XD)Comment by VermundWelp, time to get that Bloody Request. My last missing item for Field Medic.

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