Patch 9.2 PTR Class and Spell Changes Build 41462 - Venthyr Balance Druid Nerf, Shaman Tuning

Posted 2021/12/14 at 4:50 PM by Squishei

Patch 9.2 PTR Build 41462 Datamining

Class & Spell Tuning Changes

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Story Spoilers

Inflicts Fire damage to an enemy.
Cost changed from 40 Mana to 4 Mana

Burns an enemy, then inflicts additional Fire damage every 3 sec. for 21 sec.
Cost changed from 95 Mana to 10 Mana

Seduces the target, disorienting and causing them to walk towards the demon for 30 sec. Damage willmay break the effect. Only usable against Humanoids.
Effect #3 REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Stun Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 0

NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Fear Modifies Charges
Value: 1

NEW Effect #2 Apply Aura: Run Speed Limit % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 3

NEW Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Damage From Caster %
Value: 1

Class Tools

Balance

Feral

Guardian

Restoration

Each time Ravenous Frenzy is applied its duration is increased by 0.20.1 sec. Additionally, Ravenous Frenzy lingers and will not overcome you for 53 sec after it ends.
Inventory Type: Waist, Hands

Class Tools

Elemental

Talents

Enhancement

Talents

Restoration

Talents

Hurls frigid ice at the target, dealing (82.5% of Spell power) Frost damage and causing your next 4 Frost Shocks to deal 300%225% increased damage and generate 8 Maelstrom.
Generates 25 Maelstrom.
Effect #1 Effect #2 Apply Aura: Add Modifier - % Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 300225%
Affected Spells:

Charges your off-hand weapon with lava and burns your target, dealing (75.6% of Attack power) Fire damage.
Damage is increased by 100% if your offhand weapon is imbued with Flametongue Weapon.
Enhancement (Level 22)
Lava Lash will spread Flame Shock from your target to 3 other nearby targets

Lava Lash cooldown reduced by 6.0 sec, and Lava Lash is used against a target affected by your Flame Shock, Flame Shock will be spread to up to 3 enemies near the target.
Effect #1 NEW Effect #2 Apply Aura: Dummy Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 3

Wordup, our Enhancement Shaman writer, has left a note on this change: This looks like a nerf, but in reality Windfury Totem has been working like this since Shadowlands launch. Off-hands aren't in the pool of attacks that can trigger an extra attack, however dual-wield specs still suffer from the base 19% miss chance from dual-wielding. This won't change anything about how good/bad Windfury Totem is for a group, everything is staying the same - just that now the tooltip tells you it's happening.

(Potency Conduit) Frost Shock has a 21%30% chance to grant 2 stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
Rank changes:

21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	27%	28%	29%	30%	31%	32%	33%	34%	35%
30%	33%	36%	39%	42%	45%	48%	51%	54%	57%	60%	63%	66%	69%	72%

(Potency Conduit) Maelstrom Weapon increases the damage or healing of your next spell by an additional 1.0%5.0% per stack.
Rank changes:

1.0%	1.3%	1.5%	1.8%	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.8%	3.0%	3.3%	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%	4.3%	4.5%
5.0%	5.5%	6.0%	6.5%	7.0%	7.5%	8.0%	8.5%	9.0%	9.5%	10.0%	10.5%	11.0%	11.5%	12.0%

(Potency Conduit) Lava Lash has an additional 15%12% critical strike chance against enemies affected by your Flame Shock.
Rank changes:

15%	15.7%	16.3%	17%	17.7%	18.3%	19%	20%	21%	21.7%	22.3%	23%	23.7%	24.3%	25%
12%	13.8%	15.6%	17.4%	19.2%	21%	22.8%	24.6%	26.4%	28.2%	30%	31.8%	33.6%	35.4%	37.2%

(Potency Conduit) Windfury Weapon has a 20%15% chance to trigger a third attack.
Rank changes:

20%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	26%	28%	29%	30%	31%	32%	33%	34%	35%
15%	17%	20%	22%	25%	27%	30%	32%	35%	37%	40%	42%	45%	47%	50%

Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing (63.5% of Spell power) Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 3 total targets.
Enhancement (Level 38)
If Chain Lightning hits more than 1 target, each target hit by your Chain Lightning increases the damage of your next Crash Lightning by 20%
Enhancement (Level 52)
Each target hit by Chain Lightning reduces the cooldown of Crash Lightning by 1.0 sec
Elemental
Generates 4 Maelstrom per target hit.

Sears the target with fire, causing (19.5% of Spell power) Fire damage and then an additional (104.4% of Spell power) Fire damage over 18 sec.
Flame Shock can be applied to a maximum of 6 targets.

Chills the target with frost, causing (45%63% of Spell power) Frost damage and reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
Enhancement
Frost Shock shares a cooldown with Flame Shock

Effect #1 Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (SP mod: 0.450.63)

Secrets of Living Flame prevents you from accessing Frost magic.
Frost Shock
Chills the target with frost, causing (45%63% of Spell power) Frost damage and reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
Enhancement
Frost Shock shares a cooldown with Flame Shock

Secrets of Living Flame prevents you from accessing Frost magic.
Icefury
Hurls frigid ice at the target, dealing (82.5% of Spell power) Frost damage and causing your next 4 Frost Shocks to deal 300%225% increased damage and generate 8 Maelstrom.
Generates 25 Maelstrom.

Enhancement:
Lava Lash damage is increased by 500%, and Lava Lash now spreads your Flame Shock to up to 3 nearby targets500%s

Up to 5 friendly targets healed by Chain Harvest will have Riptide cast on them. Up to 5 enemy targets damaged by Chain Harvest will have Flame Shock cast on them. Flame Shock critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Chain Harvest by 1.0 sec.
Inventory Type: Chest, Wrist
Effect #1 NEW Effect #3 Apply Aura: Dummy Modifies Critical Strike Chance
Value: 1000

Class Tools

Affliction

Talents

Demonology

Talents

Destruction

Talents

Launches a bolt of death at the target, dealingaccumulating 50% of the total remaining damage of your damage over time effectsremaining damage from your spells on the target and dealing it over 3 sec.
Absolute Corruption
Counts up to 14 sec of your Corruption's damage

Duration changed from 4 sec to 3 sec
Dispel type changed from Magic to None

Commands your demon to perform its most powerful ability. This spell will transform based on your active pet.
Demonology
Felguard: Axe Toss
Felhunter: Spell Lock
Voidwalker: Shadow Bulwark
Succubus: SeductionIncubus/Succubus: Seduction
Imp: Singe Magic

Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Incubus, Succubus, Felhunter, or Felguard Summon spell is free and has its casting time reduced by 6 sec.

Summons your Incubus.Tormentor.
Name changed from Glyph of the Incubus to Incubus Pact
Cast Time changed from None to Instant
Duration changed from 0 ms to -1 ms

Transforms your Succubus into a Shadow Succubus.
Effect #2 REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 240266
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell
Value: 240266

REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 112868
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell
Value: 112868

REMOVED Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value: 240263
Affected Spells:

NEW Effect #1 Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell
Value: 240263

Comment by NatakutdhSeduction doesnt initiate combat right? could you potentially walk a threat out of a pack and deal with it alone/separate?Comment by BuphallusNerf to ALL venthyr druid specs, and that include guardians.Comment by FelrynBtwfinally boomy nerfs.Comment by VaalurSooo with the windfury totem nerf, won't the enhancement shams have a harder time going into raids ?Comment by Ismat Secrets of Living Flame prevents you from accessing Frost magic.Comment by JoneimThis is not a nerf, only a tooltip change. Since it already only buffs main-hands on live servers.Comment by LykaiosGuys, before you say they nerf WF totem, read this first
Wordup, our Enhancement Shaman writer, has left a note on this change: This looks like a nerf, but in reality Windfury Totem has been working like this since Shadowlands launch. Off-hands aren't in the pool of attacks that can trigger an extra attack, however dual-wield specs still suffer from the base 19% miss chance from dual-wielding. This won't change anything about how good/bad Windfury Totem is for a group, everything is staying the same - just that now the tooltip tells you it's happening. Comment by reboundSooo with the windfury totem nerf, won't the enhancement shams have a harder time going into raids ?Comment by AzraelUltima Secrets of Living Flame prevents you from accessing Frost magic.Comment by BulldosaurThis has nothing to do with specifically Balance Druids. It's for all Druid specs.Comment by arnubs08Cool. Done playing balance Druid anyway. Everyone has a hardon for punishing druids when they literally only do burst damage every 30-40 secs of a boss fight. We only get brought along for utility in mythic+ and do $%^& damage there too. Nerfs to stellar drift completely changed how the specs works, and now with a nerf to ravenous frenzy we’ll have to learn a completely new covenant ability. Like why does this spec need to change every few months when folks are getting the hang of it. Can we get some consistency…Comment by corg1yes thank god, please nerf venthyr to the ground so we dont have to play this aberration anymore. just please make us able to stack starfalls and rework eclipse mechanic on the long runComment by MaizouThose warlock changes confuse me - are they just outright added Incubus as another pet, rather than either or?Comment by pop30000yes thank god, please nerf venthyr to the ground so we dont have to play this aberration anymore. just please make us able to stack starfalls and rework eclipse mechanic on the long runComment by hfxRosyes thank god, please nerf venthyr to the ground so we dont have to play this aberration anymore. just please make us able to stack starfalls and rework eclipse mechanic on the long runComment by hashtagfredGuys, before you say they nerf WF totem, read this first
Wordup, our Enhancement Shaman writer, has left a note on this change: This looks like a nerf, but in reality Windfury Totem has been working like this since Shadowlands launch. Off-hands aren't in the pool of attacks that can trigger an extra attack, however dual-wield specs still suffer from the base 19% miss chance from dual-wielding. This won't change anything about how good/bad Windfury Totem is for a group, everything is staying the same - just that now the tooltip tells you it's happening. Sooo with the windfury totem nerf, won't the enhancement shams have a harder time going into raids ?Comment by hfxRos

... so it's a nerf? Man Blizzard just hates shaman mains.Comment by the9tailThe linking of Chain Lightning and Crash makes me happy on the inside.
I am glad they are actually fixing the cleave issues.Comment by DaibakuhaThe linking of Chain Lightning and Crash makes me happy on the inside.
I am glad they are actually fixing the cleave issues.Comment by KagitaarYes, both the enh changes mentioned in comments are just tooltip clarifications.