Mage & Warlock Nerfs Coming This Week - Mists of Pandaria Classic

Posted 2026/02/02 at 4:03 PM by PopularTopular

this week's maintenanceEscalation

The week of February 3, with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we will remove temporary power increases that were made to some specs at the beginning of MoP Classic. This is a necessary step before we move to the next MoP patch, “Escalation”.

These changes only affect servers where the Throne of Thunder is active, and do not impact PvP.

Classes

Update:

Mage

Fire
- ~~Reverted the 15% increase to Pyroblast.~~

We’ve chosen to not make the Pyroblast change.

Upon further review, it looks as though the Combustion decrease will be enough.

Warlock

Demonology

Reverted the 25% increase to Doom.
Reverted the 10% increase to Soul Fire.

Affliction

Reverted the 10% increase to Malefic Grasp’s DoT.
Reverted the 15% increase to Malefic Grasp’s damage.
Reverted the 20% incrase to Drain Soul’s DoT.
Reverted the 20% increase to Drain Soul’s DoT.

Hunter

Ranged attack power from the Legendary Meta Gem Capacitive Primal Diamond increased by 100%.

Developers’ notes: This adjustment is a separate tuning effort that applies to all Hunter specs.

Comment by Blafaincredibly lazy mage fix, but that's to be expectedComment by ZewinterWe'd rather you don't play fire mageComment by LomkailBut why now? What happens in Phase 4 to make this necessary?Comment by hazzxThey dont have a single clue what is going on in their game, have they?

Nerfing affli single target. 400 IQ
Not disabling UVLS for mages. 9000 IQComment by DasEfxNot disabling UVLS for mages. 9000 IQComment by SinRITT: People don't know this is what happened around this same time in OG MoPComment by chucksneedThe mage and warlock tears are deliciousComment by hazzxNot disabling UVLS for mages. 9000 IQComment by stummyzAt first i was so hyped for the Green fire demo warlock, but now i remember the main part of it is for the Apostrophe spec , which is a TANKING spec not Dps :( .. and it's not even usable in any content =(

You cant have the cute little horns and wings without being in tank form 😢Comment by DasEfxThe Trinket is the only thing breaking the game. So it is only natural to not fix the trinket and just nerf the whole spec instead. Fire was fine-ish without the trinket. Now it is dead.Comment by MirashwiAt first i was so hyped for the Green fire demo warlock, but now i remember the main part of it is for the Apostrophe spec , which is a TANKING spec not Dps :( .. and it's not even usable in any content =(

You cant have the cute little horns and wings without being in tank form 😢Comment by KagnoSo the "legendary" meta gem for all other melee specs (which is exactly the same hunters use) will continue being sh1t for the rest of the expac
Great, just greatComment by freakinrobeWhy do all these mists class post pictures look so AI to me?Comment by RoxloxImagine playing this to feel how it actually was.Comment by PjloweI get it! the mastery fire cheese thing with UVLS was awful!

I refused to play it i was a conventional crit fire mage! i actually hit full bis on Sunday night! just to no longer be able to play the spec! I went from simming like 290k dps to under 220k ! i get a change needed to happen! But this was a lazy fix and you effectively killed a spec! This was lazy developmental work! and as much to be expected at the hands of these INEPT developers! Just look at the state of TOT every boss riddled with a million different bugs! BUT this is what you lazy %^&*s decide to fix!

BE BETTER BLIZZZARDComment by Ifartstarz2I get it! the mastery fire cheese thing with UVLS was awful!

I refused to play it i was a conventional crit fire mage! i actually hit full bis on Sunday night! just to no longer be able to play the spec! I went from simming like 290k dps to under 220k ! i get a change needed to happen! But this was a lazy fix and you effectively killed a spec! This was lazy developmental work! and as much to be expected at the hands of these INEPT developers! Just look at the state of TOT every boss riddled with a million different bugs! BUT this is what you lazy %^&*s decide to fix!

BE BETTER BLIZZZARDComment by DasEfxI get it! the mastery fire cheese thing with UVLS was awful!

I refused to play it i was a conventional crit fire mage! i actually hit full bis on Sunday night! just to no longer be able to play the spec! I went from simming like 290k dps to under 220k ! i get a change needed to happen! But this was a lazy fix and you effectively killed a spec! This was lazy developmental work! and as much to be expected at the hands of these INEPT developers! Just look at the state of TOT every boss riddled with a million different bugs! BUT this is what you lazy %^&*s decide to fix!

BE BETTER BLIZZZARDComment by OakvillianR.I.P. fire.Comment by fibadop417I get it! the mastery fire cheese thing with UVLS was awful!

I refused to play it i was a conventional crit fire mage! i actually hit full bis on Sunday night! just to no longer be able to play the spec! I went from simming like 290k dps to under 220k ! i get a change needed to happen! But this was a lazy fix and you effectively killed a spec! This was lazy developmental work! and as much to be expected at the hands of these INEPT developers! Just look at the state of TOT every boss riddled with a million different bugs! BUT this is what you lazy %^&*s decide to fix!

BE BETTER BLIZZZARDComment by NietypowyI get it! the mastery fire cheese thing with UVLS was awful!

I refused to play it i was a conventional crit fire mage! i actually hit full bis on Sunday night! just to no longer be able to play the spec! I went from simming like 290k dps to under 220k ! i get a change needed to happen! But this was a lazy fix and you effectively killed a spec! This was lazy developmental work! and as much to be expected at the hands of these INEPT developers! Just look at the state of TOT every boss riddled with a million different bugs! BUT this is what you lazy %^&*s decide to fix!

BE BETTER BLIZZZARD