Raid Buffs Can No Longer Be Removed Mid Combat - Midnight Hotfixes for March 18th

Posted 2026/03/18 at 7:56 PM by Squishei

March 18, 2026

Achievements

Fixed a bug preventing completion of ‘Tis But A Scratch.
Fixed a bug where Working Way Past Midnight would not be awarded after reaching max skill in all Midnight Professions.

Classes

Player-cast long term raid buffs can no longer be canceled while the player is in combat. These buffs can still be canceled when outside combat and can always be applied regardless of combat state. The spells affected by this are: Mark of the Wild, Arcane Intellect, Battle Shout, Power Word: Fortitude, Skyfury, Source of Magic, Symbiotic Relationship, and Blessing of the Bronze.
Death Knight

Unholy

All ability damage increased by 8%. Not applied to PvP combat.
All minion damage increased by 8%.
Death Coil damage increased by 30%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Magus of the Dead damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Dread Plague damage increased by 50%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Soul Reaper damage increased by 100%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Melee damage increased by 30%.
Scourge Strike and Vampiric Strike damage increased by 25%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Festering Strike and Festering Scythe damage increased by 35%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Resolved an issue allowing Necrotic Coil to be parried, dodged or blocked.
Resolved an issue causing Sudden Doom to reduce the effectiveness of abilities that function with the amount of Runic Power spent.
Resolved an issue causing Plague Mastery to not interface with eruption effects of Virulent Plague and Dread Plague.
Resolved an issue causing Scourge Strike to sometimes not spread Virulent Plague.
Putrefy has been updated to be more consistent in its targeting and now takes target radius into account.

Demon Hunter

Sigil of Misery no longer counts as both an incapacitate and disorient for diminishing returns.

Druid

Balance

Elune’s Chosen: Atmospheric Exposure is now properly applied by Full Moons cast by Orbit Breaker or Convoke the Spirits.

Hunter

Beast Mastery

Fixed an issue where the displayed duration of Beast Cleave when triggered from Umbral Reach was incorrect.

Marksmanship

Fixed an issue causing Lunar Storm to not fire when Aimed Shot killed its target.
Fixed an issue causing Black Arrow to not fire Bleak Powder when it killed its target.
Fixed an issue causing some Spotter’s Mark effects to not trigger if the Aimed Shot that consumes it killed its target.

Survival

Mastery: Spirit Bond can now be tracked on the Cooldown Manager.
Takedown now breaks your pet out of roots.
Developer’s Notes: The tooltip for Takedown will be updated to reflect this behavior in a future patch.
Takedown Pet leap range increased to 40 yards.

Priest

Discipline

Fixed an issue where Void Shield was not causing Atonement healing.

Warlock

Affliction

Fixed an issue where Demoniac’s Fervor would not function with Unstable Affliction.

Demonology

Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Ruination would not count towards Dominion of Argus.

Delves

Fixed a bug where Valeera was taking more damage than desired as a tank in lower tier delves.
Fixed a bug where Valeera could sometime consume healing orbs.
Atal’Aman

Nemesis Pack should no longer spawn outside the playable area.

Collegiate Calamity

Hydrangea’s Exposing Bolt now causes a debuff of 1% per stack (was 5%) and can reach a maximum of 99 stacks (was a max of 20).

The Grudge Pit

Fixed issue where Valeera was not damaging Furious Spectators.

Dungeons and Raids

Magisters’ Terrace

Fixed an issue where sometimes some Gemellus clones remained alive after defating the Gemellus encounter.

Skyreach

Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving Great Vault credit when finishing the dungeon on Mythic difficulty.

The Voidspire

Photosensitivity mode now disables the fullscreen effect from using Teleport Pads.
Imperator Averzian

Averzian now says “know your place” less often.

Vorasius

Addressed an issue that made Druids untargetable by friendly spells upon dying to a death plane.

Lightblinded Vanguard

Resolved an issue where players could be hit by Divine Hammer multiple times.

Crown of the Cosmos

Resolved an issue where Alleria could evade briefly when crossing platforms.

Housing

Quests

Weekly Housing quests will now drop a Warbound chest of crests.

Developers’ notes: You can do the quest on any character you like and then send the reward to the character you would like to get it. It is intended that these quests can be completed once per account each week.

Items

Updated Recruit’s Ring, Recruit’s Band, and Recruit’s Signet to remove unintended primary stats.
Algari Diamond and Thalassian Diamond gems can no longer be equipped at the same time.
Blossoming Rootwarden’s Focus should now disenchant into Midnight materials.

Player versus Player

Tooltips for PvP gear now state that the item level increase also applies in War Mode.
War Supply Crates and Assassin Bounties in Eversong Woods and Zul’Aman now drop Sparks of War.
Resolved an issue that was causing PvP item levels to be set incorrectly in Arenas and Battlegrounds.
Weekly PvP quests such as “Enshrouded in Battle” will now show their appropriate turn-in location on the map.
Reduced Honor costs for Galactic Aspirant’s Badge of Ferocity, Galactic Aspirant’s Insignia of Alacrity, and Galactic Aspirant’s Emblem.
Reduced Conquest costs for Galactic Gladiator’s Badge of Ferocity, Galactic Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity, and Galactic Gladiator’s Emblem.

Professions

Thalassian Competitor’s Chain Stompers now cost 4 Competitor’s Heraldries to craft (was 5).
Fixed a bug where Thalassian Competitor’s Medallion, Thalassian Competitor’s Emblem, and Thalassian Competitor’s Insignia were not part of the Gladiator’s Distinction item set.

Quests

The “End of the Dream” should no longer unexpectedly end before you’re finished dreaming.

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Comment by PallockCan we fix the issue that makes diabolist destro unplayable next? :)Comment by NulgarHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by WnbSamiHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by MatjzHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by markdallHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by TastelikelemonDevs gotta look at resto druid , havent seen class so dead , just look at warcraftlogs classations and rakings , always bottom , doomed spec...Comment by BwgmonHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by Chaxton‘Tis But A Scratch finally works? Player-cast long term raid buffs can no longer be canceled while the player is in combat? Takedown buffs? VALEERA DOESN'T STEAL HEALING ORBS ANYMORE?

I'm smiling.Comment by GraboMy arcane intellect WA in TWW was literally the highest CPU usage that I had in raid as a mage. Almost totally unnecessary to track other things so never had the need.Comment by OrdanumnDevs gotta look at resto druid , havent seen class so dead , just look at warcraftlogs classations and rakings , always bottom , doomed spec...Comment by MoxiesanHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by bluechameleonAlso hotfixed but without public announcement so far: the Battered Crate for No Crate Left Behind, a required achievement/title to start the Felcycle (the other 10 crates were fixed last week).Comment by BetterThanNoOnethis sadly had to happen given the idea Dratnos said on his youtube video. that some guilds can have certain players click OFF MOTW, Arcane Int, PW:Fort, or other buffs in order to create a "list" of players for certain raid mechanics. This was basically a workaround for raid mechanics being automated by add-ons, all the player has to do is just click off certain buffs at the right time, for example, by using a MACRO to "/cancelaura arcane intellect"

this would allow players to press macros to remove certain buffs at certain times so certain add-ons can do assignments for them for raid mechanics/abilities.

looks like the add-ons arms race is heating up once again! lmao. HOW BOUT THEY JUST DELETE ALL MACROS AND ALL ADD-ONS, THAT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IMOComment by DrBwoI am convinced the anti-addon crowd is way below average, just coping with their lack of skill by pretending it has something to do with technology that actually makes raiding a lot more enjoyable.Comment by FORSAKENWARRIOR"Affliction
Fixed an issue where Demoniac’s Fervor would not function with Unstable Affliction.":

That's actually a nice little buff. ~5%ish I believeComment by DrSkittleCan we fix the ability for devo demon hunters to get loot please. Kthxbai I'd like to raid too.Comment by Pandaabear
Because that's not their real purpose. Their real purpose is to be more compatible with the next gen consoles that will happen to be able to play PC games with controllers while still being mostly locked down. All without "shipping wow for consoles" (Ion's accurate weasel words should be a spell name in the game.)I am convinced the anti-addon crowd is way below average, just coping with their lack of skill by pretending it has something to do with technology that actually makes raiding a lot more enjoyable.Comment by Skullhawk13I am convinced the anti-addon crowd is way below average, just coping with their lack of skill by pretending it has something to do with technology that actually makes raiding a lot more enjoyable.Comment by BacklasheHuh? Those auras were non-secret, how would people use them to (presumably) determine other, secret auras?Comment by EsoterickBlizzard should have just made it so if you remove buffs during Mythic it just removes all beneficial buffs from your character.

If you noticed your runes and flask getting cancelled you might think "yeah let's stop doing that, it's clearly not an intended way of playing"