RECORDED BETA TALENT CHANGES

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WARRIOR

Warrior changes

Warrior has 46 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Spearing Strike. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 36

Changed Arms

Improved Heroic Strike

Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 Rage.

Classic · Arms · 3 ranksReduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 rage point.

Changed Arms

Improved Rend

Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 12%.

Classic · Arms · 3 ranksIncreases the bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 15%.

Changed Arms

Improved Charge

Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 3.

Classic · Arms · 2 ranksIncreases the amount of rage generated by your Charge ability by 3.

Changed Arms

Improved Tactical Mastery

Tactical Mastery

Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 3 Rage when you change stances.

Classic · Arms · 5 ranksYou retain up to 5 of your rage points when you change stances.

Moved Arms

Improved Overpower

Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25%.

Classic · Arms · 2 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25%.

Changed Arms

Anger Management

Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%.

Classic · Arms · 1 rankIncreases the time required for your rage to decay while out of combat by 30%.

Changed Arms

Deep Wounds

Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 20% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.

Classic · Arms · 3 ranksYour critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing 20% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.

Changed Arms

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization

Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1%.

Classic · Arms · 5 ranksIncreases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1%.

Changed Arms

Impale

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.

Classic · Arms · 2 ranksIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by 10%.

Changed Arms

Improved Slam

Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts your melee swing time.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksDecreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 0.1 sec.

Changed Fury

Booming Voice

Increases the radius of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout abilities by 10%.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksIncreases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout by 10%.

Changed Fury

Cruelty

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.

Changed Fury

Iron Will

Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 3%.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to resist Stun and Charm effects by an additional 3%.

Changed Fury

Unbridled Wrath

Gives you a 12% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. This effect is increased to 2 Rage for two-handed weapons.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksGives you a 8% chance to generate an additional Rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon.

Changed Fury

Improved Cleave

Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 1.

Classic · Fury · 3 ranksIncreases the bonus damage done by your Cleave ability by 40%.

Changed Fury

Piercing Howl

Causes all nearby enemies to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Classic · Fury · 1 rankCauses all enemies near the warrior to be dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Changed Fury

Blood Craze

Regenerates 1% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike, dealing damage with Bloodthirst, or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack.

Classic · Fury · 3 ranksRegenerates 1% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike.

Changed Fury

Dual Wield Specialization

Increases your off-hand weapon damage by 5%, off-hand Rage generation by 20%, and chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 2%.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 5%.

Changed Fury

Enrage

Gives you a 30% chance to deal 2% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksGives you a 5% melee damage bonus for 12 sec up to a maximum of 12 swings after being the victim of a critical strike.

Changed Fury

Improved Execute

Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 3.

Classic · Fury · 2 ranksReduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 2.

Changed Fury

Death Wish

When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

Classic · Fury · 1 rankWhen activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Changed Fury

Improved Berserker Rage

Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 5 Rage and has a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated.

Classic · Fury · 2 ranksThe Berserker Rage ability will generate 5 rage when used.

Changed Fury

Flurry

Increases your melee attack speed by 5% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Classic · Fury · 5 ranksIncreases your attack speed by 10% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Changed Fury

Bloodthirst

Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 35% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec.

Classic · Fury · 1 rankInstantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your attack power. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore 10 health. This effect lasts 8 sec.

Changed Protection

Shield Specialization

Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 1% and grants you a 20% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 1% and has a 20% chance to generate 1 rage when a block occurs.

Changed Protection

Anticipation

Increases your Defense Skill by 4.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your Defense skill by 2.

Changed Protection

Improved Bloodrage

Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 25%.

Classic · Protection · 2 ranksIncreases the instant Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 2.

Changed Protection

Improved Thunder Clap

Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2.

Classic · Arms · 3 ranksReduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 1 rage point.

Changed Protection

Last Stand

When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost.

Classic · Protection · 1 rankWhen activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.

Changed Protection

Improved Revenge

Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 20%.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksGives your Revenge ability a 15% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

Changed Protection

Defiance

Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases the threat generated by your attacks by 3% while in Defensive Stance.

Changed Protection

Improved Sunder Armor

Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksReduces the cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1 rage point.

Changed Protection

Improved Disarm

Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 7 secs.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksIncreases the duration of your Disarm ability by 1 secs.

Changed Protection

Improved Shield Wall

Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 5.5 min.

Classic · Protection · 2 ranksIncreases the effect duration of your Shield Wall ability by 3 secs.

Changed Protection

Concussion Blow

Stuns the target for 5 sec.

Classic · Protection · 1 rankStuns the opponent for 5 sec.

Changed Protection

Shield Slam

Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat.

Classic · Protection · 1 rankSlam the target with your shield, causing 225 to 235 damage, modified by your shield block value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.

New talents and learnable abilities 10

New Arms

Spearing Strike

A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.

New Arms

Bloodthrill

Your melee attacks against targets afflicted by your Rend have a 2% chance to activate your Overpower ability for 1 attack on your current target. Lasts 6 sec.

New Arms

Weaponmaster

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

New Fury

Boundless Rage

Increases your maximum Rage by 10.

New Fury

Raging Blows

Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2.

New Fury

Precision

Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

New Protection

Master of Defense

Grants you a 50% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.

New Protection

Vanguard

Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

New Protection

Bastion

Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped.

New Protection

Focused Rage

Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1.

PALADIN

Paladin changes

Paladin has 49 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Voice of Truth, Light's Vigil, Swift Judgement. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 29

Changed Holy

Healing Light

Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 4%.

Classic · Holy · 3 ranksIncreases the amount healed by your Holy Light and Flash of Light spells by 4%.

Changed Holy

Spiritual Focus

Gives your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Light's Vigil spells a 35% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksGives your Flash of Light and Holy Light spells a 14% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Changed Holy

Improved Seals

Improved Seal of Righteousness

Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 5%.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Seal of Righteousness and Judgement of Righteousness by 3%.

Changed Holy

Unyielding Faith

Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 15%.

Classic · Holy · 2 ranksIncreases your chance to resist Fear and Disorient effects by an additional 5%.

Changed Holy

Illumination

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksAfter getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

Moved Holy

Divine Favor

When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.

Classic · Holy · 1 rankWhen activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.

Changed Holy

Holy Shock

Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.

Classic · Holy · 1 rankBlasts the target with Holy energy, causing 204 to 220 Holy damage to an enemy, or 204 to 220 healing to an ally.

Changed Holy

Holy Power

Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 3%, and all other spells by 1%.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksIncreases the critical effect chance of your Holy spells by 1%.

Moved Protection

Toughness

Increases your armor value from items by 2%.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your armor value from items by 2%.

Changed Protection

Redoubt

Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 6%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to block attacks with your shield by 6% after being the victim of a critical strike. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.

Changed Protection

Precision

Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksIncreases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%.

Changed Protection

Guardian's Favor

Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 1 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.

Classic · Protection · 2 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 60 sec and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 3 sec.

Changed Protection

Anticipation

Increases your Defense Skill by 4.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases your Defense skill by 2.

Changed Protection

Improved Righteous Fury

While Righteous Fury is active, all damage taken is reduced by 2%.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksIncreases the amount of threat generated by your Righteous Fury spell by 16%.

Changed Protection

Shield Specialization

Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10%, and gives your blocks a 33% chance to restore 6% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.

Classic · Protection · 3 ranksIncreases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 10%.

Changed Protection

One-Handed Weapon Specialization

Increases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 3%.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksIncreases the damage you deal with one-handed melee weapons by 2%.

Changed Protection

Reckoning

Gives you a 8% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike.

Classic · Protection · 5 ranksGives you a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a critical strike.

Changed Protection

Holy Shield

Increases chance to block by 20% for 10 sec, and deals 110 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

Classic · Protection · 1 rankIncreases chance to block by 30% for 10 sec, and deals 65 Holy damage for each attack blocked while active. Damage caused by Holy Shield causes 20% additional threat. Each block expends a charge. 4 charges.

Moved Retribution

Deflection

Increases your Parry chance by 1%.

Classic · Retribution · 5 ranksIncreases your Parry chance by 1%.

Changed Retribution

Benediction

Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 2%.

Classic · Retribution · 5 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your Judgement and Seal spells by 3%.

Changed Retribution

Improved Judgement

Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 1 sec.

Classic · Retribution · 2 ranksDecreases the cooldown of your Judgement spell by 1 sec.

Changed Retribution

Conviction

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.

Classic · Retribution · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.

Changed Retribution

Vindication

Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 67, and increase your Attack Power by 1% for 30 sec.

Classic · Retribution · 3 ranksGives the Paladin's damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Strength and Agility by 5%

Changed Retribution

Seal of Command

Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.

Classic · Retribution · 1 rankGives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec.Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 146 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.

Changed Retribution

Pursuit of Justice

Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

Classic · Retribution · 2 ranksIncreases movement and mounted movement speed by 4%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.

Changed Retribution

Eye for an Eye

All critical strikes against you cause 5% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.

Classic · Retribution · 2 ranksAll spell criticals against you cause 15% of the damage taken to the caster as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.

Changed Retribution

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization

Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%.

Classic · Retribution · 3 ranksIncreases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2%.

Changed Retribution

Vengeance

Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 1% for 30 sec after landing a critical strike. Stacks up to 5 times.

Classic · Retribution · 5 ranksGives you a 3% bonus to Physical and Holy damage you deal for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability.

Moved Retribution

Repentance

Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.

Classic · Retribution · 1 rankPuts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.

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New Holy

Improved Holy Strike

Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 1 sec.

New Holy

Voice of Truth

Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects. Lasts 6 sec.

New Holy

Reverence

Allows 10% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

New Holy

Purifying Power

Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 10% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 17%.

New Holy

Infusion of Light

Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 0.5 sec.

New Holy

Divine Precision

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.

New Holy

Consecrated Ground

Gives your Holy spells 5% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.

New Holy

Light's Vigil

Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes friendly targets to heal their party for 325 to 343, or enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost. You may only have 1 Light's Vigil active per Paladin, per party.

New Protection

Improved Seal of Fury

When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.

New Protection

Sacred Duty

Increases your total Stamina by 2% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 30 sec.

New Protection

Swift Judgement

Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.

New Protection

Templar's Bulwark

When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.

New Protection

Iron Creed

Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 5%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec.

New Retribution

Holy Conduit

Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 20%.

New Retribution

Sanctified Judgement

Gives your Judgement ability a 33% chance to return 20% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.

New Retribution

Sacred Arbiter

Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 10% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.

New Retribution

Crusade

Increases all damage dealt by 1%. Increased by an additional 1% against Demon and Undead targets.

New Retribution

Champion of the Light

Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your Intellect.

New Retribution

Instrument of Law

Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 0.5 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 10% while Righteous Fury is not active.

New Retribution

Twist of Light

When you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, gain an Echo. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.

HUNTER

Hunter changes

Hunter has 40 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Summon Hawk, Strider Kick. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 26

Changed Beast Mastery

Deadly Aspects

Improved Aspect of the Hawk

While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 5 ranksWhile Aspect of the Hawk is active, all normal ranged attacks have a 1% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.

Changed Beast Mastery

Endurance Training

Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 3%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 5 ranksIncreases the Health of your pets by 3%.

Changed Beast Mastery

Improved Aspect of the Monkey

Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 5 ranksIncreases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 1%.

Moved Beast Mastery

Pathfinding

Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 2 ranksIncreases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.

Changed Beast Mastery

Bestial Swiftness

Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 1 rankIncreases the outdoor movement speed of your pets by 30%.

Changed Beast Mastery

Unleashed Fury

Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 3%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your pets by 4%.

Changed Beast Mastery

Improved Mend Pet

Gives your Mend Pet spell a 15% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 10%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 2 ranksGives the Mend Pet spell a 15% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the pet each tick.

Changed Beast Mastery

Ferocity

Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 2%.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your pets by 3%.

Changed Beast Mastery

Intimidation

Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 1 rankCommand your pet to intimidate the target on the next successful melee attack, causing a high amount of threat and stunning the target for 3 sec.

Changed Beast Mastery

Bestial Discipline

Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 10% and allows 25% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Classic · Beast Mastery · 2 ranksIncreases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 10%.

Moved Marksmanship

Hawk Eye

Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 2 yards.

Classic · Marksmanship · 3 ranksIncreases the range of your ranged weapons by 2 yards.

Changed Marksmanship

Lethal Attacks

Lethal Shots

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%.

Classic · Marksmanship · 5 ranksIncreases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 1%.

Changed Marksmanship

Improved Stings

Improved Serpent Sting

Increased the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 6%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 2 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 15 sec.

Classic · Marksmanship · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Serpent Sting by 2%.

Changed Marksmanship

Efficiency

Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 3%.

Classic · Marksmanship · 5 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your Shots and Stings by 2%.

Changed Marksmanship

Improved Arcane Shot

Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.3 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot.

Classic · Marksmanship · 5 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 0.2 sec.

Changed Marksmanship

Trueshot Aura

Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party members within 45 yards by 30. Lasts 30 min.

Classic · Marksmanship · 1 rankIncreases the attack power of party members within 45 yards by 50. Lasts 30 min.

Changed Marksmanship

Mortal Shots

Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%.

Classic · Marksmanship · 5 ranksIncreases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 6%.

Changed Marksmanship

Barrage

Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 3%.

Classic · Marksmanship · 3 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 5%.

Changed Marksmanship

Sniper Shot

Aimed Shot

A steady snipe that increases ranged damage by 160.

Classic · Marksmanship · 1 rankAn aimed shot that increases ranged damage by 70.

Changed Survival

Deflection

Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Classic · Survival · 5 ranksIncreases your Parry chance by 1%.

Changed Survival

Entrapment

When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 1 sec.

Classic · Survival · 5 ranksGives your Immolation Trap, Frost Trap, and Explosive Trap a 5% chance to entrap the target, preventing them from moving for 5 sec.

Changed Survival

Savage Strikes

Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 2%.

Classic · Survival · 2 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite by 10%.

Changed Survival

Survivalist

Increases your total Health by 2%.

Classic · Survival · 5 ranksIncreases total health by 2%.

Changed Survival

Improved Wing Clip

Gives your Wing Clip ability a 7% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.

Classic · Survival · 5 ranksGives your Wing Clip ability a 4% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.

Changed Survival

Surefooted

Increases your hit chance by 1% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 10%.

Classic · Survival · 3 ranksIncreases hit chance by 1% and increases the chance movement impairing effects will be resisted by an additional 5%.

Changed Survival

Counterattack

A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.

Classic · Survival · 1 rankA strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 40 damage and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.

New talents and learnable abilities 14

New Beast Mastery

Focused Fire

Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active.

New Beast Mastery

Summon Hawk

Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.

New Marksmanship

Careful Aim

Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect.

New Marksmanship

Rapid Killing

Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 10%.

New Marksmanship

Lone Wolf

You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.

New Marksmanship

Rapid Recuperation

Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 25% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 50% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.

New Survival

Improved Tracking

While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 1%.

New Survival

Survival Tactics

Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 5%.

New Survival

Predator's Edge

Increases your melee critical strike damage by 6% and your offhand weapon damage by 10%.

New Survival

Resourcefulness

Reduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 30%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 30% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.

New Survival

Expose Prey

Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 5% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 sec.

New Survival

Survivalist's Discipline

Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 20%.

New Survival

Strider Kick

A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage.

New Survival

Lacerating Strikes

Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage over 21 sec equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite.

ROGUE

Rogue changes

Rogue has 40 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Mutilate, Venom. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 31

Changed Assassination

Improved Gouge

Increases the duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec.

Classic · Combat · 3 ranksIncreases the effect duration of your Gouge ability by 0.5 sec.

Changed Assassination

Remorseless Attacks

After killing a non-trivial enemy, gives you a 20% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.

Classic · Assassination · 2 ranksAfter killing an opponent that yields experience or honor, gives you a 20% increased critical strike chance on your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Ghostly Strike. Lasts 20 sec.

Changed Assassination

Malice

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%.

Classic · Assassination · 5 ranksIncreases your critical strike chance by 1%.

Changed Assassination

Murder

Increases all damage dealt by 2% against Humanoid and Giant targets.

Classic · Assassination · 2 ranksIncreases all damage caused against Humanoid, Giant, Beast and Dragonkin targets by 1%.

Changed Assassination

Improved Expose Armor

Reduces the Energy cost of your Expose Armor ability by 5, and refunds 1 Combo Point when cast with 5 Combo Points.

Classic · Assassination · 2 ranksIncreases the armor reduced by your Expose Armor ability by 25%.

Changed Assassination

Lethality

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Mutilate, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 4%.

Classic · Assassination · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities by 6%.

Changed Assassination

Cold Blood

When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Eviscerate, or Mutilate by 100%.

Classic · Assassination · 1 rankWhen activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%.

Changed Assassination

Improved Poisons

Increases the chance to apply Poisons to your target by 2%, and gives Poison applications a 10% chance to not consume a charge.

Classic · Assassination · 5 ranksIncreases the chance to apply poisons to your target by 2%.

Changed Assassination

Vigor

Increases your maximum Energy by 5.

Classic · Assassination · 1 rankIncreases your maximum Energy by 10.

Changed Assassination

Improved Kidney Shot

Enemies Stunned by your Kidney Shot ability take 5% increased damage from your poisons and attacks.

Classic · Assassination · 3 ranksWhile affected by your Kidney Shot ability, the target receives an additional 3% damage from all sources.

Changed Combat

Improved Eviscerate

Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 7%.

Classic · Assassination · 3 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 5%.

Changed Combat

Puncturing Wounds

Improved Backstab

Increases the critical strike chance of your Backstab by 10% and your Mutilate by 5%, and gives Backstab a 15% chance to add an additional Combo Point.

Classic · Combat · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Backstab ability by 10%.

Changed Combat

Deflection

Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Classic · Combat · 5 ranksIncreases your Parry chance by 1%.

Changed Combat

Precision

Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

Classic · Combat · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%.

Changed Combat

Endurance

Reduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 30%.

Classic · Combat · 2 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Sprint and Evasion abilities by 45 sec.

Changed Combat

Dual Wield Specialization

Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 5%.

Classic · Combat · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 10%.

Changed Combat

Blade Flurry

Increases your melee attack speed by 20% and your melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.

Classic · Combat · 1 rankIncreases your attack speed by 20%. In addition, attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Lasts 15 sec.

Changed Combat

Weapon Expertise

Reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 1%.

Classic · Combat · 2 ranksIncreases your skill with Sword, Fist and Dagger weapons by 3.

Changed Combat

Aggression

Increases the damage of your Sinister Strike, Backstab, and Eviscerate abilities by 2%.

Classic · Combat · 3 ranksIncreases the damage of your Sinister Strike and Eviscerate abilities by 2%.

Changed Subtlety

Camouflage

Reduces your speed penalty from your Stealth ability by 3% and reduces its cooldown by 2 sec.

Classic · Subtlety · 5 ranksIncreases your speed while stealthed by 3% and reduces the cooldown of your Stealth ability by 1 sec.

Changed Subtlety

Master of Deception

Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode as if you were 1 level higher.

Classic · Subtlety · 5 ranksReduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode.

Changed Subtlety

Opportunity

Increases the damage dealt by your Backstab, Garrote, Ambush, and Mutilate abilities by 5%.

Classic · Subtlety · 5 ranksIncreases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 4%.

Changed Subtlety

Setup

Gives you a 33% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging an attack or fully resisting a spell.

Classic · Subtlety · 3 ranksGives you a 15% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells.

Moved Subtlety

Improved Ambush

Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 15%.

Classic · Subtlety · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 15%.

Changed Subtlety

Initiative

Gives you a 33% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability.

Classic · Subtlety · 3 ranksGives you a 25% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability.

Changed Subtlety

Ghostly Strike

A strike that deals 125% (180% if a Dagger is equipped in your Main Hand) weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

Classic · Subtlety · 1 rankA strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

Changed Subtlety

Heightened Senses

Increases your Stealth detection as if you were 1 level higher and reduces your chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2%.

Classic · Subtlety · 2 ranksIncreases your Stealth detection and reduces the chance you are hit by spells and ranged attacks by 2%.

Changed Subtlety

Premeditation

Adds 2 Combo Points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 20 sec or the combo points are lost.

Classic · Subtlety · 1 rankWhen used, adds 2 combo points to your target. You must add to or use those combo points within 10 sec or the combo points are lost.

Changed Subtlety

Serrated Blades

Causes your attacks to ignore 3% of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%.

Classic · Subtlety · 3 ranksCauses your attacks to ignore 0 of your target's Armor and increases the damage dealt by your Rupture ability by 10%. The amount of Armor reduced increases with your level.

Changed Subtlety

Dirty Deeds

Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 10, and your Garrote ability no longer requires you to be behind your target.

Classic · Subtlety · 2 ranksReduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot and Garrote abilities by 10.

Changed Subtlety

Hemorrhage

An instant strike that deals 100% weapon damage (145% if a Dagger is equipped) and causes the target to take 15% increased Rupture damage from the Rogue. Lasts 15 sec. Awards 1 Combo Point.

Classic · Subtlety · 1 rankAn instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hemorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 sec. Awards 1 combo point.

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New Assassination

Mutilate

Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.

New Assassination

Venom

Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds

New Combat

Flawless Execution

Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 10.

New Combat

Hack and Slash

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor.

New Subtlety

Dirty Tricks

Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 25%.

New Subtlety

Improved Distract

Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 3 yds, and further reduces the Stealth detection of distracted enemies as though they were an additional 1 level lower.

New Subtlety

Quietus

Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause 2% more damage against targets below 35% health.

New Subtlety

Cutthroat

Your Backstab has a 3% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.

New Subtlety

Thousand Cuts

When your Rupture ability deals periodic damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability within 10 sec is reduced by 3, stacking up to 5 times.

PRIEST

Priest changes

Priest has 42 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Penance, Binding Heal, Prayer of Mending. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

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Changed Discipline

Wand Specialization

Increases your damage with Wands by 13%.

Classic · Discipline · 5 ranksIncreases your damage with Wands by 5%.

Changed Discipline

Silent Resolve

Reduces the threat generated by your Holy spells by 10% and reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects inflicted on you by 5%.

Classic · Discipline · 5 ranksReduces the threat generated by your spells by 4%.

Changed Discipline

Improved Power Word: Shield

Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 7%.

Classic · Discipline · 3 ranksIncreases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 5%.

Changed Discipline

Martyrdom

Gives you a 50% chance to gain Focused Casting for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage and increases your resistance to Interrupt effects by 20%.

Classic · Discipline · 2 ranksGives you a 50% chance to gain the Focused Casting effect that lasts for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage and increases resistance to Interrupt effects by 10%.

Changed Discipline

Mental Agility

Reduces the mana cost of your Smite, Holy Fire, and instant cast spells by 3%.

Classic · Discipline · 5 ranksReduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 2%.

Changed Discipline

Meditation

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Classic · Discipline · 3 ranksAllows 5% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Changed Discipline

Improved Inner Fire

Increases the Armor bonus of your Inner Fire spell by 15% and increases its total charges by 4.

Classic · Discipline · 3 ranksIncreases the Armor bonus of your Inner Fire spell by 10%.

Changed Discipline

Mental Strength

Increases your total Intellect by 3%.

Classic · Discipline · 5 ranksIncreases your maximum Mana by 2%.

Changed Discipline

Improved Mana Burn

Reduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by 0.5 sec.

Classic · Discipline · 2 ranksReduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by 0.25 secs.

Changed Discipline

Power Infusion

Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec.

Classic · Discipline · 1 rankInfuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing by 20%. Lasts 15 sec.

Changed Holy

Twilight Focus

Healing Focus

Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any spell.

Classic · Holy · 2 ranksGives you a 35% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.

Changed Holy

Holy Nova

Causes an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 26 to 30 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 49 to 57. These effects cause no threat.

Classic · Holy · 1 rankCauses an explosion of holy light around the caster, causing 29 to 34 Holy damage to all enemy targets within 10 yards and healing all party members within 10 yards for 54 to 63. These effects cause no threat.

Changed Holy

Blessed Recovery

After being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, or suffering more than 30% of your maximum Health from a single attack, heal 8% of the damage taken over 6 sec. Refreshing this effect carries over any remaining healing.

Classic · Holy · 3 ranksAfter being struck by a melee or ranged critical hit, heal 8% of the damage taken over 6 sec.

Changed Holy

Inspiration

Your non-periodic critical heals increase your target's Armor by 8% for 15 sec.

Classic · Holy · 3 ranksIncreases your target's armor by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from

Changed Holy

Improved Healing

Reduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, Penance, and Prayer of Mending spells by 5%.

Classic · Holy · 3 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your Lesser Heal, Heal, and Greater Heal spells by 5%.

Changed Holy

Searing Light

Increases your Holy damage done by 2%, and gives a 5% chance each time your Holy Fire spell deals periodic damage for your next Holy Nova to cost no Mana.

Classic · Holy · 2 ranksIncreases the damage of your Smite and Holy Fire spells by 5%.

Changed Holy

Spirit of Redemption

Upon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

Classic · Holy · 1 rankUpon death, the priest becomes the Spirit of Redemption for 10 sec. The Spirit of Redemption cannot move, attack, be attacked or targeted by any spells or effects. While in this form the priest can cast any healing spell free of cost. When the effect ends, the priest dies.

Changed Holy

Spiritual Guidance

Increases your spell healing by up to 5% of your total Spirit and your spell damage by up to 1% of your total Spirit.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksIncreases spell damage and healing by up to 5% of your total Spirit.

Changed Holy

Spiritual Healing

Increases the amount healed by your spells by 3%.

Classic · Holy · 5 ranksIncreases the amount healed by your healing spells by 2%.

Changed Shadow

Shadow Focus

Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 1%.

Classic · Shadow · 5 ranksReduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 2%.

Changed Shadow

Spirit Tap

Gives you a 20% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target. For the duration, your Mana will regenerate at a 50% of normal rate while casting.

Classic · Shadow · 5 ranksGives you a 20% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit after killing a target that yields experience. For the duration, your Mana will regenerate at a 50% rate while casting. Lasts 15 sec.

Changed Shadow

Shadow Affinity

Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 10%.

Classic · Shadow · 3 ranksReduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 8%.

Changed Shadow

Shadow Reach

Increases the range of your offensive Shadow spells by 10%.

Classic · Shadow · 3 ranksIncreases the range of your Shadow damage spells by 6%.

Changed Shadow

Mind Flay

Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Classic · Shadow · 1 rankAssault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Changed Shadow

Vampiric Embrace

Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec. Vampiric Embrace also grants a chance for your Spirit Tap talent to trigger when enemies afflicted by it die.

Classic · Shadow · 1 rankAfflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 1 min.

Changed Shadow

Shadow Weaving

Your Shadow damage spells have a 33% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Classic · Shadow · 5 ranksYour Shadow damage spells have a 20% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

Changed Shadow

Silence

Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec and interrupting their spellcasts for 3 sec.

Classic · Shadow · 1 rankSilences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec.

Changed Shadow

Darkness

Increases your Shadow damage done by 2%.

Classic · Shadow · 5 ranksIncreases your Shadow spell damage by 2%.

Changed Shadow

Shadowform

Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.

Classic · Shadow · 1 rankAssume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.

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New Discipline

Power in Light

Your Smite and Penance spells deal 2% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.

New Discipline

Twin Disciplines

Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 1%.

New Discipline

Holy Precision

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.

New Discipline

Soul Warding

Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.

New Discipline

Penance

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

New Discipline

Renewed Hope

Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 2% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 1 sec.

New Discipline

Divine Aegis

Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 5% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec.

New Holy

Binding Heal

Heals a friendly target and the caster for 236 to 284. Low threat.

New Holy

Litany of Light

When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 5% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.

New Holy

Prayer of Mending

Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.

New Shadow

Improved Mind Flay

Your Mind Flay now deals 10% more damage, gains 5 yards increased range, but slows the target's movement speed by 35%.

New Shadow

Devouring Contagion

Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 25%. Targets that die while Devouring Plague it is active spreads it, jumping to a nearby enemy within 5 yards for the remaining duration.

New Shadow

Early Demise

Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15%.

SHAMAN

Shaman changes

Shaman has 45 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Lava Burst, Rage of the Farseer, Water Shield. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

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Changed Elemental

Convection

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.

Classic · Elemental · 5 ranksReduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.

Changed Elemental

Concussion

Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 1%.

Classic · Elemental · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 1%.

Changed Elemental

Elemental Warding

Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 3%.

Classic · Elemental · 3 ranksReduces damage taken from Fire, Frost and Nature effects by 4%.

Moved Elemental

Reverberation

Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 0.2 sec.

Classic · Elemental · 5 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 0.2 sec.

Changed Elemental

Call of Flame

Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 5%.

Classic · Elemental · 3 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Fire Totems by 5%.

Changed Elemental

Elemental Devastation

Your offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

Classic · Elemental · 3 ranksYour offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.

Changed Elemental

Elemental Fury

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 20%.

Classic · Elemental · 1 rankIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing, Magma, and Fire Nova Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.

Changed Elemental

Improved Fire Nova

Improved Fire Totems

Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova spell by 10% and reduces its cooldown by 2 sec.

Classic · Elemental · 2 ranksReduces the delay before your Fire Nova Totem activates by 1 sec. and decreases the threat generated by your Magma Totem by 25%.

Changed Elemental

Eye of the Storm

Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst by 23%.

Classic · Elemental · 3 ranksGives you a 33% chance to gain the Focused Casting effect that lasts for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage.

Changed Elemental

Call of Thunder

Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.

Classic · Elemental · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 1%.

Changed Elemental

Elemental Reach

Storm Reach

Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 3 yards, and increases the range of your Flame Shock spell by 8 yards.

Classic · Elemental · 2 ranksIncreases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3 yards.

Changed Elemental

Elemental Alacrity

Lightning Mastery

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.17 sec.

Classic · Elemental · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.2 sec.

Moved Enhancement

Earth's Grasp

Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 25% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 10%.

Classic · Elemental · 2 ranksIncreases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 25% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 10%.

Changed Enhancement

Thundering Strikes

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.

Classic · Enhancement · 5 ranksImproves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 1%.

Changed Enhancement

Ancestral Knowledge

Increases your Intellect by 2%.

Classic · Enhancement · 5 ranksIncreases your maximum Mana by 1%.

Changed Enhancement

Improved Ghost Wolf

Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 1 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.

Classic · Enhancement · 2 ranksReduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 1 sec.

Moved Enhancement

Elemental Weapons

Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.

Classic · Enhancement · 3 ranksIncreases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.

Changed Enhancement

Anticipation

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.

Classic · Enhancement · 5 ranksIncreases your chance to dodge by an additional 1%.

Changed Enhancement

Toughness

Increases your Stamina by 2%.

Classic · Enhancement · 5 ranksIncreases your armor value from items by 2%.

Changed Enhancement

Flurry

Increases your attack speed by 5% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Classic · Enhancement · 5 ranksIncreases your attack speed by 10% for your next 3 swings after dealing a critical strike.

Changed Enhancement

Stormstrike

Instantly strike for normal weapon damage and increase the damage you deal to the target with your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Earth Shock spell by 20% for 12 sec.

Classic · Enhancement · 1 rankGives you an extra attack. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.

Changed Enhancement

Spirit Weapons

Parry

Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.

Classic · Enhancement · 1 rankGives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.

Changed Restoration

Totemic Focus

Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 5%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your totems by 5%.

Changed Restoration

Natural Grace

Healing Grace

Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 5%.

Classic · Restoration · 3 ranksReduces the threat generated by your healing spells by 5%.

Changed Restoration

Tidal Focus

Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 1% and improves your chance to hit by 1%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 1%.

Changed Restoration

Improved Reincarnation

Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min, increases your maximum health by 2%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.

Classic · Restoration · 2 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min and increases the amount of health and mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.

Moved Restoration

Ancestral Healing

Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

Classic · Restoration · 3 ranksIncreases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

Changed Restoration

Healing Focus

Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksGives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.

Changed Restoration

Tidal Mastery

Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 1%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksIncreases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 1%.

Changed Restoration

Restorative Totems

Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 5% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 10%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksIncreases the effect of your Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems by 5%.

Changed Restoration

Mana Tide Totem

Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 88 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards.

Classic · Restoration · 1 rankSummons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 170 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 20 yards.

Changed Restoration

Healing Way

Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 8%.

Classic · Restoration · 3 ranksYour Healing Wave spells have a 33% chance to increase the effect of subsequent Healing Wave spells on that target by 6% for 15 sec. This effect will stack up to 3 times.

Changed Restoration

Purification

Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 2%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksIncreases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 2%.

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New Elemental

Lightning Overload

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

New Elemental

Earthbound

Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

New Elemental

Lava Burst

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 106 to 134 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

New Enhancement

Mental Dexterity

Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.

New Enhancement

Shamanistic Focus

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.

New Enhancement

Mental Quickness

Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.

New Enhancement

Improved Stormstrike

When you Stormstrike, you have a 50% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 50% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.

New Enhancement

Maelstrom Weapon

When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 4%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

New Enhancement

Rage of the Farseer

Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.

New Restoration

Mindfulness

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

New Restoration

Water Shield

The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

New Restoration

Riptide

Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

MAGE

Mage changes

Mage has 40 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Arcane Blast, Ice Lance. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 34

Moved Arcane

Wand Specialization

Increases your damage with Wands by 13%.

Classic · Arcane · 2 ranksIncreases your damage with Wands by 13%.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Focus

Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 1%.

Classic · Arcane · 5 ranksReduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Arcane spells by 2%.

Changed Arcane

Improved Channeling

Improved Arcane Missiles

Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14% chance while casting Arcane Blast.

Classic · Arcane · 5 ranksGives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Subtlety

Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 8 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 15%.

Classic · Arcane · 2 ranksReduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 5 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 20%.

Changed Arcane

Magic Absorption

Increases all your resistances by 5 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.

Classic · Arcane · 5 ranksIncreases all resistances by 2 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1% of your total mana. 1 sec. cooldown.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Resilience

Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect.

Classic · Arcane · 1 rankIncreases your armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Impact

Improved Arcane Explosion

Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2%.

Classic · Arcane · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Arcane Explosion spell by an additional 2%.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Shielding

Improved Mana Shield

Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%.

Classic · Arcane · 2 ranksDecreases the mana lost per point of damage taken when Mana Shield is active by 10%.

Changed Arcane

Improved Counterspell

Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2 sec.

Classic · Arcane · 2 ranksGives your Counterspell a 50% chance to silence the target for 4 sec.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Meditation

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Classic · Arcane · 3 ranksAllows 5% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Mind

Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%.

Classic · Arcane · 5 ranksIncreases your maximum Mana by 2%.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Instability

Increases the damage done by your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance by 1%.

Classic · Arcane · 3 ranksIncreases your spell damage and critical strike chance by 1%.

Changed Arcane

Arcane Power

For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.

Classic · Arcane · 1 rankWhen activated, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. This effect lasts 15 sec.

Changed Fire

Wake of Fire

Improved Fire Blast

Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25%.

Classic · Fire · 3 ranksReduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 0.5 sec.

Changed Fire

Incineration

Incinerate

Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2%.

Classic · Fire · 2 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast and Scorch spells by 2%.

Changed Fire

Improved Fireball

Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.1 sec.

Classic · Fire · 5 ranksReduces the casting time of your Fireball spell by 0.1 sec.

Changed Fire

Impact

Gives your Fire spells a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

Classic · Fire · 5 ranksGives your Fire spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 2 sec.

Changed Fire

Burning Soul

Gives your Fire spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 10%.

Classic · Fire · 2 ranksGives your Fire spells a 35% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 15%.

Changed Fire

Pyroblast

Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 101 to 131 Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec.

Classic · Fire · 1 rankHurls an immense fiery boulder that causes 148 to 195 Fire damage and an additional 56 Fire damage over 12 sec.

Changed Fire

Improved Scorch

Your Scorch spell has a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Classic · Fire · 3 ranksYour Scorch spells have a 33% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases the Fire damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

Changed Fire

Master of Elements

Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 10% of their base mana cost.

Classic · Fire · 3 ranksYour Fire and Frost spell criticals will refund 10% of their base mana cost.

Changed Fire

Blast Wave

A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 184 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

Classic · Fire · 1 rankA wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 160 to 192 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.

Changed Fire

Combustion

When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 4 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells.

Classic · Fire · 1 rankWhen activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 critical strikes with Fire spells.

Changed Frost

Frost Warding

Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.

Classic · Frost · 2 ranksIncreases the armor and resistances given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 15%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 10% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active.

Changed Frost

Elemental Precision

Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 1%.

Classic · Frost · 3 ranksReduces the chance that the opponent can resist your Frost and Fire spells by 2%.

Changed Frost

Permafrost

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%.

Classic · Frost · 3 ranksIncreases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 sec and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.

Moved Frost

Frost Channeling

Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%.

Classic · Frost · 3 ranksReduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 5% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 10%.

Changed Frost

Improved Blizzard

Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.

Classic · Frost · 3 ranksAdds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.50 sec.

Moved Frost

Ice Block

You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells.

Classic · Frost · 1 rankYou become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.

Changed Frost

Shatter

Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 17%.

Classic · Frost · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of all your spells against frozen targets by 10%.

Changed Frost

Improved Cone of Cold

Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.

Classic · Frost · 3 ranksIncreases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.

Changed Frost

Cold Snap

Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells.

Classic · Frost · 1 rankWhen activated, this spell finishes the cooldown on all of your Frost spells.

Changed Frost

Winter's Chill

Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 1 times.

Classic · Frost · 5 ranksGives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance a Frost spell will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

Changed Frost

Ice Barrier

Instantly shields you, absorbing 447 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

Classic · Frost · 1 rankInstantly shields you, absorbing 455 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.

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New Arcane

Arcane Geometry

Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.

New Arcane

Arcane Blast

Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 to 65 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.

New Arcane

Missile Barrage

Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

New Fire

Hot Streak

Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 15 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.

New Frost

Ice Lance

Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.

New Frost

Fingers of Frost

Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

WARLOCK

Warlock changes

Warlock has 50 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Wrack, Bane of Havoc, Incinerate. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 31

Moved Affliction

Improved Life Tap

Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.

Classic · Affliction · 2 ranksIncreases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.

Changed Affliction

Suppression

Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.

Classic · Affliction · 5 ranksReduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2%.

Changed Affliction

Improved Corruption

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.

Classic · Affliction · 5 ranksReduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec.

Changed Affliction

Improved Bane of Agony

Improved Curse of Agony

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.

Classic · Affliction · 3 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.

Changed Affliction

Fel Concentration

Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.

Classic · Affliction · 5 ranksGives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.

Changed Affliction

Amplify Curse

Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Classic · Affliction · 1 rankIncreases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Curse of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Changed Affliction

Nightfall

Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Classic · Affliction · 2 ranksGives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Changed Affliction

Curse of Exhaustion

Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Classic · Affliction · 1 rankReduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Changed Affliction

Siphon Life

Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Classic · Affliction · 1 rankTransfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Changed Affliction

Shadow Mastery

Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%.

Classic · Affliction · 5 ranksIncreases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.

Changed Demonology

Improved Health Funnel

Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%, reduces its health cost by 15%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 50%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.

Classic · Demonology · 2 ranksIncreases the amount of Health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 10%.

Changed Demonology

Improved Imp

Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%.

Classic · Demonology · 3 ranksIncreases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 10%.

Changed Demonology

Demonic Embrace

Increases your total Stamina by 3%.

Classic · Demonology · 5 ranksIncreases your total Stamina by 3% but reduces your total Spirit by 1%.

Changed Demonology

Unholy Power

Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 2%.

Classic · Demonology · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter's melee attacks by 4%.

Changed Demonology

Fel Vitality

Fel Stamina

Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.

Classic · Demonology · 5 ranksIncreases the maximum Health of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 3%.

Changed Demonology

Demonic Sacrifice

When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hrs. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec.

Classic · Demonology · 1 rankWhen activated, sacrifices your summoned demon to grant you an effect that lasts 30 min. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned.Imp: Increases your Fire damage by 15%.Voidwalker: Restores 3% of total Health every 4 sec.Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%.Felhunter: Restores 2% of total Mana every 4 sec.

Moved Demonology

Master Summoner

Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Classic · Demonology · 2 ranksReduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Moved Demonology

Fel Domination

Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.

Classic · Demonology · 1 rankYour next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.

Changed Demonology

Soul Link

When active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Demon instead. In addition, both the Demon and the master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the Demon is active.

Classic · Demonology · 1 rankWhen active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter demon instead. In addition, both the demon and master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the demon is active.

Changed Demonology

Master Demonologist

Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 2%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 2%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 2%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 2%.

Classic · Demonology · 5 ranksGrants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active.Imp - Reduces threat caused by 4%.Voidwalker - Reduces physical damage taken by 2%.Succubus/Incubus - Increases all damage caused by 2%.Felhunter - Increases all resistances by.2 per level.

Changed Destruction

Destructive Reach

Increases the range of your damaging spells by 10%.

Classic · Destruction · 2 ranksIncreases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.

Changed Destruction

Improved Shadow Bolt

Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec.

Classic · Destruction · 5 ranksYour Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 4% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.

Changed Destruction

Bane

Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.

Classic · Destruction · 5 ranksReduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.

Changed Destruction

Cataclysm

Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.

Classic · Destruction · 5 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 1%.

Changed Destruction

Aftermath

Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10% and your Conflagrate spell has a 20% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.

Classic · Destruction · 5 ranksGives your Destruction spells a 2% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.

Changed Destruction

Ruin

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%.

Classic · Destruction · 1 rankIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.

Changed Destruction

Shadowburn

Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Classic · Destruction · 1 rankInstantly blasts the target for 91 to 104 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Changed Destruction

Intensity

Gives you a 23% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.

Classic · Destruction · 2 ranksGives you a 35% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire, Hellfire or Soul Fire spell.

Changed Destruction

Agonizing Flames

Improved Searing Pain

Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.

Classic · Destruction · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 2%.

Changed Destruction

Conflagrate

Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.

Classic · Destruction · 1 rankIgnites a target that is already afflicted by Immolate, dealing 249 to 316 Fire damage and consuming the Immolate spell.

Changed Destruction

Pyroclasm

Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.

Classic · Destruction · 2 ranksGives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 13% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

New talents and learnable abilities 19

New Affliction

Malediction

Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.

New Affliction

Soul Harvesting

You gain Soul Harvest for 10 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Soul Harvest allows your Mana to regenerate at 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.

New Affliction

Improved Drains

Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.

New Affliction

Pandemic

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 33%.

New Affliction

Malevolence

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

New Affliction

Soul Siphon

Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.

New Affliction

Wrack

Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.

New Demonology

Demonic Aegis

Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

New Demonology

Demonic Energies

You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 50% of the Mana you gain.

New Demonology

Decimation

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.

New Demonology

Demonic Brand

Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.

New Demonology

Improved Felhunter

Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec.

New Demonology

Demonic Knowledge

Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.

New Demonology

Demonic Pact

Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

New Destruction

Molten Skin

Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

New Destruction

Bane of Havoc

Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.

New Destruction

Fire and Brimstone

Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

New Destruction

Shadow and Flame

Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.

New Destruction

Incinerate

Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

DRUID

Druid changes

Druid has 47 recorded talent changes. New learnable abilities include Mangle, Berserk, Wild Growth. Hold a Classic button to preview the old reference.

Changed and moved talents 33

Changed Balance

Improved Wrath

Reduces the cast time of your Wrath spell by 0.1 sec and its Mana cost by 10%.

Classic · Balance · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of your Wrath spell by 0.1 sec.

Changed Balance

Moonglow

Reduces the Mana cost of your damaging spells by 8%.

Classic · Balance · 3 ranksReduces the Mana cost of your Moonfire, Starfire, Wrath, Healing Touch, Regrowth and Rejuvenation spells by 3%.

Changed Balance

Improved Moonfire

Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 5%.

Classic · Balance · 5 ranksIncreases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 2%.

Changed Balance

Nature's Reach

Increases the range of your offensive Balance spells by 10% and improves your chance to hit by 2%.

Classic · Balance · 2 ranksIncreases the range of your Wrath, Entangling Roots, Faerie Fire, Moonfire, Starfire, and Hurricane spells by 10%.

Changed Balance

Improved Entangling Roots

Increases the damage done by your Entangling Roots spell by 25%, and its victims can take up to 25% more damage without interrupting the effect.

Classic · Balance · 3 ranksGives you a 40% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting Entangling Roots.

Changed Balance

Insect Swarm

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with attacks by 2% and causing 48 Nature damage over 12 sec.

Classic · Restoration · 1 rankThe enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit by 2% and causing 66 Nature damage over 12 sec.

Changed Balance

Vengeance

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane and Nature spells by 20%.

Classic · Balance · 5 ranksIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Starfire, Moonfire, and Wrath spells by 20%.

Changed Balance

Improved Starfire

Reduces the cast time of Starfire by 0.1 sec and Starfire has a 3% chance to stun its target for 3 sec.

Classic · Balance · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of Starfire by 0.1 sec and has a 3% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

Changed Balance

Nature's Grace

All non-periodic spell criticals grace you with a blessing of nature, increasing your spellcasting speed and reducing your global cooldown by 10% for 3 sec.

Classic · Balance · 1 rankAll spell criticals grace you with a blessing of nature, reducing the casting time of your next spell by 0.5 sec.

Changed Balance

Moonfury

Increases the damage done by your Arcane and Nature spells by 2%.

Classic · Balance · 5 ranksIncreases the damage done by your Starfire, Moonfire and Wrath spells by.

Changed Balance

Moonkin Form

Transforms the Druid into Moonkin Form. While in this form, the armor contribution from items is increased by 360%, Omen of Clarity gains 100% increased chance to trigger, and all party members within 45 yards have their critical strike chance increased by 3%, exclusive with Leader of the Pack. The Moonkin cannot cast healing spells while shapeshifted. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Classic · Balance · 1 rankTransforms the Druid into Moonkin Form. While in this form the armor contribution from items is increased by 360% and all party members within 30 yards have their spell critical chance increased by 3%. [Reduces all threat from Arcane and Nature spells by 0% while in this form]The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Changed Feral Combat

Ferocity

Reduces the cost of your Maul, Mangle, Swipe, Claw, and Rake abilities by 1 Rage or Energy.

Classic · Feral Combat · 5 ranksReduces the cost of your Maul, Swipe, Claw, and Rake abilities by 1 Rage or Energy.

Changed Feral Combat

Heart of the Wild

Increases your Intellect by 2%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 2%.

Classic · Feral Combat · 5 ranksIncreases your Intellect by 4%. In addition, while in Bear or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 4%.

Changed Feral Combat

Feral Swiftness

Feline Swiftness

Increases your movement speed while in Cat Form by 15%, and increases your chance to Dodge by 2%.

Classic · Feral Combat · 2 ranksIncreases your movement speed by 15% while outdoors in Cat Form and increases your chance to dodge while in Cat Form by 2%.

Changed Feral Combat

Feral Instinct

Increases damage done by your Swipe ability by 10% and reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while Prowling as if you were 1 level higher.

Classic · Feral Combat · 5 ranksIncreases threat caused in Bear and Dire Bear Form by 3% and reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while Prowling.

Changed Feral Combat

Brutal Impact

Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 15 sec.

Classic · Feral Combat · 2 ranksIncreases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec.

Changed Feral Combat

Thick Hide

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

Classic · Feral Combat · 5 ranksIncreases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.

Changed Feral Combat

Savage Fury

Increases the damage caused by your Claw, Rake, Shred, Maul, and Swipe abilities by 5%.

Classic · Feral Combat · 2 ranksIncreases the damage caused by your Claw, Rake, Maul and Swipe abilities by 10%.

Changed Feral Combat

Feral Charge

Charge an enemy, immobilizing them and interrupting any spell they are casting for 4 sec. Leap behind an enemy.

Classic · Feral Combat · 1 rankCauses you to charge an enemy, immobilizing and interrupting any spell being cast for 4 sec.

Changed Feral Combat

Sharpened Claws

Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Cat Form by 3%.

Classic · Feral Combat · 3 ranksIncreases your critical strike chance while in Bear, Dire Bear or Cat Form by 2%.

Changed Feral Combat

Shredding Attacks

Improved Shred

Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 1.

Classic · Feral Combat · 2 ranksReduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6.

Changed Feral Combat

Predatory Strikes

Increases your melee Attack Power in Cat Form, Bear Form, and Dire Bear Form by 50% of your level.

Classic · Feral Combat · 3 ranksIncreases your melee attack power in Cat, Bear and Dire Bear Forms by 50% of your level.

Changed Feral Combat

Primal Fury

Gives you a 50% chance to gain an additional 5 Rage any time you get a critical strike while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form. In addition, your non-periodic critical strikes from Cat Form abilities that generate Combo Points have a 50% chance to add an additional Combo Point.

Classic · Feral Combat · 2 ranksGives you a 50% chance to gain an additional 5 Rage anytime you get a critical strike while in Bear and Dire Bear Form.

Changed Feral Combat

Leader of the Pack

While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the critical strike chance of all party members within 45 yards by 3%, exclusive with Moonkin Aura.

Classic · Feral Combat · 1 rankWhile in Cat, Bear or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases ranged and melee critical chance of all party members within 45 yards by 3%.

Changed Restoration

Nature's Focus

Gives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting Arcane and Nature spells.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksGives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting the Healing Touch, Regrowth and Tranquility spells.

Changed Restoration

Furor

Gives you a 20% chance to gain 10 Rage when you shapeshift into Bear Form or Dire Bear Form. When you shift into Cat Form, you will regain 20% of the Energy you had when you were last in Cat Form, plus 2 Energy for each second you spent not in Bear Form, Cat Form, or Dire Bear Form, up to a maximum of 20 Energy.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksGives you 20% chance to gain 10 Rage when you shapeshift into Bear and Dire Bear Form or 40 Energy when you shapeshift into Cat Form.

Changed Restoration

Naturalist

Improved Healing Touch

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksReduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec.

Changed Restoration

Subtlety

Reduces the threat generated by your Nature and Arcane spells by 10%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksReduces the threat generated by your Healing spells by 4%.

Moved Restoration

Natural Shapeshifter

Reduces the mana cost of all shapeshifting by 10%.

Classic · Balance · 3 ranksReduces the mana cost of all shapeshifting by 10%.

Changed Restoration

Reflection

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Classic · Restoration · 3 ranksAllows 5% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Changed Restoration

Gift of Nature

Increases the effect of all your healing spells by 2%.

Classic · Restoration · 5 ranksIncreases the effect of all healing spells by 2%.

Changed Restoration

Swiftmend

Instantly heals a target with an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of one of those spells.

Classic · Restoration · 1 rankan amount equal to 12 sec. of Rejuvenation or 18 sec. of Regrowth.

Changed Restoration

Improved Tranquility

Reduces threat caused by Tranquility by 50% and its cooldown by 30%.

Classic · Restoration · 2 ranksReduces threat caused by Tranquility by 50%.

New talents and learnable abilities 14

New Balance

Genesis

Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 1%.

New Balance

Nature's Majesty

Increases your critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks by 2%.

New Balance

Nature's Splendor

Increases the duration of your Moonfire and Rejuvenation spells by 3 sec, your Regrowth spell by 6 sec, and your Insect Swarm spell by 2 sec.

New Balance

Overgrowth

Increases the maximum number of targets you may have affected by Entangling Roots by 1.

New Balance

Eclipse

Your Wrath spell reduces the cast time of your next 2 Starfire spells by 0.17 sec. Stores up to 4 charges. Lasts 15 sec.

New Feral Combat

Mangle

Mangle the target for 100% normal damage plus 26.

New Feral Combat

Predatory Instincts

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 10%.

New Feral Combat

King of the Jungle

Tiger's Fury now instantly grants you 20 Energy.

New Feral Combat

Natural Reaction

Increases your dodge chance by 1%, and gives you a 20% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge.

New Feral Combat

Rend and Tear

Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 2%.

New Feral Combat

Berserk

Causes your Mangle ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.

New Restoration

Gift of the Earthmother

Reduces the global cooldown by 0.5 seconds on your Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, and Wild Growth spells.

New Restoration

Living Spirit

Increases your Spirit by 5%.

New Restoration

Wild Growth

Heals the target and their party for 336 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.

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