Hotfixes: August 11

August 12th by Blizzard Entertainment

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Legion. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Additional information about the expansion can be found below.

August 11

Hotfixes

Dungeons and Raids

  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Dresaron has reorganized the eggs in his lair ... again.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Reduced Kil’jaeden’s melee damage by 15% on Normal difficulty.
      • Armageddon Hail damage reduced by 15% on Normal difficulty.
      • Rupturing Singularity cast during Deceiver's Veil now spawn in fixed locations on Mythic difficulty.
      • Shadowsouls are no longer immune to Death Grip on Mythic Difficulty.
         

August 8

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Druid
    • Efflorescence healing will prioritize players over pets in all cases, including with the Spring Blossoms talent.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Demonic Inquisition
      • Increased the time Calcified Quills takes aim at a player before casting to 5 seconds (was 3 seconds).
      • Increased the time it takes Demonic Inquisition to enrage to 12 minutes (was 8 minutes).


August 2

Hotfixes

Class Halls

  • Warlocks who have completed their class mount quest should be able to see Calydus' vendor list.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Dresaron has tidied up his lair, moving his eggs to the edge of the room.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Mistress Sassz'ine
      • Crashing Wave takes 1 second longer to occur after the warning visual in Mythic difficulty.
      • Concealing Murk duration increased to 12 seconds in Mythic difficulty.
      • Befouling Ink recast time in stage three increased by 5 seconds in Mythic difficulty.

Professions

  • (Hotfix in testing) Fixed a bug preventing the Archaeology digsite in The Wildwood from functioning properly.

August 1

Hotfixes

Achievements

  • The title awarded by the Achievement Mythic: Kil'jaeden, The Darkener, should now be available account-wide.

Class Halls

  • Missions to the Tomb of Sargeras are now offered for 10 days.

Companions

  • Red War Fuel and Blue War Fuel visuals have been modified to reduce strobe effects.
  • Red War Fuel and Blue War Fuel have an increased cooldown time.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Harjatan
      • Drenching Waters created by Razorjaw Wavemenders and Drippy Tadpoles should no longer apply stacks of Drenched after the fight has finished.

Items

  • Shadowy Reins of the Accursed Wrathsteed can no longer be traded to other party members.

Player versus Player

  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Greater Fade can no longer be cast while silenced.
      • Greater Fade's cooldown has been increased to 45 seconds (was 30 seconds).

July 27

Hotfixes

Classes

  • (Hotfix in testing) Fixed a bug with Heroic Leap, Havoc's Metamorphosis, and Infernal Strike where they would sometimes fail to cast but still trigger their cooldown if the player became Rooted at the same time as the spell was cast.
  • Warlock
    • Destruction
      • Immolate’s Soul Shard generation should now function as intended and match the tooltip.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Trial of Valor
    • Helya, Odyn
      • Corrected an issue that prevented the items for the hidden Fury or Enhancement artifact appearances from dropping when Personal Loot was selected.

Player versus Player

  • Priest
    • Holy
      • (Hotfix in testing) The final healing and damage of Ray of Hope can no longer be prevented by Smoke Bomb.

July 24

Hotfixes

Class, Raid, Items, and PvP hotfixes below will go live with maintenance in each region.

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Frost
  • Fixed a bug preventing Hungering Rune Weapon from generating a Rune at the correct rate of once every 1.5 seconds.
  • All damage abilities increased by 5%.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance
      • Demon Spikes physical damage reduction increased to 12% (was 10%).
      • Fracture damage decreased by 5%.
      • Spirit Bomb damage decreased by 10%.
  • Paladin
  • Protection
    • Increased the damage done by the following abilities by 4%: Avenger's Shield, Judgment, Hammer of the Righteous, Blessed Hammer, Consecration, Shield of the Righteous, Eye of Tyr.
  • Retribution
  • Blade of Justice damage increased by 10%.
  • Crusader Strike damage increased by 10%.
  • Zeal damage increased by 10%.
  • Rogue
    • Fixed a bug where Elusiveness reduced the amount of AOE damage reduction Feint provided.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Light of Dawn now functions correctly with Aura of Sacrifice.

Class Halls

  • Calydus will now appear if a player can accept or turn-in a quest with him, even if he's on a mission.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • The Fallen Avatar
      • The Fallen Avatar’s health is reduced by 5% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Kil'jaeden's health reduced by 5% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Armageddon now creates 6 Armageddon Rains (was 8) in Mythic difficulty.
      • Illidan's Sightless Gaze now deals less damage in all difficulties.
      • Demonic Obelisk now spawns 3 Obelisks on the first cast in Mythic difficulty.


Items

  • Spectral Thurible will no longer damage creatures you are not in combat with.
  • Warrior
  • Arms
  • The Great Storm's Eye damage bonus per stack reduced to 2% (was 4%).
  • Ayala's Stone Heart now procs 40% less often for Arms Warriors.

  • Rogue
  • All Specs
  • Mantle of the Master Assassin duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
  • Subtlety
  • Denial of the Half-Giants now extends Shadow Blades duration by 0.2 seconds per combo point spent (was 0.3 seconds).

Player versus Player

Druid

  • Balance
  • PvP Template Armor reduced by 10%.
  • Bladed Feathers grants 11% additional armor per rank in PvP (was 22.5% per rank).
  • Ironfeather Armor now grants an additional 25% armor (was 50%).
  • Celestial Guardian now grants 10% spell damage reduction (was 20%).
  • Moonkin Form now grants 125% additional armor in PvP situation (was 200%).
  • Restoration
    • PvP Template Intellect increased by 2%.
    • PvP Template Mastery increased by 20%.

Hunter

  • Survival
    • Holy Priests with Greater Fade active can now be correctly interrupted by Muzzle

Mage

  • Frost
    • Frigid Winds increases chilling effects by 10% in PvP situations (was 15%).
    • Chilled reduces the movement speed of targets by 40% in PvP situations (was 50%).

Priest

  • Holy
    • Ray of Hope's cooldown is increased to 60 seconds (was 45 seconds).
    • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 4%.
    • PvP Template Mastery reduced by 30%.
    • The heal over time effect of Renew now heals for an additional 75% in PvP (was 100%).

Shaman

  • Restoration
    • Riptide's heal is increased by 15% in PvP situations (was an additional 30%).
    • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 3%.

Warlock

  • Affliction
    • PvP Template Intellect increased by 3%.
  • Destruction
    • PvP Template Armor increased by 30%.
    • PvP Template Versatility increased by 5%.


July 20

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Light of Dawn now functions correctly with Aura of Sacrifice.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Cathedral of Eternal Night
  • Shadow Swipe damage dealt reduced by 50%.
  • Thrashbite the Scornful
    • Throw Arcane Tome, Throw Silence Tome, and Throw Frost Tome damage decreased by 50% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Agronox
    • Timber Smash damage reduced by 25% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Domatrax
    • Fel Portal Guardian health reduced by 25% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Mephistoroth
    • Dark Solitude initial damage reduced by 90% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Upper Return to Karazhan
  • The Curator
    • Arcane Barrage damaged reduced by 30% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Static Charge damage reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Arc Lightning damage reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Lower Return to Karazhan
  • There are now 2 Arcane Wardens in the Banquet Hall while Teeming is active (was 3).
  • Pennies from Heaven damage reduced by 40%.
  • Multi-Shot damage reduced by 30%.
  • Moroes
    • Garrote initial damage reduced by 90% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Will Breaker damage reduced by 25% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Attumen the Huntsman
    • Trampling Stomp damage reduced by 30% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Smash from Spectral Journeyman now only hits one target.
  • Maiden of Virtue
    • Sacred Ground damage reduced by 40% in Mythic difficulty.
  • Opera Hall
    • Firelands Portal damage reduced by 40% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Heat Wave damage reduced by 25% in Mythic difficulty.
  • The Tomb of Sargeras
  • Harjatan
    • Harjatan's Drenching Waters should no longer affect Priests in Spirit of Redemption form.
  • The Desolate Host
    • Eternal Soulguards should now cast Sever Soul with much less frequency.

Quests

  • Players should no longer receive an error if they already have Spoiled Sample in their bags when completing a weekly PvP quest.

July 17

Hotfixes

Dungeons and Raids

  • Upper Return to Karazhan
    • Shade of Medivh
      • The impact damage of Inferno Bolt has been reduced by 25% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Mana Devourer
      • Energy Discharge now deals 20% less damage in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Energy Void now deals 50% less damage in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
    • Viz’aduum
      • Chess: King’s health has been lowered by 30%.
      • Disintegrate now deals 25% less damage in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Disintegrate now has a cast time of 2.5 seconds in the first phase.
      • Explosive Shadows now deals 25% less damage in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Shadow Phlegm now deals 20% less damage in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.

Items

  • The Warglaives of Azzinoth awarded by the I’ll Hold These For You Until You Get Out Achievement should now sheathe in the same formation as the original Warglaives.

July 12

Hotfixes

Bonus Event

  • [With realm restarts in each region] Players who have obtained different raid lockouts are now able to group together and queue for Black Temple Timewalking.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Tomb of Sargeras
    • World Quest
      • Dresanoth is no longer invisible and can be engaged while his World Quest is active.
    • Mistress Sassz'ine
      • Fixed a bug that caused the loot window to prematurely close itself.
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Moontalon is now spawned less often on all difficulties.
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Frost Mages’ Comet Storm should no longer fail to deal full damage when cast on Fallen Avatar.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Wailing Reflections created from Guardian Druids will no longer dual wield.

Player versus Player

  • Mage
    • Frost
      • Fixed a bug where Comet Storm would not work when cast on players.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Purge’s mana cost has been reduced by 20%.

Toys

  • The Wyrmtongue Disguise from Lingering Wyrmtongue Essence should no longer break when leaving combat.


July 11

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Priest
    • Fixed a bug that caused Atonement to increase damage buffs on pets more than intended.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Tomb of Sargeras
    • Fallen Avatar
      • [With realm restarts in each region] On Mythic difficulty, 5 Shadowy Blades now spawn (was 7).

Player versus Player

  • [With realm restarts in each region] Many toys can again be used in Battlegrounds.
  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • PvP template Mana regeneration reduced by 10%.
      • Way of the Crane's mana cost increased by 25%.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Template Intellect increased by 3%.
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • PvP template Mana Regeneration reduced by 10%.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • The absorb from Earthen Shield Totem is now affected by Dampening.
      • PvP template Mana regeneration reduced by 10%.
      • Earth Shield's internal cooldown increased to 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).
      • Earth Shield's cooldown increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).

July 7

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Monk
    • Brewmaster
      • Exploding Keg now reduces enemy autoattack damage by 99% for 3 seconds, instead of causing all melee attacks to miss.
      • Developers’ Note: Exploding Keg had some unintended interactions with raid bosses which allowed it to trivialize some mechanics. Rather than making bosses immune to it, we’re redesigning the debuff slightly, in order to retain the spirit of the effect. A followup hotfix will restore the original functionality in PvP, and the tooltip will be updated in Patch 7.3.
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Binding Heal will now always correctly heal the target, caster, and one additional target.

Raids and Dungeons

  • Mythic Keystone Dungeons
    • Slightly increased the level of Mythic Keystones received from the Grand Challenger’s Bounty in relation to the previous week’s highest level Keystone completed.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Lunar Barrage will no longer prevent Spirit of Redemption from activating.
      • The healing absorb effect from Embrace of the Eclipse has been increased, but now scales less per player.
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Dark Mark damage reduced by 25%, and will no longer target healers.

Player Versus Player

  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Ray of Hope will now increase healing done by the intended 50%, and can no longer be used while silenced.

NPCs

  • Broll Bearmantle and Thisalee Crow should have definitely stopped trying to enter Travel Form if the Druid they’re with is in Travel Form.

July 5

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Heroic Leap, Infernal Strike, and Metamorphosis should no longer go on cooldown when the target destination is out of line of sight.
  • Druid
    • Feral
      • Predator (Talent) should now properly reset the cooldown of Tiger’s Fury when a target dies while affected by Ashamane’s Frenzy.
    • Restoration
      • Corrected an issue causing Moment of Clarity to increase Regrowth healing by more than the intended 15%.
  • Monk
    • Corrected an issue that could cause Dampen Harm to reduce damage by more than 50% in some circumstances.

Raids and Dungeons

  • Cathedral of Eternal Night
    • The damage dealt by several boss abilities and health of several creatures summoned by bosses has been reduced.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Note: the following changes only affect Mythic difficulty.
    • Hydra Acid debuff can now be applied through immunity effects (damage is still prevented).
    • Hydra Acid damage reduced by 25%.
    • Hydra Acid stun duration increased to 30 seconds, and can no longer be removed by effects that break stuns.

Player Versus Player

  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Shiv no longer incorrectly provides an increase to Crippling Poison.

June 29

Hotfixes

Achievements

  • Fixed a bug that prevented some players from receiving progress toward the Paragon of the Broken Isles Achievement.

Classes

  • Warrior
    • Defensive Stance can now be cancelled after 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Items

  • Tome of Unraveling Sanity now provides full Critical Strike effectiveness to all specs.
  • Shifting Cosmic Sliver will now function correctly for Protection Paladins when Guardian of Ancient Kings is glyphed with Glyph of the Queen.

Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Pets should no longer get stuck during the Kil’jaeden encounter when using teleportation spells.

NPCs

  • Broll Bearmantle and Thisalee Crow should no longer constantly try to enter Travel Form if the Druid they’re with is in Travel Form.

Player versus Player

Death Knight

  • Unholy
    • Crypt Fever damage reduced by 33%.
    • PvP template Strength increased by 5%.

Demon Hunter

  • Havoc
    • Chaos Strike damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 15%).
    • Annihilation damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 15%).
    • PvP template Versatility increased by 5%.
    • PvP template Agility increased by 3%.

Druid

  • Restoration
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
    • All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
    • Swiftmend healing increased by 40% in PvP situations.

Monk

  • Brewmaster
    • PvP template Versatility increased by 30%.
    • PvP template Haste increased by 25%.
  • Mistweaver
    • Soothing Mist healing reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
    • Soothing Mist healing cast by Jade Serpent Statue reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
    • Healing of the Ancient Mistweaver Arts version of Soothing Mist reduced by 20%.
    • Way of the Crane heals for 175% of damage dealt (was 200%).
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
    • Damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.

Mage

  • Frost
    • Ebonbolt damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
    • Flurry damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations.
    • Glacial Spike damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.        
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.

Paladin

  • Flash of Light healing increased by 15% in PvP situations.
  • Holy
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
    • All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
    • Holy Light healing increased by 10% in PvP situations.
    • Holy Shock healing increased by 10% in PvP situations.
  • Protection
    • Sacred Duty reduces cooldown of Blessing of Protection and Sacrifice by 33% (was 50%).
  • Retribution
    • PvP template Versatility increased by 50%.
    • PvP template Haste decreased by 10%.
    • PvP template Critical Strike decreased by 20%.

Priest

  • Discipline
    • All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 3%.
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 5%.
  • Holy
    • All damage dealt in PvP reduced by 5%.
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
  • Shadow
    • PvP template Intellect increased by 3%.
    • PvP template Versatility increased by 10%.
    • Shadow Mania now grants 4 Insanity every 2 seconds (was 3 Insanity).
    • Mind Trauma now steals 3% Haste (was 1% Haste).
    • Mind Trauma’s maximum Haste stolen is increased to 12% per target, and 24% overall.

Rogue

  • Assassination
    • Poison Bomb damage reduced by 40% in PvP situations (was previously reduced by 30%).
  • Subtlety
    • Vanish cast by Thieves' Gambit will now cancel when the target begins to cast a spell.
    • PvP Template Agility reduced by 5%.

Shaman

  • Enhancement
    • PvP Template Agility reduced by 5%.
    • Damage of Stormstrike, Stormstrike Off-Hand, Windstrike, and Windstrike Off-Hand reduced by 5% in PvP situations.

Warlock

  • Affliction
    • PvP Template Versatility increased by 10%.
    • Corruption damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
    • Agony damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.
    • Absolute Corruption now increases the duration of Corruption to 24 seconds in PvP situations (was 40 seconds).
    • Nightfall will no longer be incorrectly consumed if gained during the cast of Seed of Corruption.
    • Unstable Affliction damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
    • Drain Soul damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
    • Gateway Mastery now allows players to use your Demonic Gateway 15 seconds more often (was 30 seconds).

Warrior

  • Arms
    • Defensive Stance reduces the Warrior's damage by 20% in PvP situations (was 10%).
    • PvP Template Strength reduced by 4%.
    • PvP Template Versatility reduced by 3%.

June 27

Hotfixes

Classes

Demon Hunter

  • Havoc
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 2%.
    • Demon’s Bite damage increased by 46%.
    • Effect of Mastery: Demonic Presence (damage only) increased by 7%.

Hunter

  • Survival
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 4%.

Mage

  • Frost
    • Glacial Spike’s stored Icicle damage component no longer benefits from %-damage buffs on the caster.
    • Glacial Spike damage increased by 50%.
      • Developers’ notes: This prevents the Icicles from doubling  %-damage buffs (since the stored Icicle damage already benefits from such buffs). The base damage of Glacial Spike is being increased so that the total damage is similar to what it was in typical situations.

Monk

  • Windwalker
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 2.5%.
    • Fists of Fury damage increased by 12%.

Warlock

  • Affliction
    • Corruption and Agony damage reduced by 5%.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Black Rook Hold
    • Illysanna Ravencrest
      • Corrected an issue that could cause the fire left by Illysanna’s Dark Rush ability to become invisible.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Feign death should no longer cause Captain Yathae Moonstrike's Incorporeal Shot to fail.
      • Incorporeal Shot will now fire immediately instead of canceling harmlessly if the primary target uses a full immunity effect like Ice Block or Divine Shield.
    • Maiden of Vigilance
      • Holy orbs visuals have been changed to improve readability for color-blind players.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Kil’jaeden now berserks 10 minutes after being engaged.

Items

  • Convergence of Fates once again correctly reduces the cooldown of Metamorphosis for Havoc Demon Hunter.
  • Sea Star of the Depthmother’s Ocean's Embrace now has an 8 second internal cooldown. The proc chance has been reduced slightly for Holy Paladins and Holy Priests.
  • Skull of Nithogg and Skull of Shar’thos can now be found by players who are exalted with the Valarjar in the final chest when Odyn is defeated in Trial of Valor.
  • Skull of Nithogg and Skull of Shar’thos can now drop from the Skyhold Chest of Riches for Warriors who have the Arena Order Hall Perk and are exalted with the Valarjar.
  • Sylvan Maelstrom of the Aurora should now correctly grant its Versatility bonus only when outdoors in the world and not in instances.
  • Tome of Unraveling Sanity’s Critical Strike buff is now half as effective for non-Ranged Damage specializations.
  • Warmace of Shirvallah can now be dropped by Helya in Trial of Valor.

Quests

  • Demon Hunter Campaign: If you abandon "Defense of the Fel Hammer" during the scenario, you will now be able to pick the quest up again from Kor'vas on Mardum.
  • The Black Tome should now always be visible if you have not completed “The Black Tome”.
  • Earthtwisting Defilers in the Shaman quest "Infernal Phenomena" should no longer get stuck evading.

June 26

Hotfixes

Dungeons and Raids

  • Completing your first Legion Heroic dungeon each day will now award you with 5 Writhing Essences, if you’re eligible.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Captain Yathae Moonstrike will no longer target pets with rapid shot. She feels it is beneath her station.
      • Multiple Sisters should no longer become active at the same time.
      • All the sisters should no longer become inactive at the same time.
    • The Desolate Host
      • Players should no longer be kept in combat for up to a minute after the end of this encounter.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Kil'jaeden will no longer change facing while casting Bursting Dreadflame.
      • Shaman totems will no longer fail to hit when their caster has Illidan's Sightless Gaze during Kil’jaeden’s second intermission.

Items

  • Illusion: Deathfrost is now awarded from the Satchel of Chilled Goods instead of the Ice Chest. It is not awarded from the Knapsack of Chilled Goods.
  • Addressed an issue where multiple versions of the Lamp of Al'Abas increased pickpocketing income.
  • Corrected an issue where upgrading Siege of Orgrimmar Heirlooms changed their stat values, and made them appear to be usable at level 1.


June 22

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Rogue
    • Fixed a bug where Second Shuriken was not activating correctly.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Sisters of the Moon can now be hit by melee attacks from farther away.

Holiday

  • Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving credit for the quests "Torch Tossing" and "More Torch Tossing".

Player versus Player

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the "3v3 Weekly Quest" from properly awarding an elite gladiator item when the player had a previous week's PVP rating of 1900+.
  • Warlock
    • Demonic Gateway's debuff will now show the correct duration remaining when the Warlock has the Gateway Mastery honor talent.

Quests

  • For “Unsettled Power”, Writhing Essences now drop as a currency, instead of a quest item. Entering your Class Hall or Dalaran will convert your existing progress to the new currency.

June 20

Hotfixes

Classes

Death Knight

  • Unholy
    • Dark Arbiter's Val'kyr Strike is no longer subject to melee avoidance.

Monk

  • Zen Pilgrimage should correctly return you to your previous location when cast from Peak of Serenity or Wandering Isle.
  • Mistweaver
    • The second stack of Thunder Focus Tea (with Focused Thunder talent) now correctly affects Essence Font.

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • The proc rate of Crypt Fever has been reduced by 30%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • The proc rate of Nightfall has been reduced by 40%.

June 19

Hotfixes

Chromie Scenario

  • Fixed an issue in which the quest to complete the Deaths of Chromie scenario didn’t always give credit.
  • Chromie should become unresponsive much less often.

Classes

  • Heroic Leap, Infernal Strike, and Metamorphosis will no longer sometimes consume their cooldown without moving.

Class tuning changes below will take effect with scheduled maintenance in each region.

Demon Hunter

  • Vengeance
    • Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
    • Spirit Bomb damage reduced by 33%.

Hunter

  • Hunters should no longer see Ban-Lu, Grandmaster's companion when tracking beasts.
  • Survival
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
Mage
  • Arcane
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
  • Fire
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.

Monk

  • Brewmaster
    • Stagger now has 40% effectiveness against Magic damage (was 50%).
  • Mistweaver
    • The global cooldown from Refreshing Jade Wind is correctly reduced by haste.

Paladin

  • Retribution
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3.5%

Priest

  • Discipline
    • Evangelism now has a duration of 6 seconds (was 7 seconds).

Shaman

  • Elemental
    • Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
    • Smoldering Heart proc chance is now 10% per 100 Maelstrom spent (was 20%).

Warlock

  • Affliction
    • Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
  • Destruction
    • Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.

Warrior

  • Arms
    • Trauma can no longer Critically Strike.
    • Damage of all abilities reduced by 4%.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nighthold
    • Gul’dan
      • Fixed a bug causing Soul Fragment of Azzinoth to inadvertently retain threat on a target after Enslave Demon breaks.

Items

  • Insignia of Ravenholdt should now work correctly with Toxic Blade.
  • Darkmoon Deck: Promises now provides mana reduction that scales like a secondary stat.
  • Darkmoon Deck: Immortality now provides armor that scales like a secondary stat.
    • Developers’ notes: The power of these trinkets at item level 900 is identical to their previous scaling value, and will be stronger than before at lower item levels.

Player versus Player

  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • T.N.T. (Honor Talent) will correctly only apply Concussive Shot to targets hit by Bursting Shot.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Demonic Gateway's debuff will now show the correct duration remaining when the Warlock has Gateway Mastery.

Professions

  • Inscription
    • Technique: Glyph of Angels is again obtainable from Mists of Pandaria creatures.

Quests

  • Fixed a bug where "In the Blink of an Eye" was not granted to players upon completion of "Illidari Allies" or equivalent.

World

  • Fixed a bug in the Cavern of Consumption that would erroneously teleport players back to the entrance of the cavern.

June 15

Hotfixes

Chromie Scenario

  • The Timelord title is now account-wide.
  • Nezar'Azret should now only summon adds when in combat.
     

Dungeons

  • Corrected an issue where Mythic Keystone completion failed to award an additional piece of loot for beating the timer in some circumstances.

Items

  • Tome of the Legionfall Magi should no longer notify group members when it is looted.
  • Mythic Keystones should now display properly when linked in chat.

NPCs

  • Ilyssia of the Waters should no longer appear in Azsuna. She wasn't quite ready for her debut yet.

Player versus Player

  • The Gaze of Aman'thul debuff can no longer be removed by player spells.
  • Druid
    • Cyclone should now work correctly on all tamed Hunter pets.
    • Restoration
      • Template Intellect increased by 5%.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • The stun provided by Heavy-Handed Strikes now correctly matches the increased range of Fists of Fury.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Template Intellect increased by 2%.
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Inner Renewal will no longer trigger twice for Shadow Covenant.
    • Holy
      • Template Intellect increased by 2%.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Template Intellect increased by 2%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Nightfall will correctly be consumed when casting Seed of Corruption
      • Unstable Affliction's dispel backlash can no longer be reflected or grounded.

Quests

  • Auctioneer Xifa should no longer evade attempted assassination for “Hiding in Plain Sight”.

Spellbook

  • Brawn (Tauren racial trait) and Might of the Mountain (Dwarf racial trait) now appear correctly in the spellbook.

June 14

Hotfixes

Chromie Scenario

  • Andorhal: Brother Grigory and Talessah Towhide should cast their full heal spell less often.
  • In Dragonblight, Chromie is now a very important NPC, well-marked on maps, and player-versus-player activities are forbidden in the area around her.

Class Halls

  • Artifact Research Notes work order shipments now have a duration of 3 hours and 36 minutes.
  • (Hotfix in testing) Blood of Sargeras can now be obtained from Class Hall vendors at a price of 5 Blood of Sargeras for 5,000 Order Resources.

Items

  • (Hotfix in testing) Fixed a bug preventing Mythic Keystone information from displaying properly when linked in chat.
  • Unseen Predator's Cloak will now correctly increase the Critical Strike chance of Cobra Spit (Spitting Cobra talent) and the Critical Strike chance of the periodic damage from On The Trail (Artifact Trait).

Player versus Player

  • Corrected an error that was being encountered in the formation of groups for Packed House PvP Brawl.
  • Rogue
    • Subtlety
      • PvP template Agility reduced by 5%.
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
      • Ascendance reduces the cooldown and Maelstrom cost of Stormstrike by 50% (was 80%) in PvP situations.
      • Earthen Spike increases the physical and nature damage taken by the target by 20% (was 30%) in PvP situations.
  • Warlock
    • Destruction
      • Shadowburn now causes Cremation damage, as intended.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • Mortal Strike damage reduced by 30% in PvP situations.
      • Rend damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations.

Professions

  • Obliterum Ash rewards from Patch 7.2.5 crafted items are now similar to rewards from Patch 7.2.0 and earlier.

June 13

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Casting Heroic Leap, Infernal Strike, Metamorphosis, or Grappling Hook while rooted will no longer consume the cooldown.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Blackout Kick damage increased by 8%.
      • Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 8%.
      • Tiger Palm damage increased by 8%.
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Mind Blast damage increased by 13%.
      • Mind Flay damage increased by 18%.
      • Void Bolt damage increased by 10%.
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
      • Stormbringer can now proc from Stormstrike offhand and Windstrike offhand attacks.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • Cleave damage reverted to 7.2.0 values.
      • Extra Executes from Sweeping Strikes now correctly benefit from the Precise Strikes Artifact Trait.
      • Mortal Strike damage increased by 12%.
      • Opportunity Strikes should not be triggered by Pummel or Heroic Leap.
      • Shattered Defenses (Artifact Trait) reduced to 50% bonus damage (was 60% bonus damage).
      • Trauma reduced to 20% additional damage (was 25%).

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nighthold
    • Krosus
      • Searing Brand damage reduced by 15%.
    • Star Augur Etraeus
      • Fel Burst, Starburst, and Iceburst damage reduced by 15%.
    • Gul’dan
      • Fel Scythe damage reduced by 15%.
      • Gul’dan’s health decreased by 3% on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.

Items

  • Draught of Souls damage is reduced by 15% for Fury Warriors (was 40%).
  • Draught of Souls damage is reduced by 20% for Arms Warriors (was 40%).
  • The Elemental Shaman Embrace of the Living Mountain 2-piece set bonus now has a 10% chance to refund Maelstrom spent on Earth Shock (was a 45% chance).
  • The Fury Warrior Battlegear of Iron Wrath 4-piece set bonus now provides a 2 second reduction to Battle Cry (was 10 seconds).

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • Crypt Fever will no longer consume Festering Wounds when it procs.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Template Agility increased from 80% to 85%.
      • Template Haste reduced from 130% to 110%.
      • Template Versatility increased from 100% to 120%.
      • Chaos Blades increases damage dealt by 20% (was 30%) in PvP situations.
      • Fel Barrage damage reduced by 30% in PvP situations.
      • Nemesis durations increased to 30 seconds in PvP situation (was 15 seconds).
      • Nemesis now increases damage by 15% (was 25%).
  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Template Agility decreased from 80% to 70%.
      • Template Armor decreased from 120% to 100%.
      • Template Critical Strike increased from 70% to 100%.
      • Template Mastery decreased from 75% to 45%.
      • Dire Beast: Basilisk is now immune to snares and roots.
      • Dire Beast: Basilisk's damage has been increased by 50%.
    • Marksmanship
      • Template Agility decreased from 105% to 100%.
      • Template Critical Strike increased from 50% to 80%.
      • Template Haste decreased from 150% to 120%.
      • Sniper Shot no longer increases its own range.
      • Sniper Shot's duration increased to 15 seconds (was 10 seconds).
      • Sniper Shot's range is increased to 55 yards (was 40 yards).
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Way of the Crane causes Spinning Crane Kick to heal for 100% of damage dealt (was 200%).
      • Way of the Crane now heals based on absorbed damage.
      • Way of the Crane now costs 8% of base mana.
    • Windwalker
      • Template Versatility increased from 100% to 120%.
      • Template Haste increased from 175% to 200%.
      • Tigereye Brew should now correctly grant stacks for all Chi-consuming abilities.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Template Intellect increased from 135% to 145%.
      • Avenging Crusader's mana cost has increased by 30%.
      • Avenging Crusader's cooldown recovery rate on Judgment and Crusader Strike decreased to 30% (was 50%).
      • Avenging Crusader's bonus damage decreased to 30% (was 50%).
    • Protection
      • Hand of the Protector's healing is reduced by 60% in PvP (was 45%).
      • Light of the Protector's healing is reduced by 60% in PvP (was 45%).
      • Luminesence now heals for 20% of healing taken (was 30%).
      • Mana regeneration reduced by 25%.
    • Retribution
      • Template Strength reduced from 85% to 80%.
      • Blessing of Sanctuary's cooldown is now 45 seconds (was 30 seconds).
      • Lawbringer's duration increased to 45 seconds (was 30 seconds).
      • Divine Punisher now grants 3 Holy Power (was 2).
      • Luminesence now heals for 20% of healing taken (was 30%).
      • Templar's Verdict now deals full damage in PvP situations (was a 30% reduction).
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Overloaded with Light increases Light's Wrath damage by 200% in PvP situations (was 500%).
      • Power Word: Fortitude can now be active on 3 targets.
      • Power Word: Fortitude's mana cost has been reduced by 80%.
      • Power Word: Shield's absorption amount is increased by 10% in PvP situations (was 25%).
      • Purified Resolve now provides a 5% maximum health shield (was 8%).
      • Strength of Soul decreases physical damage taken by 20% (was 30%).
      • Strength of Soul's heal has been increased by 75%.
    • Holy
      • Template Damage dealt decreased from 75% to 65%.
      • Template Haste increased from 100% to 125%.
      • Template Intellect increased from 135% to 145%.
      • Template Mastery reduced from 100% to 75%.
      • Divine Attendant now reduces cooldown by 2.5 minutes (was 2 minutes).  Tooltip will be inaccurate till a followup hotfix.
      • Greater Fade's duration has been reduced to 4 seconds (was 6 seconds).
      • Ray of Hope's bonus healing has been reduced to 50% (was 100%).
      • Renew's periodic healing has been increased by 100% in PvP situations.
      • Spirit of the Redeemer now has a 3 minute cooldown (was 5 minutes).
      • Spirit of the Redeemer now has a 7 second duration (was 10 seconds).
    • Shadow
      • Mind Blast damage increased by 30% in PvP situations.
      • Mind Flay damage increased by 40% in PvP situations.
      • Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
      • Shadow Word: Void damage increased by 20% in PvP situations.
      • Shadowform reduces physical damage taken by 20% in PvP situations (was 10%).
      • Vampiric Touch damage reduced by 15% in PvP situations
      • Void Torrent no longer deals decreased damage in PvP situations, (was 20% less.
  • Shaman
    • Purifying Waters healing reduced by 40%.
    • The Healing Surge cast by Swelling Waves now heals for half its regular amount.
    • Enhancement
      • Gathering Storms no longer counts pets and guardians in PvP situations when increasing the damage of your next Stormstrike.
    • Restoration
      • Template Critical Strike increased from 50% to 120%.
      • Template Versatility increased from 130 to 140%.
      • Earth Shield will now heal when an attacker takes 4% of their max health in damage (was 8%).
      • Earth Shield now has 4 charges (was 3).
      • Healing Stream Totem now heals for an additional 40% in PvP situations (was 10%).
      • Riptide heals for an additional 30% in PvP situations.
      • Healing Wave heals for an additional 50% in PvP situations (was an additional 100%).
  • Warlock
    • Soul Shards should now be set to 3 during Arena Preparation
  • Warrior
    • Fury
      • Template Stamina decreased from 100% to 95%.
      • Bloodthirst's heal is reduced by 25% in PvP situations.

Professions

  • The item level of most Legion crafted gear is now 850, and can now be increased up to 900 with Obliterum.
    • Existing gear below item level 850 will not have its item level changed, and will display "Obliterum: 0/10", but it will be brought up to item level 855 with one application of Obliterum.
  • Attempting to apply Obliterum to Skullblasters will no longer consume the Obliterum and Blood of Sargeras.
  • Crates of Bobbers should no longer drop if you already know the toy that they teach.

Patch 7.2.5 is now live! For more details, click here.