Powerful buffs are coming to World of Warcraft . Paladins cheer, but so do shadow priests and 5 other classes.
Although World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 3 has been underway for many weeks, the balance is still not perfect. Some classes are significantly behind the others and some specializations are hardly usable - at least in the high-level PvE area, where every percentage point of performance counts. Blizzard is changing the balance here and changing several classes. There are only buffs to bring the worse specializations closer to the others.
The essentials in brief:
- 7 classes get buffs, sometimes in several or even all specializations.
- The buffs primarily affect DPS specializations.
- There are no nerfs.
- Druid healers receive massively reduced mana costs for their spells.
- Warrior and Death Knight tanks will be slightly more stable.
WoW: All buffs for the classes on January 24th, 2024
All changes effective January 24th go live, we have details for you here:
Todesritter
- blood
- Bone Shield now grants armor based on 80% power (was 70%).
- Frost
- All damage is increased by 4%. Not active in PvP.
- Unholy
- All damage dealt by the Death Knight and his pet is increased by 4%. Not active in PvP.
Druid
- Wildness
- Rend now deals 10% more damage. Not active in PvP.
- Claw Slash's periodic damage is increased by 5%. Not active in PvP.
- Primal Wrath now deals 10% more damage. Not active in PvP.
- Wild Frenzy now deals 5% more damage. Not active in PvP.
- Lunar Inspiration now deals 10% more damage.
- Unbridled Feral now deals 25% more damage.
- Restoration
- Rapid Heal now costs 1.4% of base mana (was 1.6%).
- Grove Guardian now costs 1% of base mana (was 1.2%).
- Wild Growth now costs 3.8% of base mana (was 4%).
- Regrowth now costs 2.8% of base mana (was 3.2%).
- Bloom now costs 3% of base mana (was 3.2%).
Hunter
- Survive
- All damage dealt to the hunter and his companion is increased by 4%.
Paladin
- Holy
- Shield of the Righteous now deals 30% more damage.
- Consecration now deals 30% more damage.
- retribution
- Ash Wave now deals 20% more damage.
- Wake of Truth now deals 28% more damage.
- Blazing Flames now deals 28% more damage.
- Blade of Justice deals 20% more damage.
- Final Judgment now deals 10% more damage.
priest
- Holy
- Word of Blessing: Sanctification now heals 25% more health.
- Healing now heals 25% more health.
- Flash Heal now heals 15% more health.
- Word of Blessing: Castigation now deals 30% more damage.
- Holy Torment now deals 30% more damage.
- Shadow Word: Pain now deals 15% more damage.
- Shadow
- Mind Strike now deals 10% more damage.
- Devouring Plague now deals 10% more damage.
- Shadowy Appearance now deals 20% more damage.
- Psychic Link now causes 30% of the damage of all single-target spells to be transferred to enemies affected by Vampiric Touch (was 25%).
shaman
- Restoration
- All healing dealt is increased by 5%. Not active in PvP.
- Lava Burst now deals 20% more damage.
- Flame Shock now deals 20% more damage.
- Lightning Strike now deals 20% more damage.
Krieger
- weapons
- Cleave now deals 10% more damage. Not valid in PvP.
- Dread Strikes now deals 30% more damage. Not valid in PvP.
- Deep Wounds now deals 15% more damage. Not valid in PvP.
- Amirdrassil Set of 4 Bonus: The bonus damage of the affected Thunderclap increases to 200% (was 100%). Not valid in PvP.
- Protection
- Frontliner now grants 40% stamina (was 35%).
- Clenching Teeth now absorbs 5% more damage.
In addition to the changes here, there are other adjustments that apply only to PvP. You can view these in the official WoW forum.
When does this go live?
The changes will go live with the maintenance work on Wednesday, i.e. on January 24th, 2024. After the morning server maintenance, the changes will be active so that you can benefit directly from the buff in dungeons and raids in the new week.
Are all classes happy then?
That remains to be seen. The buffs definitely ensure that the previously worst classes look significantly better in terms of performance. However, there are also some specializations that are eagerly awaiting a rework and thus a large-scale change to their talents .