Ascension Changelog

Living Bomb now costs 20% base mana, down from 22%.

Shadow Word: Pain now costs 22% base mana, down from 25%.

Devouring Plague now costs 24% base mana, down from 28%.

Increased the cooldown of Kick and Pummel to 12 seconds, from 10.

Fixed an issue where Arcane Empowerment was increasing the spell damage coefficient of Arcane Missiles by less than what the tooltip states.

Elemental Mastery and Nature's Swiftness no longer trigger the same cooldown.

Arcane Missiles now deals 5% reduced damage against players. It previously did not have a PvP modifier.

Wound Poison now deals 15% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Blast Wave no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Earth Shock now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 25%.

Smite now deals 5% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Holy Fire now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Sinister Strike now deals 5% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Reduced the effect of all instant cast healing spells (including periodic heals and absorbs) in arenas.

Seal of Command now deals 15% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Crusader Strike (One with the Light) now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Mortal Strike now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Deadly Poison now deals 30% reduced damage against players, from 25%.

Divine Storm (One with the Light) now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Lava Lash now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Reduced the base damage of Arcane Barrage but increased spell damage coefficient from 34.5% to 36%. This will result in a small damage reduction for players with low-to-moderate spell damage.

Improved the spell damage coefficient of Smite from 44% to 47.5%

Improved the spell damage coefficient of Wrath from 30% to 32%.

Improved the spell damage coefficient of Lightning Bolt from 40% to 38%.

Fixed an issue where Living Bomb explosion would stop working if the target was outside line of sight.

Fixed Holy Concentration to only proc on crit, as intended.

Fixed an issue causing sap to not remove stealth from the target.

Reduced the attack power scaling of Explosive Shot.

Backdraft now also triggers off Shadowfury.

Clarified the tooltip of Holy Wrath.

Fixed an issue where Frostbrand attack could not apply to enemies that are snare immune. This will allow talents like Frozen Power to work on Raid Bosses.

Increased the spell damage coefficient of Shadow Word: Death by approximately 25%.

Increased the spell damage coefficient of the periodic damage effect of Fireball.

Fixed an issue where the mana gain from Rapture was incorrect.

Fixed an issue where rank 3 of Frozen Power wouldn't trigger the damage increase for Cone of Cold or Frostbolt.

Clarified the tooltip of Killer Instinct.

Brain Freeze now increases the damage of your Arcane Missiles and Frostbolt on targets affected by your Fireball by 4/8/12%, from 3/6/9%.

Fixed an issue where Wild Quiver sometimes wouldn't trigger as intended.

Fixed a typo in the tooltip of Pandemic.

Fixed an issue where Thrill of the Hunt didn't work properly together with Multi-Shot.

Updated the Capstone of Improved Polymorph: The final rank of this talent now makes your Polymorph reduce the targets' damage and healing by 10% for 20 seconds. This effect is removed upon taking direct damage.

Polymorph now has a base cast time of 1.5 seconds, down from 1.8.

Hemorrhage now deal 175% weapon damage when used with Daggers, from 140%.

Surprise Attacks now also increases the damage of Ambush.

Backstab now deals 195% weapon damage, from 185%

Hot Streak no longer modifies the damage of Pyroblasts cast on players. It previously reduced the damage of Pyroblast by 10%.

Fixed an issue that could cause Seal of Vengeance not to proc off Paladin abilities.

Clarified the tooltip of Lethality to indicate that it increases critical strike damage bonus of non-periodic Rogue abilities.

Fixed a bug that caused Fade and Hand of Reckoning to put each other on cooldown.

Fixed an issue causing Savage Defense to be consumed if the target missed with an attack.

Corrected an issue where Shadow and Flame increased the coefficient of spells by a flat amount instead of a percentage. The base spell power scaling of the affected has been increased to compensate. These changes will result in a damage increase for players who used any of these spells but didn't have the talent, and a slight reduction for those who did.

Fixed an issue causing Malice talents to not properly grant spell crit chance.

New Capstone: With the final rank of the Revitalize talent, healing a target to full health with Healing Touch will restore 30% of its mana cost.

Fixed an issue that caused players to be stuck in wildcard after transferring to Area 52.

[Area 52] Added proper item level calculation to character panel.

[Area 52] Introduced new Character Upgrades ui

Holy Radiance will now use total healing done (including overhealing) instead of effective healing.

Pets will no longer continue attacking targets affected by Dragons Breath.

Soul Link will now correctly transfer self damage taken from Hellfire to your Demon.

Flamecrest will now be considered as a non-pvp zone.

[Launcher] Deals are now available in launcher.

Shop carts will now indicate the remaining time on deals.

[Launcher] Twitter widget size has been adjusted to use more space.

[Launcher] Date has been added to articles.

[Area 52] Primary Stat will now save to your specialization!

[Area 52] Tweaked the cost of Fel Commutation (item insurance). Items that you obtain while leveling in TBC are now significantly cheaper. Karazhan items and beyond are now slightly more expensive.

Transmog System: Auras being applied from specific transmog will now apply the correct race aura in Caverns of Time.

Honorable Combat zones will now send a warning to all players in the current selected zone 15min and 5min before rotating to a different zone.

Garrote no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Mangle (Cat) now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 30%.

Ice Lance now deals 5% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Frost Shock now deals 30% reduced damage against players, from 35%.

Thunder Clap now deals 5% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Black Arrow no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Rupture now deals 5% reduced damage against players, from 10%.

Rake now deals 15% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Mongoose Bite no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Rip now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 30%.

Exorcism now deals 30% reduced damage against players, from 35%.

Corruption now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 25%.

Waterbolt now deals 15% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Unstable Affliction no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Devouring Plague now deals 15% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Frostbolt no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Conflagrate now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Arcane Missiles no longer deals reduced damage against players. It previously had a PvP modifier of 5%.

Smite now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Ambush now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Shadow Word: Pain now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 25%.

Explosive Shot now deals 45% reduced damage against players, from 40%.

Aimed Shot now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Multi-Shot (Focused Burst) now deals 55% reduced damage against players, from 50%.

Multi-Shot now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Arcane Barrage now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Bloodthirst now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 5%.

Judgement of Command now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 20%.

Fire Nova now deals 10% reduced damage against players. It previously did not have a PvP modifier.

Path to Ascension: Collections and Capital will now reward a volatile mystic altar for the next quest in the chain.

Path to Ascension quests will now always give level relevant experience.

The Curator's Evocation ability can no longer be interrupted.