Ascension Changelog

Added a new recipe to create Mooncloth which does not incur a cooldown and costs Fel Blood.

Added a new recipe to transmute Arcanite Bars which does not incur a cooldown and costs Fel Blood.

Added over a dozen new recipes and items to the cooking profession. More details listed below.

Added 5 new items which are exclusive to fishing. More details listed below.

Jinx Swiftchop added to the Ruins of Eldarath in Azshara, offering new quests to adventurers of at least lv 45.

[Seasonal]: You can no longer roll Eviscerate at level 1.

[Seasonal]: Beast Lore, Sense Demons and Sense Undead can not be rolled at all.

Totem spells no longer have an item requirement. Players no longer start with Totem of the Earthen Ring.

Conflagrate now has a 0.8 PvP mod, changed from 0.85.

Devouring Plague now has a 0.8 PvP mod, changed from 0.85.

Shadow Word: Pain now has a 0.75 PvP mod, changed from 0.8.

Devour Magic heal effect has been increased by 50%

Spell Lock has had its cooldown increased to 40 seconds, from 30.

Immolate has had its damage increased by 15%

Shadow and Flame now also affects Soul Fire.

Juggernaut now grants 100% bonus crit chance for Slam, from 25%.

Shield Slam now only dispels a magic effect when Sword & Board is active.

Strength of Arms talent can now proc from slam and can stack twice. Both stacks will be consumed by the next Mortal Strike.

Bloodsurge reworked. Your Mortal Strike, Execute, and Whirlwind hits now have a 33/66/100% chance to cause your next Bloodthirst to cost no rage, deal 20% more damage, and not incur a cooldown. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 sec.

Dispel magic no longer removes enemy buffs.

Dispersion has had its duration reduced to 5 seconds, from 6.

Dispersion no longer grants slow immunity, but still removes slows on use.

Dispersion now restores 20% of total mana, from 30%.

Fear Ward has had its cooldown reduced to 60 seconds, from 90.

Cataclysm now increases the damage of Rain of Fire, Hellfire, Inferno and Shadowfury by 8/16/24%, from 10/20/30%

Curse of Elements now increases the targets spell damage taken by 10%. (Earth and Moon remains unchanged.)

Devour Magic has had its cooldown increased to 20 seconds, from 14.

Frozen Power now also increases the damage of Frostbolt and Cone of Cold.

Elemental Weapons now also increases the frost spell damage on Frostbrand by 33/67/100%

Maelstrom now increases the damage of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 2/4/6/8/10%, from 3/6/9/12/15%

Purge now has a 4 second cooldown.

Shamanism now also gives Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning a 33/66/100% chance to reduce the cooldown of Thunderstorm and Elemental Mastery by 1 second.

Wind Shear has had its cooldown inreased to 12 seconds, from 8. It now shares cooldown with other interrupts as intended.

Berserker Rage has had its cooldown increase to 50 seconds, from 40.

Blood Craze now has a 10 second internal cooldown.

Charge has had its cooldown increased to 18 seconds, from 16.

Execute now does 10% reduced damage in pvp, before it had no pvp modifier.

Improved Rend now increases the critical strike chance of rend by 5/10% instead of reducing its rage cost.

Arctic Winds talent now provides reduced 1%/2%/3% damage taken, before they provided 1%/2%/3% reduced chance to be hit. The damage portion of this talent is unchanged.

Flame Throwing now also reduces the cast time of your Fireball by 0.25/0.5 seconds. This effect becomes inactive for 15 seconds after use.

The Pyroblast damage bonus from Hot Streak no longer applies in PvP.

The damage of Scorch has been increased by 15% // Scorch no longer deals 10% additional damage in PvP.

Chain Heal has had its base heal increased by roughly 35% for all ranks.

Earth Shield has had its base heal and scaling reduced by 15%.

Earth's Blessing no longer has an internal cooldown.

Healing Way now also affects Chain Heal and Earth Shield.

Improved Earth Shield now grants one extra stack of Earth Shield, from two.

Concussion now increases the damage of Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt by 3/6/9/12/15%, from 2/4/6/8/10%

Frostbrand now does 10% reduced damage in pvp, before it had no pvp modifier.

Multi-shot is now a true instant ability and can now be cast while running.

Piercing Shots now also reduces periodic healing taken by 10/20/30%. This does not stack with other similar effects.

Scorpid Sting no longer reduces the targets hit chance, but instead reduces the targets armor and resistances. These effects do not stack with other similar debuffs.

Steady Shot is now castable while moving.

Steady Shot now does 5% reduced damage in pvp, before it had no modifier.

Infected Wounds now also reduces periodic healing taken by 10/20/30%

Insect Swarm does 15% reduced damage in pvp, from 10%.

Mangle has had its base damage reduced by 30% and scaling inceased by 20%.

Mangle now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP, from 20%

Savage Fury now gives the same damage bonus to Shred as it does to the other affected abilities.

Shredding Attacks now reduces the energy cost of shred by 10/20, from 9/18.

Purifying Power no longer modifies Exorcism, but reduces the cooldown of Holy Wrath by 25/50% (from 17/33%) and increases the damage of Consecration and Holy Wrath by 10/20% (from 5/10%).

Sanctified Wrath no longer modifies Avenging Wrath, but instead reduces the cooldown of Exorcism by 20/40% and increases its damage by 5/10%

Seal of the Righteous does 35% reduced damage in pvp, from 30%.

Touched by the Light now grants spell damage rather than spell power.

Chimera Shot - Scorpid Sting Disarm now lasts 5 seconds, reduced from 10 seconds.

Chimera Shot - Viper Sting now rewards 30% of the total amount drained, down from 60%.

Chimera Shot now triggers and refreshes all stings applied to the target.

Deterrence is now cancelled by disarm effects.

Explosive Shot ticks now deal damage to all enemies within 5 yards of the target.

Hunter sting stack limitation has been removed, meaning that one player can put several stings on the same target.

Art of War now has an internal cooldown, preventing it from proccing for 5 seconds after being used.

Art of War now has a 25/50% chance of proccing off any hit, instead of a 100% chance to proc off critical hits.

Blessed Hands now reduces the cooldown of Hand of Salvation by 15/30 seconds instead of increasing its effectiveness.

Divine Purpose no longer reduces chance to be hit.

Hand of Salvation now lasts for 6 seconds, and in addition to reducing threat also attempts to dispel a harmful magic effect every 2 seconds.

Holy Shock now does 15% reduced damage in pvp, changed from 10%.

Illumination now works properly for Holy Shock.

Improved Righteous Fury now also reduces chance to be critically hit by 1/2/3%

Judgements of the Just no longer reduces the cooldown of Hammer of Justice.

Aggression now increases the critical strike chance of Sinister Strike and Eviscerate, but no longer increases their damage.

Eviserate now does 15% reduced damage in pvp, changed from 10%

Added Hearty Stegodon Stew, a new cooking recipe which grants 10 defense rating when well fed and can be obtained from dinosaurs of Un’’Goro.

Added Rubbed Ravasaur Ribs, a new cooking recipe which grants 23 melee haste rating when well fed and can be obtained from dinosaurs of Un’’Goro.

Added Steamed Makrinni Claw, a new cooking recipe which grants 14 block value when well fed and can be obtained from a quest granted by Jinx Swiftchop.

Added Steamed Hippogryph Steak, a new cooking recipe which grants 16 parry rating when well fed and can be obtained from a quest granted by Jinx Swiftchop.

PvP set pieces of different qualities within the same set (within the class and faction) will contribute towards set bonus count.

The leather "Rogue" PvP sets' 4p bonus now increases maximun energy by 10, before it reduced gouge cd by 1 second.

The mail "Shaman" PvP sets' 4p bonus now increases all shock spells' critical strike chance by 5%, before it reduced shock spells' critical strike chance by 2%

The cloth "Priest" PvP sets' 4p bonus now increases the effectiveness of Flash Heal by 5%, before it reduced the cooldown of Psychic Scream by 1 second.

Shadow and Flame now also affects Soul Fire and Shadowfury.

Spell Slinger has had its internal cooldown doubled, and damage increased by 30%

Stormbringer and Frost Lich have both had their internal cooldowns increased by 40%, and their damage increased by 30%

Rank 1 of arctic winds RE gives 1% increased frost damage.

Rank 2 of arctic winds RE gives 1% increased frost damage and reduced damage taken by 1%.

Rank 3 of arctic winds RE gives 2% increased frost damage and reduced damage taken by 1%

(Previously Arctic Winds RE Rank 3 gave 3% increased frost damage and reduced chance to be hit by 3%)

Firebrand Traps RE scaling increased to 3%, from 2%. Additionally, it procs from melee and ranged abilities instead of auto attacks and has a 1 second internal cooldown

Blazing Speed RE now reduces the internal cooldown of Blazing Speed by 2 seconds (rare) / 3 seconds (epic).

[Seasonal]: Sinister Calling RE no longer increases the damage of Backstab.

[Seasonal]: Aggression RE has been reduced to 2%/3%/4%, from 3%/4%/5%.