Ascension Changelog

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] Demolishing Strike's Mongoose Bite empowerment has been reduced from 75% to 50% increased damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] While Dark Surgeon is active you heal yourself for 30% less in PvP combat, changed from 20%.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] Victory Rush healing while Battle Fervor is active is now reduced by 50%, changed from 20%.

[Area 52] The damage of Hazardous Escape now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] The damage reduction gained from the Anger Management capstone while Battle Fervor is equipped has been reduced from 15% to 8% damage reduction.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] While Frozen Chaos is equipped Chaos Bolts damage in PvP combat is reduced by 10%.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] The Everliving Mystic Enchant now requires Spirit allocation to use.

[Area 52] Pistol Shot now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] Arugal's Fury effect now increases the damage of Shadow Missiles in PvP combat by 25%, changed from 10%.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] Gunslinger's Strike effect has been reduced from 15% to 5% increased damage per stack for Mongoose bite in PvP Combat.

[Area 52] [Pending Restart] Wild Wrath now reduces the cast time of Wrath by 33% per stack of Wild Wrath.

[Pending Restart] - Fixed a bug where Improved Eviscerate Mystic Enchant did not work.

[Pending restart & cache clear] Slightly increased the spell power on Brutal Gladiator's Held in off-hand items. Also finally fixed the Vengeful Gladiator's Grimoire.

[Pending restart & cache clear] Increased the armor values on the Season 4 honor off-pieces to at least match their Season 3 counterparts. Some Season 3 items still have inflated armor values, but for now they will not get reduced.

[Pending restart and cache clear] Buffed the Spell Power amounts on the Season 4 headpieces for casters and healers by approximately 15-20 SP. Their previous values made them too weak compared to other S4 helms as well as Bloodforged options.

[Pending restart] Slightly increased the DPS on the Season 4 Wands.

[Pending Restart] - Magister's Terrace now rewards 50% more mythic coins and 50% more mythic caches.

[Pending restart & cache clear] Fixed an issue where the Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Fortitude had the exact same stats as its Vengeful counterpart. It now correctly has the same stats as the Brutal Gladiator's Piercing Touch.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Elune] Fixed an issue where Scatter Shot could be used while in Deterrence.

[Pending Restart] Assault on Haal’esh now requires 3 Kaliri Swooper slain instead of 6. To better reflect available spawns.

[Area 52] [Elune] Fixed an issue where you could teleport away while affected by the Crow's Rage debuff.

[Pending Restart] Princess Yauj's lights in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj now have a radius indicator.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] [Area 52] Fixed an issue where Blurred Blade had no ICD, it now has a 0.5 second ICD.

[Pending Restart] Fixed a bug where the Lightning Overload stun was still on the random DR.

Two new tabards with arena rating requirements are now available from Merul. All tabards now require 2000 rating, changed from 2200.

Each point of PvP power now grants 0.06 damage, changed from 0.05. (This results in a 30% damage increase when you have the PvP power cap, changed from 25%.)

[Area 52] Wraith now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] Forbidden Technique now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] Dusk Dagger (Forbidden Technique) now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] Starfire's now deals 5% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] Shadow Dagger (Forbidden Technique) now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Area 52] Gunslinger's Strike increased damage for Mongoose Bite has been reduced from 20% to 15% in PvP combat.

[Pending restart and patch] Added the Brutal Gladiator's Libram of Fortitude to the Season 4 Arena vendor.

[Pending restart and patch] Added the Brutal Gladiator's Dagger to the Season 4 Arena vendor. Handle it with care, it's extra sharp.

[Pending restart and patch] Added two new rings with hit rating to the Season 4 Honor vendor.

[Pending restart and cache clear] The stats on S4 Bracers, Belt and Boots have been increased by approximately 5% across the board, and another few % specifically for spell power. This change is intended to help make sure that these pieces stay competitive with Bloodforged gear.

[Pending restart and cache clear] The Guardian's Dragonhide Boots, Belt and Bracers now also have some Intellect.

[Pending restart] Slowed down the Brutal Gladiator's War Staff and Battle Staff from 2.0 to 3.6 speed. DPS is unchanged. As with all item updates, this requires a cache clear to be visible in-game.

[Pending restart] All the Season 4 headpieces have had their stats buffed slightly (approximately 5%) in order to better balance their power relative to the Bloodforged PvE options.

Two new arenas are are now available: Ashamane's Fall and Black Rook Hold Arena.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Elune] Fixed an issue causing the Entangling Roots spell casted by certain Elemental pets to ignore line of sight and its cast time. It's cooldown has also been adjusted to match other root spells.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Razzashi Talon's damage now increases by 10% per your active bleed on the target (up to maximum of 100%). Up from 5%.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Bathe in Blood benefit is now doubled for Rogue bleed effects.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Master Assassin's bleed boost mechanic has been changed: Activating Shadow Dance now increases damage you deal with Rogue bleed effects.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Bathe in Blood now lasts 10 seconds. Up from 9.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Trippled the base damage and scaling of Favour of the Soulflayer.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Favour of the Soulflayer now also grants ability to critically hit to Crimson Tempest while active.

[Pending Restart] Recklessness will no longer cause you to charge forward if you're already in melee range with your target.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Prophet of Wrath] - Divine Illumination now icreases your Arcane and Holy spell critical damage bonus by 60%. Up from 40%.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Evoker] - Evoker Stacks now decrease the cast time of your Frostbolt 4%. Up from 3%.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Evoker] - Evoker Stacks now increase the damage of your Fireball and Arcane Missiles by 7%. Up from 6%.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Saber Fangs] - Your Ferocious Bite now spreads 50% of its damage to nearby enemies. Up from 20%.

[Pending Restart] Corrected an issue preventing the Deadwood Headdress from dropping. This item will now properly drop from Deadwood Furbolg mobs in Felwood as long as you have completed the quest "Timbermaw Ally".

[Area 52][Pending restart] Added a Strength Polearm to the Season 4 Arena vendor.

[Area 52][Pending restart] Applied some minor tweaks to PvP gear. Incorrect armor values were fixed. Guardian's Boots had their gem color changed to red. S4 rings and necks have received slight buffs and a few of their S3 counterparts which were severely over-statted were normalized.

[Area 52][Pending restart] Added an Agility 2H Sword on the S4 Arena vendor.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Controlled Burn] - Heating Up! Now stacks up to 8 stacks and causes the target to take 4% more fire damage from the caster per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Controlled Burn] - Your Immolate now deals 25% more damage to monsters.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Controlled Burn] - Heating Up! Now stacks up to 15 stacks and lasts 15 seconds. Up from 12 stacks and 12 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Controlled Burn] - Increased base damage and scaling of Controlled Burn damaging proc by 30%.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Frozen Chaos] - Chaos Keeper now stacks up to 5. Down from 6.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Frozen Chaos] - Chaos Keeper now increases the damage of your Soul Fire by 18% and reduces its cast time by 12% per stack. Up from 10%/10% respectivelly.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] [Frozen Chaos] - Frozen Chaos now increases the damage of your next Chaos Bolt by 60% per charge. Up from 50%.

[Area 52] Adjusted the values of PvP Power and Resilience on all PvP items. This update primarily fixes outlier items, including the Season 4 items which had incorrect values. This also includes slight tweaks to make the PvP Power on weapons slightly more impactful (approx 30% higher) and to make PvP items stronger relative to Bloodforged items. The updated values will be visible after restart and cache clear.

[Pending Server Maintenance] Mace Specialization now increases your armor penetration by 3/6/9% and your melee attack power by 1/2/3%, changed from having a chance to trigger a stun. It will now be a 3 point talent, changed from a 5 point talent. (This change is coming soon due to technical issues.)

[Pending Restart] Stoneclaw Stun is now in the controlled stun diminishing return category, changed from random stun.

[Pending Restart] Lightning Overload Stun now stuns for 3.5 seconds, up from 2.5 seconds. It is now in the controlled stun diminishing return category, changed from random stun.

[Pending Restart] Impact now stuns for 3 seconds, up from 1.5 seconds. It is now in the controlled stun diminishing return category, changed from random stun.

[Pending Restart] Firestarter now increases the duration of Dragon's Breath by 0.33/0.66/1 sec, changed from 0.5/1/1.5 sec.

[Pending Restart] Dragon's Breath now lasts for 3 sec, changed from 2.5 sec.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Fixed a bug where the recent Gunslinger's Strike change also reduced the damage of Raptor Strike in PvP combat.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - With Hydra's Sting learnt Black Arrow will no longer re-trigger Serpent Sting, or Medicinal Sting if the target is already affected by the respective spells. This is to prevent it from overwriting previous applications.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Corrupted Maelstrom Weapon has been renamed to Rising Chaos to avoid potential confusion with Maelstrom Weapon or its interactions.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Static Shock can now trigger Booming Thunder.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Goldrinn's Fury now has a 2 minute cooldown, up from 1 minute. And its duration is now 20 seconds, down from 30 seconds. The cooldown reduction granted by Worgen form has been increased to 2 seconds upon dealing direct Shadow damage and a total of 5 seconds from Mind Flay hits.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Loose Circuit has been changed: It now grants a 20% chance per stack for your Static Shock to hit twice. (This is a change to the Static Shock proc chance increase it previously had, the secondary proc bypasses the Static Shock internal-cooldown.).

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Pack Enhancement Commands now last 30 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Consuming Pack Leader if you know Soul Link now grants 8% damage reduction against monsters. This is further increased with the Demonic Embrace talent.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Stormborns cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds every time you deal damage with the listed spells. Up from 1 second.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Pack Leader now makes your Feral Spirits last for 2 seconds longer per stack. Up from 1 second.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Increased the base damage and scaling of Stormborn by 35%.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Stormborn now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP combat.

[Elune] - Elemental Reaver now reduces the cooldown of Stormborn by 12 seconds upon casting a Shaman Shock, up from 5 seconds. And now grants Maelstrom Weapon a 4% damage increase per stack against monsters, this is increased to 12% while affected by Air Ascendancy. This replaces the previous Maelstrom Weapon damage amplification it had.

[Elune] - Stormforged Edge now has 12 stacks, and increases the damage of Stormstrike by 12% per stack. Down from 15 stacks, and up from 10% damage per stack.

[Elune] - Loose Circuit now increases the chance to trigger Static Shock by 4% per stack.

[Elune] - Hydra's Sting now makes Black Arrow apply Serpent Sting. It will apply rank 1 if no ranks are known, or your highest known rank if you know Serpent Sting. (The range rules for the Serpent Stings spells still apply when triggered.)

[Elune] - Arcane infusion now increases Arcane Shots damage dealt against monsters by 15%, and its chance to critically strike by 15%.

[Elune] - Bone Arrow no longer has stacks, the damage and scaling it had at 3 stacks has been merged into the base dot.

[Elune] [Shot Weaving] - Increased the attack power and spell power coefficient of Gunslingers Barrage by 15%.

[Pending restart] Fixed an issue where the S4 ranged weapons had inconsistent DPS. They now properly all have the same DPS.

[Pending Restart] Increased Stamina on various pieces of Vestments of Faith and Regalia of Faith tier sets.

[Pending Restart] [Magister's Terrace] Increased the casting time of Chain Lightning and Fel Lightning, casted by Broken Sentinels to 4 seconds up from 3 seconds.

Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad will now always drop a splinter of atiesh.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Starborn now increases the critical strike chance of mentioned abilities by 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Reverted the cooldown change on Starborn due to rotation breaking implications. Its back to 45 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Starborn now triggers 90 base cooldown if you know Evoker Talent.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] - Reduced base damage and scaling of Unleashed Fuego and Unleashed Arctis by 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] You now heal for 10% less in 1v1 arena.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] Mending Tide now heals for 10% less in PvP combat.

[Pending Restart] [Elune] Potion Toss now heals for 10% less in PvP combat.