Ascension Changelog

[Starcaller] Fixed an issue causing the new Sundering Blade effect to not apply on Warden's Blade usage

[Necromancer] Minions now take 70% reduced AoE damage down from 90%

[Necromancer] Fixed a bug causing Sower of Sickness to make Ray of Rot heal for substantially more than it should have been

[Necromancer] Reduced the scaling on Spreading Death (the Black Death effect of Plague Science)

[Monk] Fixed Runes a bug where Runes of Grace was still triggering its old effect 'Holy Light', should now only proc the intended heal called 'Grace'

[Runemaster] Arcanotronics will now periodically attempt to reapply to the Runic Familiar while the talent is learned to prevent issues where it may have been removed, so you don't have to resummon the pet in those cases

[Runemaster] Inscribed Runes are now death persistent

[Runemaster] Improved the movement of Oblivion Ball so that it will no longer go in the opposite direction if it would have collided with a wall

[Sun Cleric] Bless should now correctly reduce pushback from taking damage while casting

[Guardian] Fixed a bug where Ballad of the Conqueror's melee haste buff would increase with ranks

[Stormbringer] Triggered critical strikes will no longer reduce the cooldown of Call Lightning (orb damage etc)

[KoX] Fixed a bug where Pyromania would trigger the Shadeslipper effect instead of its attack speed increase

[Chronomancer] Changed the wording of the Chaos Shift and Order Shift buff tooltips to improve clarity

[Chronomancer] Order and Chaos stacks now attempt to balance every 4 sec baseline, instead of 3

[Barbarian] Barbaric Rage now correctly restores 20% max hp

[Barbarian] Honored Ancestor's Odyn's Guidance is no longer toggleable

[Barbarian] Increased scaling of Honored Ancestor's Crushing Blow

[Tinker] Mechsuit Explosion now scales with Spell Power

[Venomancer] Updated the tooltip of Venomancy to reflect that it only procs from effective healing

[Venomancer] While channeling Web Wrap, your target takes 20% increased damage from your active periodic damage effects on them

[Venomancer] Web Wrap now deals increased damage at the end of its duration

[Venomancer] Web Wrap now slows by 60% up from 30%

[Venomancer] Web Wrap now lasts 4 sec and has a 16 sec cooldown

[Venomancer] Fixed an issue where Venomancers could consume the Venom Bolt stacks of other casters when using Rot

[Cultist] Maker of Miseries now increases crit by 25% of Strength up from 15%

[Cultist] Entropic Comet now spreads Darkwither between all affected enemies instead of only from the primary target outward

[Cultist] Entropic Comet no longer actually consumes Darkwither from the primary target

[Monk] Fixed a bug where the Discipline buff granted by expending 5 or more Holy Runes while using a staff would only trigger when dropping to 0 Holy Runes

[Monk] Righteous Duel now affects the next 5 instances of damage against the target, and ends after 5

[Monk] Righteous Duel scaling increased significantly

[Pyromancer] Increased scaling of Volcanic Burst

[Ranger] Backstep now obeys Grounding effects

[Ranger] Ranger's Horns now grant a stack of Tactician for Farstrider Rangers

[Ranger] Using a fully stacked Skullpiercer Shot now causes your next Ranger's Horn to incur no cooldown

[Ranger] Horns now stack 3 times for Farstrider Rangers

[Ranger] Ranger's Horns now have 15 sec duration and 10 sec CD in Farstrider spec

[Ranger] Ranger's Horns now have 30 sec CD baseline

[Ranger] Battleweaver no longer reduces the cooldown of Reposition

[Ranger] 'Craft' abilities no longer have cooldowns, expect Craft: Leather Waterskin, which still does but no longer puts other 'Craft' abilities on cooldown

[Ranger] Using Brigand Strike against an enemy affected by Backstreet Justice now causes it to incur a reduced cooldown instead of no cooldown

[Ranger] Brigand Strike is now on the GCD

[Witch Doctor] Fixed an issue where Mark of Shrinking's (Staff of the Bat) max hp damage would scale with SP

[Ranger] Backstreet Justice now has a 1 sec ICD

[Witch Doctor] Fixed an issue where Mark of Blood's (Staff of the Bat) max hp damage would scale with SP

[Demon Hunter] Wicked Fire is no longer toggleable (you can still turn it iff, but it won't be toggleable with the button)

[Demon Hunter] Felshield should now correctly reduce pushback from taking damage while casting

[Starcaller] Sundering Blade passive now causes Warden's Blade to make your next 5 Starsunders to be free and deal increasing damage with subsequent casts (similar to prev effect)

[Demon Hunter] Shattered (Felhoof Charge -> Azzinoth's Assault combo) no longer deals max health damage

[Starcaller] Overflow's Focus effect now causes it to incur no cooldown and restore an additional 10% mana

[Starcaller] Overflow now restores 10% mana baseline

[Starcaller] Overflow no longer has a mana cost

[Reaper] Fixed an issue where abilities that cost health would sometimes not do so when used to kill an enemy

[Reaper] Spectral Waltz now reduces damage taken by 15% instead of granting 25% dodge

[Reaper] Limbo no longer consumes Reaped Souls

[Reaper] Desolate now costs 6% health up from 5%

[Reaper] Reduced base values of Doomrend's healing

[Reaper] Reduced the AP scaling of Crimson Harvest

[Stormbringer] Mystic Thunder now has an 18 sec CD up from 12 sec

[Witch Hunter] Morbid Rend's initial application can no longer miss or be avoided (all individual hits may still miss or be avoided)

[Witch Hunter] Morbid Rend's channel will no longer stop if one of the individual hits fails

[Witch Hunter] Reduced AP scaling of Punishing Bolt

[Witch Hunter] Punishing Bolt now causes 125% Weapon Damage down from 150%

[Witch Hunter] Coiling Shot now causes 50% Weapon Damage down from 60%

[Witch Hunter] Reduced AP scaling of Coiling Shot

[Tinker] Shredder: Activate Jets now causes affected enemies to be slowed by 50% for 10 sec instead of causing them to take 15% increased damage

[Tinker] Shredder: Flame Thrower now applies in a 12yd cone, up from 10yd

[Tinker] Shredder: Flame Thrower now reduces flat armor instead of %

[Primalist] Bestial Might now incurs a damage penalty while dual wielding 2h weapons

[Necromancer] The Sower of Sickness passive now also causes Ray of Rot to heal equal to the damage dealt

[Necromancer] Grimstep now lasts 2.5 sec and works as a gradual speed boost rather than a periodic blink effect

[Necromancer] Fixed the scaling of Expunge's DoT effect

[Necromancer] Fixed a bug where Crypt Plague's duration would reset when adding stacks via Plague Science's Flesh to Worms effect

[Necromancer] Fixed the scaling of Plague Science's Harvest Plague leech effect

[Necromancer] Updated all ranks of Expunge to the new version of its effect

[Runemaster] Aspect of Runes is now toggleable

[Necromancer] Ray of Rot now costs 25 Runic Power, but increases damage the target takes from your necromancer diseases by 50% while channeling

[Runemaster] Fixed Arcanotronics

[Runemaster] Familiar: Warpslide now scales with the caster's Spell Power

[Runemaster] Runic Pulse (the AoE triggered from the Runic Familiar when you use Spellwrath, or periodically after using Displace Familiar) now scales with the caster's Spell Power

[Runemaster] Elemental Obliteration no longer shows as having a 30yd range on its passive tooltip

[Runemaster] Cloak of Khadgar no longer has a base mana cost

[Runemaster] Fixed all ranks of Augur's Shield

[Runemaster] Cloak of Khadgar now reduces damage taken by 30% while active

[Son of Arugal] Roofstalker Leap now has a 30 sec CD down from 40 sec

[Son of Arugal] Roofstalker Leap no longer provides Root immunity, now only cleanses Roots on cast

[Son of Arugal] Goldrinn's Thirst's CD should now correctly be reduced by Ferocious Frenzy

[Son of Arugal] Fixed an issue where Atherann's Anguish would not extend Shadow Hemorrhage

[Son of Arugal] Goldrinn's Thirst now ticks every 2 sec instead of every 1 sec

[Son of Arugal] Shadow Craze now lasts 8 sec up from 6 sec

[Son of Arugal] Mark of the Vampyr's effects now stack up to 3 times down from 5 times

[Son of Arugal] Liquify is now usable while Stunned, Feared or Confused

[Son of Arugal] Cleaned up the tooltip of Festering Fangs, Worgen Bite, and Vicious Bite, and added some nested spell tooltips

[Son of Arugal] Blood Drinker now heals for 4% per stack, up from 3%

[Chronomancer] Increased SP scaling of Remake slightly

[Son of Arugal] Added a passive to Ferocity that makes your Goldrinn's Fang deal more damage but not apply a heal absorb

[Guardian] Added Piercing Cry to Inspiration tree, a conal AP/SP debuff

[Chronomancer] Increased Spirit scaling of Remake

[Guardian] Added Shattering Cry to Inspiration tree, a mid-ranged Interrupt

[Runemaster] Reduced SP scaling of Glyphic Ruin

[Runemaster] Augur's Shield now has a 15 sec CD up from 10 sec