Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2025/03/27

General

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[Knight of Xoroth] Dread Knight is renamed to Brimstone Knight and now has a switch node attached to it called Speed Demon

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[Knight of Xoroth] Rune of Xoroth no longer costs rage and now lasts 3 sec up from 2 sec

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[Knight of Xoroth] Warlord tooltip fixed.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Pestilent swapped with Warden of Chains, Warden of Chains no longer affects Flesh Hook's cooldown (cd reduction baked in baseline)

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[Knight of Xoroth] Chainwhip swapped with Imprision for Hellfires first node, Spiked Chains talent now works with Chainwhip instead of Imprison

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[Knight of Xoroth] Chainwhip now has a 2min cd and now only refunds 20% of its cds upon successful interrupt

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[Guardian] Grand Entrance now makes you immune to crowd control effects while in the air

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[Knight of Xoroth] Chainwhip moved to class tree, Defiance tree pathing adjusted with this in mind, new passive node replacing Chainwhip called Brimstone Imps

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[Guardian] Forceful Impact no longer taunts, instead causes the enemies struck to take more damage from you.

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[Guardian] Forgehammer now additionally scales with defense rating.

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[Felsworn] Nether Lance scaling reduced by 12%, base damage reduced by 3%.

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[Felsworn] Demonic Crusade crit damage mod and damage mod values swapped.

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[Felsworn] Demonic Evasion duration increased by 1 sec. Now on GCD.

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[Felsworn] Chaos Incursion and Fel Eruption base damage increased by 10% and SP scaling increased by 5%.

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[Felsworn] Black Temple Warden duration doubled.

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[Cultist] Twilight Executioner now properly refunds a charge of Blade of the Empire.

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[Cultist] Adaptive Combatant intellect scaling increased by 1. Now updates based on stats more frequently.

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[Cultist] Void Strikes reworked.

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[Cultist] Void Horizon reworked into Shadowy Symbiosis, now interact with Embodiment of Y'shaarj.

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[Cultist] Embodiment of Y'shaarj and Void Burst swapped.

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[Cultist] Void Augmentation now also connected to Strength of the Black Empire.

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[Cultist] Void Enhanced Shield now also causes Twilight Shieldtoss to interrupt while above the Insanity threshold.

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[Cultist] Y'Shaarj Enforcer value increased to 20%.

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[Cultist] Twilight Shieldtoss no longer taunts.

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[Chronomancer] Aeon of Oblivion mana cost penalty reduced by 10%.

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[Chronomancer] Aeon of Resilience mana cost reduction up by 5%, buff value increased by 2%.

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[Chronomancer] Aeon of Protection cast time penalty reduced by 10%.

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[Chronomancer] Artificer's Wand mana cost increased by 1%.

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[Chronomancer] Empower Wand: Explulso cost increased by 3%.

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[Chronomancer] Scepter of Time mana cost increased by 2%.

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[Chronomancer] Discovery mana generation reduced to 1%.

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[Chronomancer] Word of Balance: Guard mana cost increased by 2%.

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[Bloodmage] Bloodmoon Ritual and Universal Donor swapped.

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[Chronomancer] Quickening mana generation reduced by 2%.

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[Bloodmage] Cursed Heart and Purify Blood swapped.

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[Bloodmage] Mortal Form Fang over Fang now properly triggers.

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[Bloodmage] Embrace of the Vampyr now gives 50% of Spirit as Spell Damage down from 100%

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[Bloodmage] SP scaling of Shadow Bats reduced by 10%

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[Barbarian] Steelslinger now properly triggers from Barbaric Whirl.

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[General] Many 50% slows reduced to 40%.

2025/03/24

Talents & Abilities

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[Venomancer] Lethargy duration increased to 6 sec from 4 sec

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[Venomancer] Decay duration increase to Spore increased to 10 sec from 5 sec

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[Reaper] Masochistic Rage cooldown increased to 90 sec from 45 sec, but now staggers 60% damage up from 30%

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[Reaper] Darkrend Scythe no longer scales with haste, but now lasts 16 sec up from 8 sec and ticks every 2 sec down from 2.5

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[Reaper] Haunter now increases the duration of Soulrend by 2 sec, but only gives 10% more Soulrend damage down from 15%

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[Reaper] Deathly Strike is now baseline and requires a parry or dodge to use, but Domination now has a talent to remove the parry/dodge requirement

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[Reaper] Blood Frenzy adjusted to be less punishing to use with a more immediately rewarding set up

2025/03/23

General

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[Venomancer] Caught In A Bind now also affects Decay.

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[Templar] Added ranks of Sanctified Smash.

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[Venomancer] Protraction no longer affects Web Wrap.

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[Templar] Sanctified Smash rank acquisition adjusted.

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[Templar] Blessing of Aggramar AP scaling increased by 5%.

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[Templar] Combo Strikes Rank 2 increased by 1%.

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[Templar] Combat Training value increased by 5%.

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[Templar] Bursting Impact now also affects Righteous Upheaval.

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[Reaper] Ethereal guard target count fixed, now also makes Ghastly Form to trigger from successful interrupts.

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[Reaper] Into the Shadowlands reworked.

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[Reaper] Masochism reworked into Siphon Anima.

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[Reaper] Domination capstone row nodes swapped around.

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[Reaper] Spirit Realm now grants you increased healing taken while you stand within its radius.

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[Reaper] Confidence replaced by Spiritual Pressure.

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[Reaper] Hard Bargain now causes Tormented Souls to increase your haste and make Dreadwake incur a reduced cooldown while it holds.

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[Reaper] Wake Up, It's Dread Time, Ethereal Guard and Final Requiem swapped.

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[Reaper] Jailer's Will and Empyrean Fortitude swapped.

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[Reaper] Maw Knigh and Dark Soldier swapped.

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[Reaper] Maw Knight now causes consumption of Soul Infusion to increase damage of Soul Strike.

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[Reaper] Dark Soldier reworked.

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[Reaper] Soul Protector value reduced by 10%, now additionally provides magic resistances.

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[Reaper] Fixed an issue where Soul Knight was increasing damage taken instead of decreasing.

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[Reaper] Ghastly Dexterity now provides armor based on stamina instead of crit chance.

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[Reaper] Decimation now occurs on every 6th cast of Reap instead of a chance.

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[Reaper] Deathly Strike renamed to Soul Strike.

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[Reaper] Domination Reaper spec passive now causes consumption of Soul Infusion to reduce the cooldown of Tormented Souls.

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[Reaper] Bolstered Form no longer causes Dreadwake to consume its duration to incur no cooldown. Parry chance increased by 15%. Duration reduced to 10 sec.

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[Reaper] Harnessed Life now grants Tormented Souls a chance to not be consumed on damage taken, scaling with Stamina.

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[Reaper] Requiem now slows atttack speed of nearby enemies.

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[Reaper] Tormented Souls value reduced by 20%, base cooldown now 20 sec.

2025/03/21

General

Change

[Reaper] Deathly Strike not being usable fixed.

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[Reaper] Confidence now also affects Requiem.

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[Reaper] Tormented Souls base cooldown reduced by 15 sec.

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[Reaper] Tormented Souls now properly gain stacks based on Reaped Souls active.

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[Tinker] Zapperoni! renamed.

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[Templar] Base CD refund of Lorescribe and Eternal Blessing reduced by 1 sec.

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[Tinker] Trust the Science and Zapperoni! swapped.

2025/03/20

General

New

[Sun Cleric] - Herald of Purity is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Purgation is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Sun Down is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Solar Crusade is no longer dispellable

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[Sun Cleric] - Burning Heat is no longer dispellable

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[Sun Cleric] - Blaze of Glory is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Circle of Valor is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Resplendence is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Chains of Light is now dispellable

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[Sun Cleric] - Chosen of the Light is now dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Gleaming Vigil is now dispellable/stealable

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[Sun Cleric] - Path of Light is now dispellable/stealable

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[Starcaller] - Asteroid Belt is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Starcaller] - Enveloped in Stars is no longer dispellable/stealable

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[Starcaller] - Astral Blade is no longer dispellable

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Runemaster] Runic Tempest's 2 additional strikes now deal 50% of the damage dealt, down from 100%