Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2025/03/04

General

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[Cultist] Void Embrace now has a 20 yd range up from 15 yds

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[Cultist] Malevolent Power now also works with any melee ability

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[Cultist] Abyssal Guard now gives critical healing and critical strike chance instead of increases the healing of Eldritch Mending

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[Cultist] Increased the cd reduction on Eldritch Smite of Yogg-Saron to 4 sec from 3 sec

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[Cultist] Heretic's Pennant now also works with Whisper of Yogg-Saron

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[Bloodmage] Accursed tree pathing adjusted with the above changes in mind

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[Bloodmage] Savagery now reduces cooldowns by 2 sec up from 1 sec

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[Bloodmage] Cursed Guile is now a passive called Battleweaver and its effects have been adjusted with this change in mind

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[Bloodmage] Increased the damage of Cursed Forms Cursed Fang ability by ~15%

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[Bloodmage] Exsanguination now also allows you to prevent enemies from stealthing

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[Bloodmage] Bloodhunt stack duration halved, duration increased to 5 sec, haste increased to 2% from 1%

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[Bloodmage] Cleaving Strikes now also works with Cursed Fang

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[Bloodmage] Barely Human now has 1 stack down from 2, but now also gives critical strike chance

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[Primalist] Hammer of Life damage is now a conal spell and does not require a target. Healing unchanged, sourcing from you in 360° radius.

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[Primalist, Guardian] Primal Devastation and Sever now apply a consolidated debuff called Wounded(they were grouped before but it wasnt clear that they did not stack)

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[Primalist] Bring Me Their Bones now deals ~140 additional base damage and ignores armor

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[Barbarian] Reckful now causes Smash to have a chance to not incur a cooldown. (Weapon damage proc was weighing on hit weapons too much and created potential for more RNG burst than wanted alongside the other changes alongside having to have a forced ICD)

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[Ranger] Jacked is now a 5 sec stun up from 4 sec

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[Barbarian] Bloodthirsty Savage now causes activation of Onslaught to make your next Disembowel to apply to additional targets.

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[Barbarian] Overkill now scales with modifiers to Decapitate.

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[Barbarian] Fixed an issue where bleed from Brutal Swing would again be reduced by armor ( as a % damage value dependant on Brutal Swing damage, this was already mitigated once on the source damage)

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[Barbarian] Spiked Weapons now also proc from Decapitate.

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[Barbarian] Horde Breaker now also causes Crushing Slam to apply Wounded.

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[Barbarian] Whirling Assault and Mounting Fury swapped.

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[Barbarian] Storm of Steel cooldown reduced by 10 sec.

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[Barbarian] Decapitate now deals additional damage to enemies below 35% maximum health

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[Runemaster] Sigils are now on the same gcd as your general kit, rather than being on their own seperate gcd

2025/02/27

General

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[Starcaller] Fixed an issue where Nightborne Armaments were affected by a different spell, causing them to increase your damage taken rather than decrease.

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[Bloodmage] Enduring now grants maximum health% instead of stamina%.

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[Bloodmage] Cunning now causes Blood Howl to increase your Shrug Off value for a duration.

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[Bloodmage] Bloodhowl and Wicked Howl swapped.

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[Bloodmage] Rejuvenating Shadows and Cunning swapped.

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[Bloodmage] Blood Howl now leads into Cunning instead of Eternal Presence.

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[Bloodmage] Dark Hide renamed Dark Mark, effect adjusted.

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[Bloodmage] Eternal Presence now in original place of Cunning.

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[Bloodmage] Cursed Bites now causes your next Bloodfang Bite following Cursed Rage to hit additional targets.

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[Bloodmage] Shadows in the Night reworked, swapped with Grimclaws.

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[Barbarian] Fixed an issue where Disembowel was not benefitting from 100% of its AP scaling (due to level mismatch on maximum rank)

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[Barbarian] Relentless procs also reduce the cooldown of Crushing Slam by 1 sec. (wont be visible in talent tooltip until restart)

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[Barbarian] Devastating Blows now also increases damage of Decapitate per stack. (wont be visible in talent tooltip until restart)

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[Barbarian] Fixed an issue where Headlopper and Savage Massacre were being mitigated by armor twice.

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[Barbarian] Extension through Rancor increased by 1 sec.

2025/02/26

General

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[Reaper] Soul Shock is now properly considered a sap effect

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[Barbarian] Carnage down to 85% Weapon Damage baseline down from 100%

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[Reaper] Chains of the Godless is now considered a knockout (gouge) effect

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[Barbarian] Rage of the North no longer increases damage of Ale of the God-King.

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[Barbarian] Ancestor's Fury stack count reduced from 3 to 2.

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[Barbarian] Attack Speed granted by Frost Giant's Fury reduced by 5%.

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[Barbarian] Glacial Echoes fixed to do the damage over its duration, not per tick. Value reduced by 20%.

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[Barbarian] Ale of The God-King AP scaling reduced by 2%, AGI scaling reduced by 10%

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[Barbarian] Voodoo Fury removed.

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[Barbarian] Zul'jin's Legacy no longer has a damage reduction on Throw Weapon.

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[Barbarian] Unrestrained Javelin weapon damage % value reduced by 25.

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[Barbarian] Manic value reduced by 1%.

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[Barbarian] Guts, Everywhere value reduced by 10%.

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[Barbarian] Duration of Axe Twirling increased by 2 sec.

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[Barbarian] Time to Kill fixed, cooldown refund increased by 0.5.

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[Stormbringer] Amping Up now also refreshes Volt

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[Stormbringer] Electrifying Surge reworked into Thunder Wave

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[Stormbringer] Hurricanes no longer increases the duration of Unshackle

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[Stormbringer] Aether Strike is now a pet command spell, instead of being cast by the Stormbringer themselves. It no longer scales with Call Lightning modifiers.

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[Stormbringer] Raining and Pouring now also affects Call Lightning.

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[Stormbringer] Unstable now causes direct critical strikes to reduce tick rate of Stormflow.

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[Stormbringer] Original spot of Thouderous Blast filled by new talent Electrified Waters.

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[Stormbringer] Thunderous Blast and Binder of Storms now in a switch node.

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[Stormbringer] Hydraxxian Apprentice now also increased damage dealt by Conduction by 10%.

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[Chronomancer] Past Mistakes is now off the GCD and can be cast while casting.

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[Chronomancer] Hasten is now off the GCD and can be cast while casting.

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[Chronomancer] Artificer's Wand is now a 2.5s cast time, up from 2s.

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[Chronomancer] Artificer's Wand is now on the normal GCD.

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[Chronomancer] Timebender no longer takes Discordance off the GCD.

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[Witch Doctor] Healing Ward now prioritizes Players>Pets>Guardians.

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[Witch Doctor] Ranks 2-7 of Splash Potion now properly prioritize Players>Pets>Guardians like rank 1 does.

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[Runemaster] All talents that procced out Glyphs have been changed with the above change in mind

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[Runemaster] Glyph system reimagined, Glyphs now stack on yourself, and you can have all 3 Glyphs active at once.

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[Runemaster] Bursting Pulses now triggers Earth Engraving

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[Runemaster] Frost Spectre now also always applies Water Engraving

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[Runemaster] Wild Magic damage increased by 5%.

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[Runemaster] Leyline Magician cooldown refund doubled.

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[Runemaster] Primordial Power now increases the duration of Coldrune Fusion by 2 sec instead of providing on proc crit damage.

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[Runemaster] Glowing Glyphs mana regeneration increased by 25%.

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[Runemaster] Elemental Burst SP scaling reduced by 5%.

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[Runemaster] Coldrune Fusion now also deals damage to enemies within 5 yds of the target.

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[Runemaster] Coldrune Fusion duration increased by 1 sec.

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[Runemaster] Glyphic Destruction damage reduced by 10%.

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[Runemaster] Glyphic Destruction crit increase lowered by 7%.

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[Runemaster] SP scaling of Fire Engraving reduced by 2%.

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[Runemaster] SP scaling of Glyphic Ruin reduced by 5%.

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[Runemaster] Unleashed Arcane Glyph SP scaling increased by 2%.

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[Runemaster] SP scaling of Unleashed Frost Glyph reduced by 7%.

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[Runemaster] SP scaling of Unleashed Flame Glyph reduced by 20%.

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[Runemaster] Scroll of Magic value reduced by 3% per stack.

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[Runemaster] Runic Brand explosion now deals damage to up to 5 targets.

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[Runemaster] Graceful reworked.

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[Runemaster] Runic Familiar replaced by Uncovered Engravings.

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[Runemaster] Fist of the Ancients Weapon Engravings buff now tied to knowing Uncovered Engravings.

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[Runemaster] Fist of the Ancients SP scaling reduced by 6%.

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[Runemaster] Blazing Aura now increases melee haste instead of damage.

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[Runemaster] Inferno Runes value reduced by 5%.

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[Runemaster] Frostburn value reduced by 5%