Ascension Changelog

[Sun Cleric] Knight of Dawn can now only occur once every sec

[Starcaller] New node Moonwater Refraction added.

[Starcaller] Cosmic Ripple replaced by Rippling Moonwater.

[Starcaller] Aspect of the Moonwell removed as an Aspect, now Rippling Moonwater passive.

[Starcaller] Moon Priest no longer starts with a switch node choice.

[Starcaller] Essence of the Moonwell no longer has a cooldown and lasts infinitely, but its values have been reduced to 10% from 20% and tick rate increased to 3 sec from 1 sec. It has been reflavored to Celestial Form and has a new transformation model.

[Stormbringer] Body of Lightning is no longer usable while stunned

[Stormbringer] Thunder Ward now has a 3min cd up from 2min

[Runemaster] Added Flames of Fury talent to Engravement

[Reaper] Increased the weapon damage of Dreadwake to 90% at all ranks

[Reaper] Soul Splinters are now a damage over time effect.

[Ranger] Level 10 Passive now also allows Barbed Shot to critically strike

[Ranger] Petalkeeper now also triggers off of any Archery Point spender

[Ranger] Thalassian Brand now has a 2min cd up from 1.5min

[Ranger] Natural Disguise is now usable in combat

[Pyromancer] Floating Lanterns buffed from 3 additional targets to 5.

[Pyromancer] Cataclysm bonus reduced from 10% to 5% per stack

[Pyromancer] Sulfuron Harbinger tick rate increase now 20%, down from 50%.

[Pyromancer] Sulfuron Harbinger no longer increases duration of Ignite/Blaze.

[Pyromancer] Hellscape now properly removes the GCD from Slagstone

[Primalist] Geothermal Vent now has a 24 sec cd up from 18 sec

[Necromancer] All Command spells now specifically state that they are not usable while in Undead:Pacify.

[Necromancer] Ghoul Mastery is no longer a capstone

[Necromancer] Deathly Chill now properly triggers.

[Necromancer] Frigidness’ effect has been split into the new Harrowing Winds talent

[Necromancer] Hail of Arrows reworked into Harrowing Winds

[Necromancer] Crown’s Call now stacks twice and its duration has been increased to 15 sec from 8 sec

[Necromancer] Soulfreeze now properly benefits from spell power on each tick.

[Necromancer] Lich Bolt stack application of Crypt Plague reduced by 2.

[Necromancer] Heartchill now only lasts 5 sec down from 8 sec, value increased from 20% to 30%, but enemies affected by Heartchill are now considered Frozen

[Knight of Xoroth] Flamewrath now properly deals its damage.

[Knight of Xoroth] Fury of Xoroth’s crit buff is properly consumed.

[Knight of Xoroth] Fury of Xoroth can now properly gain stacks.

[Guardian] Added the Breaking the Lines node to the Gladiator tree

[Guardian] Pit Fighter now affects all damage dealt instead of just damage by a couple abilities, but for 15% down from 25%

[Guardian] A new node taking the name of Slayer has been added to the capstone row for Gladiator

[Guardian] Battlemaster has been reworked, its previous effects are now part of the free passive vertical line and learned at level 10

[Guardian] Slayer is now called Making an Entrance

[Guardian] Shield Formation now has a 5min cd up from 2min, but its value has been increased to 50% from 30%

[Guardian] Wreck Formation now works with Tower Formation instead of Shieldforge, but now also works with Shield Formation

[Guardian] The Gladiator tree pathing has been overhauled

[Guardian] Hero’s March now mentions that it does not work with Into the Fray.

[Guardian] With Honor now also works with Valiant Stand and Mow Them Down has been reworked

[Guardian] Heavy Strikes deprecated

[Guardian] Critical Ram has been reworked to Heroism (the effect of Critical Ram wasn’t working so this will not translate to a dps loss)

[Guardian] Battlemaster: Axes now has critical strike chance and critical damage instead of cooldown reduction

[Guardian] Battlemaster: Swords now strikes 3 additional times up from 2, but no longer allows Tendon Slash to strike twice

[Guardian] Battlemaster: Maces no longer has an icd, but its base damage has been reduced by 120 and it no longer ignores armor

[Guardian] Battling for Supremacy no longer works with Sever

[Guardian] Spear Throw no longer refreshes the duration of Tendon Slash baseline and instead grants Motivation baseline. A new talent has been added as a switch node with Opening Play that brings back the Tendon Slash refresh

[Guardian] Stalwart now reduces the cooldown of Brace by 30 sec instead of increasing its DR

[Guardian] Brace now has a 1.5min cd up from 60 sec

[Guardian] Reinforced Armor is now a switch node with Strike the Forge!

[Guardian] Heroic Moment now properly triggers the highest known rank of Sever, instead of always recasting rank 1.

[Guardian] Haunting Melody’s heal reduction now properly works.

[Felsworn] Fel Smite tooltip clarified.

[Felsworn] Consume Magic will no longer create a cube under your target.

[Felsworn] Infernal Whipcrack can now properly hit up to 8 targets.

[Felsworn] Puncture now displays the correct value on the debuff tooltip.

[Felsworn] Felspill’s transformation now properly respects the increased duration of Fel Empowerment if you have Lasting Fury talented.

[Cultist] Issue where Abyssal Covenant and Tales of Woe could go recursive with each other and lag the server fixed.

[Cultist] Horrorbolt Volley will now only shoot projectiles at targets that you are already in combat with.

[Cultist] Bulwark of Horror and Twilight Incarnate no longer restore mana.

[Cultist] New node In And Out of Insanity added, reducing costs of instant spells based on insanity.

[Cultist] Dreadnought is now an active ability usable at 80 insanity, depleting all insanity after it fades. Spec Passive adjusted.

[Cultist] Presence of C’thun now properly persists through logout.

[Cultist] Presence of N’zoth can now properly trigger from any melee damage done.

[Cultist] Vision of Doom no longer references Armageddon if you are in Dreadnought spec.

[Cultist] Summoning a Tentacle of Yogg-saron can now properly trigger Fallen Templar.

[Cultist] Netherborne can now properly trigger from Abyssal Strike.

[Cultist] Wavering Pride can now properly still trigger its AP reduction on enemies immune to the slow.

[Cultist] While you have the instant cast of Malevolence ready through Heretic’s Pennant, you cannot build further stacks until you spend it.

[Cultist] Nightmares can now properly trigger Abyssal Destruction.

[Cultist] Presence of C’thun no longer scales the range increase by your AP, allowing Godblade to have a nearly 500 yd Blade of the Empire xd.

[Cultist] Malevolence’s heal now only has a 20 yd radius down from 40 yds

[Chronomancer] The Time tree capstones have been repathed slightly

[Chronomancer] The Infinite tree has been repathed entirely

[Chronomancer] Chrono Sorcery now works with Spirit instead of Intellect.

[Chronomancer] Unearthed Passage now works with Waves of Time, Reflection, and Backtrack instead of Clasp of Infinity

[Chronomancer] Incarnation of Duality is now called Incarnation of Chaos and has a reworked effect

[Chronomancer] Chronological has been reworked

[Chronomancer] Hourglass of Eternity now triggers increased haste on periodic damage dealt

[Chronomancer] All Chronobeam talents have been repurposed to work with Chaos Shard

[Chronomancer] All order oriented talents have been repurposed to only work with the previous Chaos spells

[Chronomancer] Null Orbs is now a capstone and has a reworked effect focusing on Chaos Shard

[Chronomancer] Warped Reality has been swapped with Erasion and it now also works with Waves of Time

[Chronomancer] Chaos Shard is no longer a capstone and has been moved into Tier 1

[Chronomancer] Duality is now called Infinite and focuses on the previous Chaos Empowerment gameplay. The nodes have all been overhauled or changed with this gameplay loop in mind.

[Chronomancer] Chronobeam, Tome of Time, and all Order spell transforms deprecated

[Chronomancer] Added Unmade node to the Infinite tree

[Chronomancer] Temporal Anomaly now reduces damage taken by 40% up from 30%

[Chronomancer] Stillness of Time is now called Expediting Time and has a reworked effect for Time Out!

[Chronomancer] Truly Infinite deprecated and its effect for Ripple has been baked in baseline

[Chronomancer] Waves of Time no longer deals damage and now also triggers the knockback an additional time after 2 sec

[Chronomancer] Time Guard now reduces damage dealt by 25% for 5 sec when it procs

[Bloodmage] Hemoglobe now has a 1 min cd down from 2 min

[Bloodmage] Dissipate now only requires Blood Rituals on the target to grant them additional movement speed and is otherwise usable all the time

[Bloodmage] Animated Blood no longer requires Mortal Form

[Bloodmage] Shadow Bond is now a switch node with Dark Mending

[Bloodmage] Endure the Curse and One Man’s Curse… are no longer capstones. The Accursed tree capstone row pathing has been adjusted.