Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2025/04/05

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[General] EVERY sound has received a QA pass. Sounds should be much more balanced and mixed properly into the game. If you previously turned your sound off because CoA was blowing your ear drums out, you may now turn the sound back on.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Skulltaker no longer has a cooldown and now costs 15 rage up from 10

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[Knight of Xoroth] Warbringer now costs 20 rage up from 10

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[Knight of Xoroth] Sawblade cost increased to 15 from 10

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[Pyromancer] Flamewalking now stacks 2 times for the same value, down from 5 times

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[Pyromancer] Fire Streak has been reworked to Malygos’ Revenge, the new effect no longer generates a Breath Charge. Draconic spec tree pathing adjusted with this change in mind.

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[Pyromancer] Slagstone now increases the critical strike chance of Slagstone by 10% instead of guaranteeing a critical strike

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[Pyromancer] Cauterize Wounds now heals over time for the same value instead of all at once

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[Pyromancer] Breath of Alexstrasza now heals for flat health instead of percent health and scales with SP

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[Primalist] Pet Trainers now function for Wildwalker, allowing you to reset your pet’s talents!

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[Stormbringer] Static no longer decays. Still depletes on map change.

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[Sun Cleric] Calm now disarms instead of pacifies, but now lasts 6 sec up from 5 sec

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[Ranger] Stalker now also reduces the cooldown of Cutthroat by 15 sec

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[Ranger] Knockdown is now called Bludgeon and roots instead of stuns

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[Ranger] Bludgeon removed

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[Necromancer] Added Chomp as a switch node with Fetid Mark

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[Reaper] Jailer’s Bargain now absorbs damage equal to a percentage of your maximum health instead of increasing your maximum health

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[Reaper] Desolation is now Veilpiercer

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[Reaper] Edgewalker swapped with Desolation

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[Reaper] Spirit Chaser moved to the spot of Edgewalker

2025/04/01

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[Tinker] Field Medic now affects your next 2 Emergency Heals and reduces their cast time, instead of increasing the healing of your next Repair Shot

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[General] All class trainers that were previously unable to teach you spells, are now able to teach you spells.

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[Pyromancer] Volcanocannon reworked

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[Pyromancer] Wildfire reworked

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[Pyromancer] Inferno Flare reworked into a passive and has been swapped with Will of the Phoenix

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[Pyromancer] Emberstorm now requires Blaze on the target instead of Inferno Flare

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[Pyromancer] Inferno (Incineration Tree) is now called Melt and now stacks 10 times down from 25, 5% per stack up from 2%

2025/03/31

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[Templar] Level 3 class quest fixed for realsies this time.

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[General] Zanzrakka issue where the conal attack would flick right at the end has been fixed

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[General] Zanzrakka issue where Maelstrom's Fury would hit several times at once has been fixed

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[General] Krelin's Log quest has been fixed, the stash now properly spawns in

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[General] Some mounts required apprentice riding to be used, and could not be used with Novice Riding. This has been fixed.

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[General] Caches/Spoils Armor Type acquisition based on proficiencies of classes improved.

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[Necromancer] Raise: Skeletal Warrior base armor increased by

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[Necromancer] Raise spells finish-cast sound cleaned up.

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[Witch Hunter] Dark Tonic ranks added. Stamina scaling reduced by 1.

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[Witch Hunter] Witchblight ranks fixed. No longer have the same value all across.

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[Witch Hunter] Noctis Blade rank value adjusted. Some value migrated to defensive rating scaling.

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[Guardian] Added Veteran of the Third War as a switch node with Standard Bearer

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[Pyromancer] Slagdragon no longer affects Slagmend

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[Sun Cleric] Solar Invigoration reworked.

2025/03/27

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[Sun Cleric] Solar Prayer CD increased by 30 sec.

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[Sun Cleric] Mending Bulwark reworked.

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[Witch Hunter] Shadowblast no longer triggers a cooldown on Decimate.

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[Witch Doctor] The Brewing Cauldron will reapply visually when you leave Raptor's Speed.

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[Witch Doctor] Vol'jin's Way now gives 20% DR instead of 50% dodge and now also works with direct healing

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[Venomancer] Withering Venom now states its proper stack count of 5.

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[Venomancer] Spore now drops a Mushroom beneath the target at the end of its duration

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[Venomancer] Sporelord now gives you an additional way to spawn a Big Mushroom (From Life Comes Death)

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[Venomancer] From Death Comes Life now has a new effect that works with the new version of Decay

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[Venomancer] Decay no longer has charges or ranks and now has a 30 sec cd and has been reworked to cement its primary purpose as an aoe tool with additional niche utility

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[Venomancer] Decaying Limbs now applies 3 stacks

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[Venomancer] Blightbringer up to 5 sec from 3 sec

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[Venomancer] Increased the damage of Nightweb Poison by ~14%

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[Venomancer] Added Mass Suffocation talent as a switch node with Caught In A Bind

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[Venomancer] Pit of Snakes duration increased to 8 sec from 6 sec

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[Venomancer] Lethargic now lasts 15 sec up from 8 sec

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[Tinker] Eureka! value reduced by 10%.

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[Sun Cleric] Radiant Flame now properly generates 1 Solar Power per tick.

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[Sun Cleric] An’she’s Grace cooldown increased by 6 sec.

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[Sun Cleric] Ancient Rites value halved.

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[Sun Cleric] Glorious, Just Glorious defense scaling reduced by 0.4

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[Sun Cleric] Heat Death reworked.

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[Sun Cleric] An'she's Grace Dawn effect cost reduction halved.

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[Sun Cleric] Harmonious Bells value reduced by 50.

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[Sun Cleric] Hope now procs only from direct critical heals.

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[Stormbringer] Electric Energy now properly triggers from Shock.

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[Stormbringer] Positions of Child of the Storm, Lexicon of Servitude and Hurricanes swapped.

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[Stormbringer] Child of the Storm now reduces the cooldown of Tailwind and Windsurf.

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[Stormbringer] Fusion value reduced by 2, now also reduces the cooldown of body of lightning by 1 sec.

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[Stormbringer] Thorim's Fury cooldown reduced by 60 sec.

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[Starcaller] Moonpriest now properly triggers.

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[Runemaster] The True Path now properly triggers.

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[Runemaster] Convergence no longer gives additional hits of Fist of the Ancients, now allows your next Runeblade to trigger Primeval Carving on a 30 sec cooldown, down from 90 sec

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[Runemaster] Stone Petrogyphs now ticks every 4 sec up from every 5 sec

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[Runemaster] Primeval Carvings Fire effect now gives armor pen instead of refreshing a Runeblade charge, and its healing effect is now periodic

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[Reaper] Ready for the Harvest is now properly consumed by Blood Siphon.

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[Reaper] Soultaker also reduces the cooldown of Tormented Souls on proc.

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[Reaper] Pathing from Decimation and Soul Protector adjusted.

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[Reaper] Spirit Chaser reworked to cause your next Deathchaser to incur no cooldown and critically strike after using Wraithblade

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[Reaper] Bountiful Harvest allows Reap to critically strike instead of increasing its damage

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[Reaper] Ethereal Guard and Soul Protector Swapped.

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[Reaper] Into the Shadowlands now increases damage taken from the Reaper, value increased by 2%.

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[Reaper] Shadowbound now also refreshes the duration of Essence Binder.

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[Primalist] Son of Ursoc now resets the cooldown of all Roars + Bears Maw

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[Primalist] Running on Instinct now heals allies you pass through with Primal Charge, granting stacks based on how many were healed. No longer affects just the next attack but persists for 10 seconds. Stack value halved.

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[Primalist] Infused With Power now grants crit chance instead of damage.

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[Pyromancer] Burning Crescendo crit damage per stack nerfed from 20% to 10%

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[Pyromancer] Burning Crescendo crit chance per stack nerfed from 5% to 3%

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[Pyromancer] Destroyer's Legacy now properly requires the target to have both Blaze and Breath of Malygos for the second trigger.

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[Pyromancer] Inferno Barrier is now on the gcd

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[Pyromancer] Slagstone, Meteor, Firefall now deal Flamestrike damage and Destroyer's Maw ignores resistances.

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[Pyromancer] Omega Beam and Giga Beam renamed.

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[Pyromancer] Dormant duration lowered to 10 seconds, matching Eruption.

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[Pyromancer] Dragonfire mana generation reduced by 3%.

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[Necromancer] Command: Ghoul now properly triggers Bone Wraith.

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[Necromancer] Command: Decaying Colossus can now still deal damage to enemies immune to knockback.

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[Necromancer] Frigidness now longer causes Winds of Northrend to freeze enemies.

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[Necromancer] Gift of Death mana generation on proc reduced by 2%.

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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