Ascension Changelog

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Teachings of Arugal’s Arcane Missiles damage bonus has been buffed to 40%, up from 25%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Arugal’s Tainted Arcanum’s Unstable Affliction damage bonus has been buffed to 65%, up from 50%. Its Curse of Agony damage bonus has been reduced to 65%, down from 80%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Splintered Chaos now lasts 9 seconds, up from 7 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Astral Fusion now also increases Starsurge damage by 15% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Eclipse Bomber’s Lunar Flames damage bonus has been buffed to 12%, up from 10%, while Solar Flames’ damage bonuses have been buffed to 18%, up from 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Elemental Destruction’s periodic damage bonus has been buffed to 40%, up from 35%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Midnight Flames’ direct and periodic damage bonuses have been buffed to 15%, up from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Knight of the Eclipse now increases Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge damage against monsters by 20% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fingers of Death now causes Touch of Death to increase the damage of your next Vampiric Touch by 60%, up from 30%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Twilight Paragon’s Twilight Torment and Twilight Treason damage and scaling have been increased by 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Booming Thunder now causes Earth Shock to deal 10% additional damage against monsters per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Shadow Visions now extends Devouring Plague by 12 seconds, up from 6 seconds. Engulfing Shadows’ Shadow damage taken bonus has been buffed to 20%, up from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Total Lunar Eclipse and Total Solar Eclipse bonuses have been buffed to 20%, up from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Druidic Storm’s Nature damage benefit from Nature’s Grace has been buffed to 35%, up from 25%. It now also extends Nature’s Grace by 2 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Legacy of the Arcanist’s Fire, Frost, Arcane, and Nature Meteors have had their base damage and Attack Power and Spell Power scaling increased by 30%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Heating Up’s maximum stack count has been increased to 10, up from 5.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Righteous Opportunity’s Hammer of Wrath proc chance has been buffed from 15% to 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fatal Vanguard now increases Execute’s critical strike chance and critical strike damage by 35%, buffed from 25%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Shieldsmasher now increases Colossus Smash damage by 65% per stack, buffed from 50%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - In Sword We Trust now increases Crusader Strike damage and critical strike chance by 35% per stack, buffed from 25%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Grave Ammunition’s disease-tick proc chance has been buffed from 15% to 25%. Black-Ice Ammunition’s weapon damage has been buffed from 33% to 50%, and Plague-Tipped Vulnerability has been buffed from 2% to 3% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Frozen Grave now increases Howling Blast and Icy Touch damage by 15% per stack, buffed from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Runic Maelstrom now increases Scourge Strike, Heart Strike, and Frost Strike damage by 75%, buffed from 50%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Blood Rain now causes Stormstrike to increase your Bleed damage against the target by 30% for 6 seconds, buffed from 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Hammer of Storms now increases Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Stormstrike damage by 25%, buffed from 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Seismic Shockwave now increases Shockwave damage by 15% per stack, buffed from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Phalanx Strike now increases Javelin and Shield Strike damage by 15% per stack, buffed from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Spartan Smash now increases Skewered’s Siegebreaker damage by 20% per stack, buffed from 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Shield of the Emperor’s stored duration for your next Avatar has been increased to 3 seconds per stack, from 2 seconds. Its active Avatar extension has been increased to 4 seconds, from 3 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Thundarian’s Fury now increases Windfury damage by 25%, buffed from 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Insatiable now increases Overpower damage by 15% per Taste for Blood stack, buffed from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Heavy Arms now increases Slam damage by 60%, buffed from 50%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Onslaught now increases Execute damage by 40%, buffed from 30%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Master Assassin now increases Rogue Bleed damage by 20%, buffed from 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Prison Tactics’ Armor Penetration bonus has been buffed from 25% to 35%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Mongoose Fury now increases Execute damage by 35%, buffed from 25%.

[Darkmoon] Runic Hurricane now deals 30% reduced damage in PvP combat. It is now eligible for reset at Gabrill Mewell.

[Darkmoon] - Hellfire affected by Hellfire Arsenal now deals 25% reduced damage in PvP combat. Fire Arsenal is now eligible for reset at Gabrill Mewell.

Fixed a bug with Cache of the Firelord where it was unopenable.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] - Energy regeneration has been increased by 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Warrior Mace Specialization’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 3%/6%/9%/12%/15% to 6%/12%/18%/24%/30%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Shredding Blows’ Armor Penetration has been buffed from 4%/8%/12% to 8%/16%/24%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Improved Expose Armor’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 3%/6% to 6%/12%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Puncture’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 2%/4%/6% to 4%/8%/12%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Serrated Blades’ Armor Penetration has been buffed from 3%/6%/9% to 6%/12%/18%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Sidearm Specialization’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 3%/6%/9% to 6%/12%/18%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Blood Gorged’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% to 4%/8%/12%/16%/20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Misdirection now redirects your threat to the target for 6 seconds, buffed from 4 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Holy Guardian, Threatening Presence, Fearing Fire, Lurking Shadow, Ice Warden, Arcane Fulmination, and Natural Disaster now increase threat generation by 40%, buffed from 30%, and additionally reduce all damage taken by 2%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - The threat generation provided by all tank stances has been increased by 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Empowered Mana Shield now has a capstone that causes Mana Shield to scale from 40% of your Defense Rating.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Vigilance now transfers 15% of the target’s generated threat to you, buffed from 10%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Invocation’s duration has been increased to 4 seconds, from 3 seconds, and its damage has been increased by 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Aegis Overdrive no longer requires Arcane Explosion to be learned. It now additionally has a 20% chance to trigger Arcane Explosion when you avoid damage.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - A new Talent/Mystic Enchant is now available! [Bitter Cold]: Ice Barrier now triggers an area-of-effect Frost damage burst around you. Your Frost spells and abilities also have a 20% chance to apply Sunder Armor.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Tenacity’s threat generation bonus has been buffed from 2%/4%/6% to 5%/10%/15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - The threat generation provided by all tank stances has been increased by 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fetch Me Their Bones! now additionally causes Kill Command to make your pet charge to its target within 20 yards, dealing 400% of its attack damage to the target and nearby enemies.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Eldritch Weapon now increases all threat generated by 30%, buffed from 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Threat-reduction capstones now reduce all threat generated by 30%, buffed from 20%. These capstones do not stack with each other, but do stack with other threat-reduction effects.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Rising Winds now causes Windfury Weapon to deal 50% increased damage against monsters.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Elemental Daggers’ Backstab and Ambush damage bonus against monsters has been buffed from 30% to 40% per active dagger.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Deadly Instinct’s Counterattack and Mongoose Bite damage bonus against monsters has been buffed from 35% to 50%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Sharpened Blade’s Savage Blade damage bonus against monsters has been buffed from 10% to 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Bathe in Blood’s Bleed damage bonus has been buffed from 5% to 7% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Edge of Fury’s Killing Spree damage bonus has been buffed from 10% to 15% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - I’m a Fan of Knives’ duration has been increased to 10 seconds, from 6 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - I’m a Fan of Knives’ proc chance, damage per charge, and critical strike chance per charge have each been buffed from 25% to 35%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Tides of Battle: Flow now grants 15% increased Energy regeneration up from 10%, and reduces attack speed by 2%, down from 3%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Tides of Battle: Ebb’s Physical damage bonus has been buffed from 3% to 4% per stack. Its maximum Energy drain has been reduced from 5% to 3% per second.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Ready to Demolish has been buffed: Expose Armor’s Armor Penetration has been buffed from 10% to 20%, Counterattack’s additional targets have been increased from 3 to 4, and Mongoose Bite’s damage bonus against monsters has been buffed from 100% to 125%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Bloodletting’s Rupture damage bonus against Rend targets has been buffed to 25%, from 15%, while its Rend damage bonus against Rupture targets has been buffed to 30%, from 25%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Blood Venom now causes Envenom to increase Warrior ability damage by 20% for 8 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Thundering Blow’s Shockwave follow-up damage has been buffed from 15% to 25% of the triggering damage.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Thunderburst’s proc chance has been buffed from 25% to 35%, and its Attack Power and Spell Power scaling has been buffed from 12% to 20%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Piercing Cleaver’s Execute damage bonus has been buffed from 10% to 15% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Bloody Maelstrom’s damage bonus has been buffed from 10% to 15% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Venomous Wound’s Instant Poison damage bonus has been buffed from 50% to 75%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Battering Ram’s Armor penetration has been buffed from 10% to 15%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Heavyweight’s Ready to Strike Mortal Strike damage bonus has been buffed from 33% to 45%, while Crushing Blow’s weapon damage has been buffed from 250% to 275%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Wildclaw's Empowered Bloodthirst now also generates 100% increased threat.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Dragon Fury’s Dragon Roar damage bonus has been buffed from 15% to 20% per stack.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Draconic Slam’s Slam damage bonus has been buffed from 40% to 50%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fixed a bug where Missile Barrage did not properly halve the duration of your Arcane Missiles.

[Darkmoon] - The Health of all bosses and creatures in Ascended Molten Core and Onyxia’s Lair will bereduced as a result of these changes.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fetch Me Their Bones! Now deals 400% of it's attack damage against monsters, up from 300%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Double Team now increases the damage the damage of your Tame Beast's special attack damage by 80%, up from 40%.

[Going Live Monday, 10 August] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Pack Tactics now increases your Tamed Pet's damage by 5% per stack, down from 10%.

[Going Live Monday, 10 August] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Frenzied Cleave’s damage has been reduced by 50%.

[Going Live Monday, 10 August] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Imp's Firebolt bonus scaling has been reduced by 25%.

[Going Live Monday, 10 August] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Fixed a bug where Improved Cleave increased hybrid Cleaves weapon damage, rather than only their bonus damage. Regular Cleave was unaffected. We will monitor the performance of affected hybrid Cleave builds after this correction and make further adjustments if warranted. Improved Cleave is now eligible for reset at Gabril Mewell.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] - Fixed a bug that allowed Guardian Rune’s effect to stack. This is now eligible for reset at Gabril Mewell.

Zandalar Tribe Reputation Gear is now live!

[Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] Fixed a book causing Vampiric Death to bypass Resilient Constitution.

Judge's Gavel is temporarily disabled in PvP while we address an issue with its proc rate.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Cleansing Flames of the Apostate’s Pyroblast healing has been increased by 25%.

[Darkmoon] - Frostbrand Weapon now deals 30% reduced damage in PvP combat. This is available for reset at Gabril Mewell.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Light of Life now extends Renew by 6 seconds, buffed from 3 seconds.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Holy Radiance now transfers 30% of Greater Heal’s healing, buffed from 25%.

[Pending Restart] [Darkmoon] [Dawnrise] - Gloaming Embrace now grants Ambush and Hemorrhage an additional 10% damage against monsters, buffed from 6%.