Ascension Changelog

[Motherlodes] The new, updated Motherlodes now also spawn in No-Risk!

[New Callboard Quests] Largely increased rewards yielded from these daily callboard quests.

[Piercing Cleaver] Piercing Cleaver now scales of modifiers to Cleave.

[New Callboard Quests] There are 35 new areas that quests can appear in, 35 new Elites to conquer and a pool of 210 new quests that will rotate by area every day.

[Fingers of Stone] Fingers of Stone buff now increases the damage of your Stone Shard by 15%. Changed from 25% increased critical strike damage.

[Lucifur] Fixed an issue where Cataclysm was once again off the global-cooldown.

[Heavyweight] Increased weapon damage of Crush to 200%. Up from 150%.

[Knight of the Eclipse] Fixed a bug where the damage of Knightfall would not scale above level 60.

[Knight of the Eclipse] Increased the base damage and scaling of Knightfall by 20%.

[Razor Claws] In addition to Claw and Bloodthirst, Shred and Ravage now also extend the duration of Rip by 1 second.

[Razor Claws] Bloody Claws (Passive) now increases the damage of your Rip and Rake by 45%. Up from 30%.

[White Walker] Frozen Blade is now instead granted by Winds of Winter, has 5 charges and increases Sinister and Eviscerate damage by 125% vs monsters.

[White Walker] Slice and Ice now converts 50% of your intellect into melee critical strike rating, but no longer increases melee attack speed.

[White Walker] Howl of Winter now increases the damage of Deep Freeze by 66% per stack.

[White Walker] Increased Winds of Winter attack and spell power scaling by 25%.

[Twilight Paragon] Casting Smite while affected by both Paragon of Darkness and Surge of Light will now proc Twilight Treason.

[Unrelenting Wrath] The Beast Within no longer makes the player immune to crowd-control effects if activated with Unrelenting Wrath.

[Unrelenting Wrath] Now increases the effectiveness of all aspects of Kill Command by 100%.

[Hoplite] Shield Strike damage increased by 30%.

[Hoplite] No longer reduces your damage done to monsters (from -10% to 0%).

[Son of Gruul] Shatter now generates 2 charges of Hate.

[Son of Gruul] Upheaval and Ground Slam now generates 2 charges of Hate when used against players.

[Son of Gruul] The rage cost of Hateful Strike has been reduced to 30 from 40.

[Festering Wound] Festering Wound has been slightly reworked now it reads: Your Envenom hits increase the damage the target takes from your Nature Spells and Abilities by 2% for 12 seconds. This effect stacks 8 times. Mutilate critical strikes instantly restore 5 energy and another 10 energy over 3 seconds.

[Serpent Venom] Serpent Strike target debuff now increases damage taken from your Deadly Poison by 5% and Instant Poison by 3%

per stack. Up from 2/1% respectively.

[Serpent Venom] Added stat scaling to Serpent Strike. Now it scales by 10% of your Spell Power and Attack Power.

[Serpent Venom] Increased base damage of Serpent Strike by 25%.

[Gurubashi Berserker][New Mechanic] Casting Colossus Smash now makes your next 3 Executes usable regardless of the target's health state and increases the damage of Execute by 30%(15% vs players).

[Blood Venom] Blood Venom can now stack 3 times.

[Wild Felfire] The attack and spell power scaling of the area-of-effect proc of Wild Felfire has been increased by 40%.

[Blood Venom] Blood Venom duration increased to 15 seconds.

[Blood Venom] Blood Venom can now critically strike.

[Blood Venom] Toxic Strikes now grants Mortal Strike 12% more damage per stack up from 10%.

[Deadly Bite] Savage Blade now grants 30% increased damage of your next Counterattack or Mongoose Bite up from 20%.

[Deadly Bite] Increased the base damage and scaling of Deadly Bite bleed by 10%.

[Deadly Bite] Deadly Bite now increases the damage dealt by Raptor Strike by 15% per stack up from 12%.

[Wrath of the Plague] Wrath of the Plague damage over time can now critically strike.

[Harbinger of Pestilence] Fixed a bug where Insect Swarm (Plague) would not scale properly into level 70 and above. This change corrects its scaling and will result in a approximate 20% damage buff to the spell at level 70 and above.

[Harbinger of Pestilence] Harbinger of Pestilence now increases the damage of Harbinger’s Bile by 70% per stack. Up from 50%.

[Consumed By Fire] Decimation also increases your fire damage by 8/15% while this Mystic Enchant is equipped.

[Burning Darkness] While under the effect of Pyroclasm, your Unstable Affliction deals 20% increased damage.

[Holy Ascension] Your Seals now deal 30% increased damage.

[Ice Lash] Solid Ice now increases the damage dealt by Frost Bolt and Deep Freeze by 15% per stack.

[Ice Lash] Solid Ice now increases the damage dealt by Ice Lance and Cone of Cold by 25% per stack.

[Ice Lash] Increased the weapon damage of Ice Lash to 200% from 160%.

[Bundle of Shurikens] Increased the cooldown reduction granted by finishing moves from 6 seconds to 8.

[Bundle of Shurikens] Weapon Scrolls cooldown has been increased to 60 seconds from 30.

[Bundle of Shurikens] Weapon Scroll now grants full charges of Sharpen Glaives when used.

[Bundle of Shurikens] Sharpened Glaive now has a 30 second duration, no longer permanent.

[Bundle of Shurikens][New Mechanic - Sharpen Glaives] Dealing damage with Shuriken Toss grants a stack of Sharpen Glaives, upon reaching 3 stacks your next Glaive Toss deals 100% more damage.

[Bundle of Shurikens] Hidden Shuriken stacks will no longer be consumed when casting Glaive Toss at max stacks, the damage increase for Glaive Toss is now tied to a new mechanic.

[Starburst Barrage] has been reworked, it will now trigger 1 explosion every half second per stack of Starburst Barrage. The damage increase has been removed from Starburst Barrage, and Starburst Barrage now has 4 max stacks.

[Mental Dexterity] now grants 5/10/15% of your Intellect as Hit rating. Changed from Haste Rating as this conversion did not work correctly.

[Starweaver][New talent] A new talent has been added to the Balance tree, it increases Starsurge and Starfall damage by 7/14/20%. Capstone Bonus: Starsurge casts reduce the cooldown of Starfall by 3 seconds.

[Blood Sport] Your Mangle (Cat) now deals 10% increased damage against targets afflicted by your Lacerate.

[Unbearable Shred] Increases the damage of your Shred by 8% against targets afflicted by your Lacerate. Additionally increases duration of your Lacerate by 1 second.

[Feral Instinct] Now also increases the damage dealt by Ravage by 10/20/30%. And Ravage reduces the cooldown of Tiger’s Fury by 1 second each time it deals damage.

[Rend and Tear] Rare Mystic Enchant increases damage of Shred and Maul by 4% and critical strike chance of Ferocious Bite by 2%. Now it requires your target to be affected by your Rip or Lacerate in order to grant the benefit.

[Rend and Tear] the talent now increases your critical strike chance with Ferocious Bite by 10/20/30%. Up from 7/14/20%. Now it requires your target to be affected by your Rip or Lacerate in order to grant the benefit.

[Shredded Attacks] now reduces energy cost of mentioned abilities by 5/10/15. Up from 3/6/10, and the capstone can also be proceed by Ravage.

[Shred] Increased the base damage and scaling of Shred by 13%.

[King of the Jungle] now has additional an mechanic: While in Cat Form, Tiger's Fury restores 20/40/60 energy and you deal 2/4/6% increased damage while above 75% health.

[Ferocity] now reduces the energy cost of mentioned ability by 2 energy per point.

[Savage Fury] is now a 3 point talent (up form 2). Now it correctly increases the damage of said abilities by 4/8/12%.

[Improved Mangle] now also increases the damage of your Mangle by 7/14/20%.

[Infected Wounds] now also increases the damage of all cat & bear bleeds by 3/6/9%.

[Improved Poisons] now increases the chance to apply Instant Poison by 6/12/18/24/30%. Down from 10/20/30/40/50%.

[Improved Poisons] now increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison by 6/12/18/24/30%. Up from 5/10/15/20/25%.

[Filthy Tricks] now increases the damage of your Gloomblade by 10/20/30%

[Power of Light][New Talent] A 3 point talent that increases your healing power by 7/14/20% of your melee attack power and increases your melee critical strike chance by 1/2/3%.

[Sheath of Light] Is now a 3 point talent down from 5, critical holy heals now heal the target for 7/14/20% of the healed amount.

[Envenom] now increases the chance to apply Deadly Poison by 5% and Instant Poison by 10%. Down from 10/20% respectivelly.

[Gloomblade] Decreased the base damage and scaling of Gloomblade by 30%.

[Berserk] now lasts 10 seconds and has an additional mechanic: Your Cat combo point generators grant 4 additional combo points (1 vs players) for the duration of Berserk.

[Tiger’s Fury] now also increases your damage done by 5%.

[Cat Form] now only increases your attack power by 25% of your Agility.

[Execute] Increased the conversion scaling of Execute by 20%.

[Execute] You can now consume up to a cap of 60 rage, this is an increase from a cap of 30.

[Starfall] Increased the base damage and scaling of Starfall by 20%.

[Frenzy Shot] Increased the weapon damage of Frenzy Shot from 100 to 200%.

[Colossus Smash] Increased the damage of Colossus Smash from 130% weapon damage to 200%.

[Rupture and Garrote] Reduced the base damage of Garrote by 30%, and increased its scaling by 30%. Reduced the base damage of Rupture by 20%, and increased its scaling by 35%. Our aim is to tweak scaling profile of some bleeds so they are less powerful early on but reward proper itemization and scale better into the late game.

[Rest] The amount of mana and health recovered by Rest is now increased for every second you spend resting.

[Single-Minded Fury] Mortal Strike, Overpower and Slam deal 5% less damage with Single-Minded Fury, changed from 10%.

[Bandages] Similar to healing, Bandages are less effective as Heroes progress and accumulate more health. To make Bandages relevant, they’re receiving a big buff to help them keep up with current health pools.

The Silencing Shot Silence effect now lasts for 3 sec, changed from 2.

The Brutal Pummel talent now has an additional effect: Using Pummel while you are below 35% health Pacifies the target for 1 sec, preventing them from attacking.

The buff granted by the Lava Flows talent when your Flame Shock is dispelled now grants all haste instead of only spell haste. Its duration has been increased from 6 to 8 seconds.

Burning Determination now reduces damage taken when Silenced by 7/14/20%, changed from 10/20/30%.

Burning Determination, Frozen Core, Celestial Focus and Spiritual Focus now also has this effect: Being hit by an interrupt effect while not casting makes you immune to the next Crowd Control, Knockback, Silence or Interrupt effect against you and gives you 20% spell haste for 5 seconds. This may only occur once every 20 seconds.

Burning Determination now also grants 20% haste for 5 second when triggered.

Avatar now gives 25% damage reduction initially. The damage reduction is then reduced by 10% every 4 seconds.

Reduced the health of snakes spawned from Snake Trap by 50%.

Colossus Smash now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP.

Ice Lash now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Serpent Strike now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Envenom now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP.

Starsurge now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Starfall now deals 20% reduced damage in PvP.