Ascension Changelog

Added Pet experience bar in Pet UI.

Players with Intellect as their Primary Stat now properly have a 20% mana cost reduction on spells while inside Arenas.

Fixed an issue with Fiery Payback where the cooldown would not display correctly. You now instead gain a debuff that makes you unable to cast Pyroblast for 5 seconds.

Reduced the scaling of Power Word: Shield to 48%, down from 60%.

Updated Borrowed Time to properly show the multiplicative scaling (as all other coefficient-increasing talents do). The new tooltip now properly shows that the amount absorbed by Power Word: Shield is increased by 8/16/24/32/40% of your healing power, up from 6/12/18/24/30%.

Entangling Roots now lasts for a maximum of 8 sec in PvP, down from 10 sec.

Soul Warding now reduces the cooldown of Power Word: Shield by 0.5/1 seconds, down from 2/4 seconds.

Misdirect now has a 30 second cooldown period before it can be recast on the same target.

The damage dealt increase from Brain Freeze to targets affected by your Fireball effect has been reduced to 3/6/9%, down from 4/8/12%.

Earth Shock now deals 25% reduced damage against players, from 30%.

Frost Shock now deals 30% reduced damage against players, from 35%.

Seal of Command now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Chain Lightning now deals 20% reduced damage against players, from 15%.

Lightning Bolt now deals 5% reduced damage against players. It previously did not have a PvP modifier.

Starfire now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 5%.

Wrath now deals 10% reduced damage against players, from 5%.

Reduced the damage of Mortal Strike, Overpower and Slam with Single-Minded Fury by 5% against players.

Fixed a bug where the coefficient of the Fire, Frost and Shadow Ward spells was too high. Their spell power scaling has been reduced from 70% to 40%.

Power Word: Shield can now trigger Grace.

Fixed a bug where talents that increased your Nature healing would increase the absorb effects of your Holy absorb spells and vice versa.

Reduced the base absorb values of Mana Shield rank 6 by 15% and rank 5 by 8%.

The mana reduction granted to healing over time from Tree of Life talent will now properly only apply while in Tree of Life form.

Fixed an issue where the critical strike chance of Evoker was higher than intended. It will now increase critical strike chance by 2% per stack, as shown in the tooltip.

Increased the healing gained from Bandages from First Aid by roughly 75%.

Fixed an issue where Abolish Disease didn't remove a disease on application.

Fixed an issue where Execute would not show in combatlog or combat text for subsequent misses after the first.

Fixed an issue where Empowered Stormstrike would sometimes not proc correctly.

Removed the delay on Single-Minded Fury's Slam (Off-hand).

Improved Spirit Tap now grants spell critical strike rating instead of spell haste rating. In addition, Spirit Tap spirit bonus has been increased from 5/10% to 8/15%.

The spell power scaling of Ice Barrier has been reduced from 70% to 40%.

One-Handed Specialization (Warrior) has been changed from 1/2/3/4/5% parry to 2/4/6/8/10% block chance.

Reduced the base absorb given by Mana Shield rank 6 by 15%, and rank 5 by 8%.

Fixed an issue where Earthliving was missing weapon category requirement, making it apply to items like Skinning Knives.

Lone Wolf now increases damage by 3/6%, down from 4/8%.

Multi-Shot now deals 120% weapon damage, down from 130%.

Improved the wording of Turn the Tables by clarifying that only cat and rogue combo point builders are affected.

Fixed an issue where the damage reduction of rank 1 and rank 2 of Ardent Defender did not work.

Fixed an issue where the ranged attack power value sometimes could show up as red in the character screen for players whose primary stat wasn't Agility.

Reduced the rank 1 values of Molten Core to be half of rank 2. In addition, corrected the tooltip of the buff from Molten Core.

Demonic Aegis talents no longer increase the healing gained from Fel Armor.

Reduced the duration of Brutal Impact from 0.5/1 second to 0.25/0.5 seconds.

Fixed an issue causing Master Poisoner to not proc properly. It should now stay active as long as you have the target poisoned. This effect does not stack with similar effects, and only the strongest debuff will remain active.

Fixed an issue where players sometimes could cast certain spells requiring stealth while in Travel Form

Fixed an issue where both Serendipity and Inner Focus would be consumed on the same Greater Heal, without both benefiting the cast time. Now Inner Focus will be consumed on the first Greater Heal, and Serendipity on the second Greater Heal cast. While Inner Focus is active you cannot get Serendipity stacks.

Fixed an issue where Arcane Empowerment was in the spellbook instead of an Aura.

Fixed an issue where some Meta gems like Mystical Skyfire Diamond would trigger from casting non-combat buffs. In addition, fixed some tooltip inconsistencies with meta gems.

Fixed an issue where Tactical Mastery would not grant armor as intended.

Shadow Focus now has a 33/66/100% pushback reduction for Mind Flay.

Clarified the tooltip of Faint and Faint (Fancy Footwork) to state that the threat reduction is in an area around the caster.

Lightning Shield damage can no longer trigger procs.

Fixed an issue where Improved Riposte would not trigger if the target avoided the hit. The cooldown reduction of Ghostly Strike now works on using Riposte, as the tooltip suggests.

Fixed an issue where Penance would not apply the Grace effect to the target.

Fixed an issue where Eradication would only increase spell casting speed of Warlock abilities.

Fixed an issue where Frost Shock would only give 1 stack of Elemental Clearcasting.

Corrected tooltip error of Moroes' Frenzy buff.

Corrected a tooltip error of Wrath of the Titans buff.

Fixed an issue where you could cancel the auras from Tree of Life and Moonkin Form.

Fixed an issue where Concussive Barrage didn't work on targets closer than 5 yards.

Helicopter Money Mystic Enchant has been deprecated.

Fixed an issue where Seed of Life would not grant stacks without line of sight.

The buff gained from Wild Wrath Mystic Enchant now stacks up to 3 times.

Double Down now makes your Sinister Strike (both main and off-hand) deal 10% less damage against players, instead of only the off-hand hit being reduced.

The return spell granted from Time Warp Mystic Enchant now no longer has a cooldown but is only usable once per cast of Blink.

Fixed an issue where Stay Frosty would not trigger from Shaman Frost spells.

Increase the proc chance increase of Redoubt Mystic Enchant from 5% to 10%.

Earth's Blessing now only works for your own Earth Shield.

Devouring is now an Epic Mystic enchant instead of Legendary.

Shadow Vision's Devouring Plague effect has been changed. It now reduces the periodic interval by 33%. In addition, fixed some tooltip mistakes.

Fixed an issue with Felborne Mystic Enchant where it would show a stun animation.

Power Overwhelming now also triggers from Arcane Blast.

Fixed an issue where Flamekeeper would not visually show the extra stacks of Pyroblast and Firebolt damage over time effects. In addition, Flamekeeper now only refreshes your own damage over time effects instead of the first applied.

Fixed an issue where the Holy Hell Mystic Enchant did not increase the damage done of Conflagurate's damage over time effect.

Fixed an issue with Flame Surge that caused it to chain from the target main target, instead of a radius around the target. The spell should now behave as the tooltip states.

Increased the energy cost of Fan of Knives from 55 to 65.

Transcendental Embrace now also triggers from Healing Wave.

Earth's Blessing has been changed to Epic, and now grants 2 charges of Earth Shield, and increases the healing of the next Earth Shield orb by 50%, stacking up to 3 times.

Fixed an issue where you could refresh other people's Beacon of Light by using Growing Light.

Fixed an issue where combat would not drop if your bleeds triggered damage from the Master of Shadow Mystic Enchant.

Master of Shadow had its attack power scaling increase reverted. To compensate, its spell power scaling has now been slightly increased, and the buff from Master of Shadow now also gives spell critical strike chance.

Fixed the tooltip of Void Eruption debuff. In addition, the knockback distance has been increased.

Increased the attack power scaling of Frostbolt and Ice Lance from Ice Lash from 10% and 2% to 15% and 3% respectively. In addition, Ice Lash will now restore your Fingers of Frost to maximum stack count.

Fixed an issue where Bladestorm would not proc Heavyweight.

Clarified the tooltip of Holy Ground to state that it does not work with triggered Consecrations like the ones from Purification by Light or Consecrated Strikes.

Fixed a tooltip error in Judge, Jury, Executioner.

Fixed an error in the tooltip of Holy Wrath (Bountiful Holy Wrath).

Fixed the tooltip of Predatory Strikes buff, and fixed a bug causing the Predatory Swiftness to sometimes not be consumed.

Atonement now heals ALL targets affected by your Grace, instead of only healing one of them.

Fixed an issue causing Master of Shadow to not always consume the stacks of Apprentice of Shadows.

Fixed an issue where Atonement wasn't working as the tooltip stated.

Fixed an issue where Fancy Footwork did not go in the Rogue spellbook. In addition, fixed an issue where the spell would increase threat instead of reducing it.

Fixed an issue where Ice Lash Mystic Enchant would not refresh the duration of Fingers of Frost.

Fixed an issue where Hand of Reckoning (Fist of Reckoning) could be avoided. In addition, the ability can no longer proc effect.

Fixed an issue where Whispers of the old Gods did not have proper level scaling, causing it to deal too much damage at lower levels.

Fixed an issue where Blizzard (Hailstorm) would break the stealth given from Shroud of Concealment Mystic Enchant.

[New Epic Enchant]: Natural Synergy - Your Shaman direct healing spells increase the critical effect chance of your next Regrowth by 5%, stacking up to 10 times. The periodic heal of your Regrowth can now critically heal the target of your Earth Shield.

[New Legendary Enchant]: Fury of the Titans - Your maximum rage is increased to 300. You learn Titanic Strike, a finishing move that strikes with both of your weapons. When used at full rage, Titanic Strike makes you go into a Titanic Fury, increasing your physical damage dealt with all attacks by 15% (5% against players) and removing all rage costs for 12 seconds. When this effect ends, your rage is reset. Requires Titan's Grip.

[New Epic Enchant]: Continued Power - Reduces the effect granted by Copious Power by 33%, but Copious Power now has two charges.

Words of Healing has been made into a Legendary mystic enchant and had its effect reworked: Your Borrowed Time now also increases the critical strike chance of your direct healing spells by 15% while active. In addition, Borrowed Time is no longer consumed by casting spells, but its duration is reduced by 2 seconds.

[New Epic Enchant]: Fetch Me Their Bones! - Dealing damage with Steady Shot or Wing Clip will reduce the cooldown of Kill Command by 2 seconds. In addition, your Kill Command now increases the damage done by an additional 5% per stack.

[New Epic Enchant]: Lightning Discharge - While casting Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning your Lightning Shield is supercharged, increasing its damage by 50% and making it discharge pure energy, stunning nearby enemies when triggered.