Ascension Changelog

Blazing Speed now reduces the cooldown of your Combustion by 5/10/15 seconds.

Capstone: The final rank of Arctic Winds makes your Deep Freeze casts apply to all enemies within 8 yards of your target.

Capstone: The final rank of Cruelty now allows your Rend to critically hit.

Capstone: The final rank of Empowered Renew makes your Renew instantly heal the target for 15% of the total periodic effect.

Capstone: The final rank of Nether Protection gives you a 20% chance after being hit with a spell or taking periodic spell damage to gain Nether Protection, reducing all damage taken by that school by 15% for 8 seconds.

Nether Protection now reduces periodic spell damage taken by 2/4/6%.

Capstone: The final rank of Honor Among Thieves grants you a combo point whenever you deal damage to your target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 2 seconds.

Honor Among Thieves now increases your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1/2/3%.

Capstone: The final rank of Nature's Bounty now makes the heal over time effect of Regrowth benefit from spell haste.

Insect Swarm now deals 20% less damage in PvP, from 15%.

Mongoose bite now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP, from 15%.

Counterattack now deals 5% reduced damage in PvP, from 10%.

Mangle (Cat) now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP, from 15%.

Hammer of Wrath now deals 30% reduced damage in PvP, from 25%.

Exorcism now deals 35% reduced damage in PvP, from 30%.

Fire Blast now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP, from 10%.

Ignite now deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

The tooltip of Serendipity has been corrected.

The tooltip of Turn the Tables has been corrected.

Fixed an issue where Slice and Dice could cause players to leave combat.

Inner Focus has been reworked. It now empowers your next Greater Heal, Mind Blast or Power Word: Shield, reducing its mana cost by 100% and granting it an additional effect. The cast time of your next Greater Heal is reduced by -50% and the critical strike chance is increased by 25%. Your next Mind Blast slows the target by -70% for 5 sec. The duration of your next Weakened Soul is reduced by 10 sec.

Multi-Shot rank 2 and above now deals additional static damage. Rank 2, 10. Rank 3, 20. Rank 4, 30, Rank 5, 40..

Aimed Shot rank 2 and above now deals additional static damage. Rank 2, 10. Rank 3, 20. Rank 4, 30. Rank 5, 40. Rank 6, 60.

Frost Channeling now reduces the mana cost of Frost spells by 4/8/12% instead of reducing the mana cost of all mage spells by 2/4/6%. The threat reduction has also been increased to 5/10/15% from 4/8/12%.

Tactical Mastery no longer reduces damage taken.

Deflection now gives 3/6/9% dmg reduction while Ghostly Strike is active, but no longer increases expertise.

Improved Defensive Stance now reduces spell damage taken by 2/4%, from 3/6%.

Righteous Vengeance now also triggers from Exorcism and Hammer of the Righteous.

Insect Swarm scaling and base damage has been reduced by approximately 10%.

Improved Insect Swarm now also increases the damage of Insect Swarm by 3/6/9%.

Frozen Power now shares diminishing returns with controlled roots (such as Frost Nova and Entangling Roots).

The Felguard ability Intercept now applies an immobilize effect instead of a stun.

Storm, Earth and Fire now roots the target for 3 seconds, down from 4.

The Fiery Payback disarm effect now lasts for 4 seconds, from 6, and now has a 10 second internal cooldown.

The cooldown of Dragon's Breath has been increased to 25 seconds, from 20.

Balance of Power now reduces magic damage taken by 1/2%, from 3/6%.

T.N.T. now increases the damage of the affected abilities by 3/6/9%, from 2/4/6%.

The Mind Trauma debuff applied by Improved Mind Blast is no longer dispellable.

The proc rate of Sudden Death has been reduced by approximately 20% for all ranks.

Weapon Mastery no longer reduces your enemies chance to dodge your attacks. Instead, whenever one of your attacks is dodged, parried or blocked you have a 50/100% chance to gain 10 expertise for 8 seconds. This effect stacks up to 3 times.

[Sageblade]: Fixed a bug where Sageblade wasn't able to roll any affix.

[Sageblade]: Now has 26 Spellpower up from 20. 10 Haste Rating has been added to its current stats.

[Boots of Endless Moor] stats have been reworked. It now has 16 Stamina, 12 Intellect, 18 Spellpower and 10 Haste Rating.

[Belt of the Dark Bog] stats have been reworked. It now provides 37 Intellect and 23 Spellpower.

[Nightmare Blade] stats have been reworked. It now has a 2.8 weapon speed. Its top end damage is 207 with the minimum damage being 103. It now provides 22 Strength and 3 Agility.

[Mendicant's Slippers] stats have been reworked. They now provide 15 Stamina, 25 Intellect, and 21 Critical Strike Rating.

[The Staff of Rampant] Growth stats have been reworked. It now has 12 Stamina, 16 Intellect, 44 spellpower, 14 crit rating, its weapon speed has been changed to be 3.7 and has a weapon dps of 66.

[Malfurion's Signet Ring] stats have been reworked. It now has 12 Stamina 16 Strength and 14 Critical Strike Rating

[Ancient corroded Leggings] stats have been reworked. It now has 47 Agility, 21 Stamina, 16 Intellect.

[Polished Ironwood Crossbow] stats have been reworked. it now has 10 Attack Power, 14 Agility, 5 Stamina. Its max damage was changed to be 215 and its minimum damage is now 139. The weapon speed has been adjusted to 3.4

[Ring of The Unliving] has had it stats reworked. It now provides 19 Strength, 12 Agility and 6 Stamina.

[Dragonheart Necklace] stats have been reworked. It now provides 14 Agility, 14 Intellect, 24 attack power and 6 Stamina.

[Green Dragonskin Cloak] stats have been reworked. It now has 12 stamina 20 spell power 14 critical strike rating.

[Dragonspur Wraps] stats have been reworked. It now has 12 stamina 20 strength and 10 hit rating.

[Gloves of Delusional Power] stats have been reworked. It now has 14 stamina, 16 intellect, 22 spellpower, 10 haste rating.

[Dragonbone Wristguards] stats have been reworked. It now has 9 Strength, 23 Stamina, 10 Parry Rating(down from 20 parry rating).

[Acid Infused Greaves] stats has been reworked. It now has 13 Agility, 31 Stamina, 8 Defense rating, and 10 hit rating.

[Hammer of Bestial Fury] stats have been reworked. It now has 8 expertise rating, 12 stamina, and 30 melee haste rating.

[The Trance Stone] stats have been reworked. It now has 9 Stamina, 8 Intellect, 20 Spell Penetration, 22 Spellpower.

Fixed a bug where the Overkill buff wouldn't be removed.

Pushed Various Crash and Memory Leak fixes. This fixes the concurrent realm shutdowns that were lasting for 5-10 minutes.

Fixed an issue where Weekly Arena Points would not reset.

Removed The Great Lift from Thousand Needles Bonus Zone Pool

Removed The Great Lift from Barrens Bonus Zone Pool

All store items should now bond appropriately on either use, pickup or equip

Fixed a bug that caused Hammer of the Righteous to deal too high damage. (It will currently deal its old value of 3 times dps. The buff to 3.5 will be implemented soon).

Tranquil Spirit now reduces the mana cost of the affected spells by 3/6/9/12/15%, from 2/4/6/8/10%.

The base heal and scaling of Holy Nova has been reduced by 10%. It now also deals 30% reduced damage in PvP, increased from 25%.

Primal Precision expertise now gives 4/8 expertise, from 2/4.

Hand of Salvation has been fixed to function properly when cast on friendly targets.

Serrated Blades now increases armor penetration by 3/6/9%, from 2/4/6%.

Tidal waves grants 20% cast speed reduction to Healing Wave, from 30%.

Unending Fury will now also increase the duration of Bloodrage by 2/4/6s. While Bloodrage is active, a successful Whirlwind has a 33/66/100% chance to reduce the cooldown of your next Whirlwind by 2 seconds.

Fixed a bug where Fel Vitality would give more stats than the tooltip stated. Additionally Fel Vitality gives 15/30/45% increased Stamina and Intellect, up from 10/20/30%. (Summoned demons will now have around 15% less health with 3 points invested).

Serendipity now also triggers from Renew.

Improved Sprint now grants immunity to all movement impairing effects for 1.5/3 seconds, reduced from 2/4 seconds.

Cold Blood now grants 20 expertise for 10 seconds when activated and when consumed.

Gale Winds now also reduces the mana cost of Hurricane and Typhoon by 10/20%.

The damage dealt by Felguards has been reduced by 10%.

Feral Aggression now also increases the damage of Maul by 2/4/6/8/10%.

Intensity now causes your Enrage to give 5/10/15 rage, up from 3/6/9. Additionally causing your Enrage ability to give 10/20/30% base mana.

Feral Charge no longer shares a cooldown with Charge, but instead shares a 10 second cooldown with Shadowstep and Intercept.

Divine Providence now also increases the healing of Greater Heal.

Arcane Focus now reduces the mana cost of arcane spells by 3/6/9%, from 1/2/3%.

Restorative Totems now increases the healing of Healing Stream Totem by 25/50/75%, from 20/40/60%.

Healing Stream has had its base heal and scaling increased by 10%.

Improved Concentration Aura now increases the effect of your Concentration Aura by 7/14/20%, from 5/10/15%.

Healing Focus now gives 50/100% pushback reduction, from 35/70%. It now also gives 1/2% spell haste.

Burning Soul now gives 50/100% pushback reduction, from 35/70%.

Eye of the Storm now gives 33/66/100% pushback reduction, from 23/46/70%. It now also gives 1/2/3% spell haste.

Healing Focus now gives 33/66/100% pushback reduction, from 23/46/70%. It now also gives 1/2/3% spell haste.

The ranged attack power scaling of Mongoose Bite has been reduced by 5%. The ranged attack power scaling of Counterattack has been reduced by 5%."

Improved Mend Pet now reduces the mana cost of your Mend Pet by 50/100%.

Berserk is now off the global cooldown.

Immolation Aura now deals 15% reduced damage in PvP.

Ruthlessness now gives your melee finishing moves a 33/66/100% chance to add a combo point to your target, from 20/40/60%.

Tidal Force has had its cooldown increased to 90 seconds, from 60.

Unbridled Wrath now properly grant rage from auto-attacks made in Bear Form.

Sanctified Wrath now also grants 5/10% hit chance for Exorcism.

Hammer of the Righteous causes 3.5 times your main hand damage per second as Holy damage, from 3.