Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2024/08/06

General

Change

[Reaper] Darkrend Scythe tick rate now benefits from haste.

Change

[Reaper] Withering Touch cooldown reduced by 5 sec.

Change

[Reaper] Darkrend Scythe tick rate up to 2 sec from 1 sec.

Change

[Runemaster] Pyrostrike scaling fixed. (was not linear; buff)

Change

[Runemaster] Scaling of Icy Death increased by 28%.

Change

[Runemaster] Cold Storage now addionally causes your melee attacks to have a chance to slow the target.

Change

[Runemaster] Deft Touch now causes Frost Blade uses to extend duration of Frozen Touch.

Change

[Runemaster] Mysticbind range increased b 3 yds.

Change

[Runemaster] Runestone:Frozen Touch reworked to now cause your melee attacks to deal additional frost damage.

Change

[Runemaster] Dazzling Spray duration increased by 1 sec.

2024/08/03

General

Change

Fixed an issue where Guardian, Felsworn, Bloodmage and Knight of Xoroth had an extra threat modifier ontop of the baseline 1200% threat.

New

Reduced the threat caused by Cadaverous/Couragous and other similar tank 4 set bonuses that cause a spike in threat upon hitting an enemy target for the first time.

2024/08/02

General

New

[Runemaster] - No longer randomly vanishes and disappears in PvP when you aren't looking at them.

New

[Blood Mage] - Battleground Flags are now dropped upon pickup while Running Wild is active

New

[Witch Hunter] - Shadow Hound's Track movement speed reduced from 50% to 20%.

New

[Sun Cleric] - Sun Ray PvP Modded reduced by 50%

New

[Sun Cleric] - Rapture PvP modded reduced by 40%

New

[Sun Cleric] - Horusath Blast Pvp Modded reduced by 60%

New

[Wildwalker] - Hand of the Earthmother/Primal Wave scaling reworked

New

[Knight of Xoroth] - Skulltaker PvP Modded reduced by 50%

New

[General] - Some pets were double dipping on Resilient Constitution, causing them to deal far less damage and take far less damage than intended.

New

[Cultist] - Mind Leak and Whisper of Yogg-saron swapped positions.

New

[Cultist] - Smite of the Empire deals damage and generates 20 insanity and 2 void runes.

New

[Cultist] - Psychic Leech range increased from 30 yds to 40 yds.

New

[Cultist] - Eldritch Smite of C'thun reworked to Smite of the Empire (Corruption Only)

New

[Cultist] - Eldritch Blast cast time reduced by 0.5 seconds.

New

[Cultist] - Eldritch Devastation movement slow reduced from 50% to 30%.

New

[Cultist] - Void Tendrils no longer breaks on damage.

New

[Cultist] - Corrupt Mind no longer on GCD

New

[Cultist] - Eldritch Devastation cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.

New

[Cultist] - Corrupt Mind travel time now much faster

New

[Cultist] - Reality Twist movement speed slow increased from 30% to 60%.

New

[Cultist] - Reality Twist cooldown increased from 6 sec to 20 sec.

New

[Cultist] - Psychic Suppression base damage and scaling increased.

New

[Blood Mage] - Liquify now functions like a standard immunity (e.g No longer banishable)

New

[Cultist] - Psychic Suppression cooldown reduced from 2 min to 1.5 min.

New

[Felsworn] - Gust scaling reduced and swapped, now scales primarily on AP, not SP.

New

[Felsworn] - Felshield's DR buffed from 20% to 35%

New

[Felsworn] - Cripple's Cooldown reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.

New

[Felsworn] - Felshield's Cooldown reduces from 2min to 1.5min

New

[Felsworn] - Felrend Radius buffed from 5 yds to 8 yds

New

[Felsworn] - Glaivestorm Weapon Damage buffed from 150% to 175%

New

[Felsworn] - Annihilan Strike Scaling and Base Damage increased

New

[Felsworn] - Wrathglaive Scaling and Base Damage increased

Change

[Runemaster] Scrying Orb no longer requires Lesser Magic Essence, no longer teleports, its movement speed buff also applies to the summoner. Duration of the Scrying Orb increased by 15 sec.

Change

[Bloodmage] Effectiveness of Thick Pelt reduced by 50, bug with it not counting all items fixed (overall buff).

Change

[Bloodmage] Loyalty renamed Shrug Off. No longer reduces damage taken by %, now instead causes you to stagger 25% of direct damage taken over 10 sec.

Change

[Bloodmage] Rage stack count halved.

Change

[Reaper] Lament scaling reduced by 5%.

Change

[Reaper] Essence Binder value lowered.

Change

[Reaper] Issue with effects that generate a full Reaped Soul consuming the previously built Soul Fragments to fill instead of adding a full soul on top of them fixed.

Change

[Reaper] Soulstorm now additionally procs from Shudder Scythe, scaling fixed.

Change

[Reaper] Soultwister now additionally increases the effectiveness of Requiems leech value by 5%.

Change

[Reaper] Shadowbound now requires a Reaped Soul instead of Soul Infusion.

Change

[Reaper] Jailer's Will no longer provides max % health and mana based on Stamina upon harvesting a soul, now instead provides % stamina and increases the crit chance of Requiem and Shudder Scythe.

Change

[Reaper] Soul Protector now grants Armor based on Stamina.

Change

[Reaper] Dreadraven causes Murder to grant 20% Armor for 15 sec.

Change

[Reaper] Empyrean Fortitude node now a 1 point node.

Change

[Sun Cleric] Blaze of Glory cast time reduction lowered by 5%.

Change

[Reaper] Dreadshell now additionally procs from Requiem. Value rougly doubled.

Change

[Sun Cleric] Sunburn value reduced by 5%.

Change

[Necromancer] New node added to Death tree in switch node with Plague Doctor. Causes Expunge to extend duration of Harvest Plague, Spectral Decay and Plague of Undeath by 1 sec.

Change

[Barbarian] Base damage of Drunken Dive increased by 250. Scaling increased by 10%.

Change

[Chronomancer] Elder Wand fixed. Value reduced by 5%.

Change

[Chronomancer] Last Wish cooldown reduced by 50%.

Change

[Chronomancer] Chaos Wand scaling reduced.

Change

[Chronomancer] Concentrated Fate value reduced by 5%.

Change

[Chronomancer] Cheating Time cannot extend beyond maximum.)

Change

[Chronomancer] Empower Wand: Artillery base value reduced by 15%.

Change

[Chronomancer] Artificer damage shifted slightly from RAP scaling to SP and Spirit scalings (still uses weapon damage principle on most damage abilities so RAP value holds, just at a lower value. The purpose is to make them benefit similarly from supports like other ranged specs).

Change

[Starcaller] Moon Guard Starcaller damage taken reduction increased by 5%.

Change

[Starcaller] Enduring Moon now provides Stamina instead of Crit Chance.

Change

[Starcaller] Lunar Knight now can proc from parry, block and dodge. Now additionally affects Starsweep. Value increased by 5%.

Change

[Starcaller] Trueshot mana scaling increased by 1%.

Change

[Starcaller] New capstone node added to Sentinel.

Change

[Starcaller] Astral Quickness replaced by Night Hunter in position.

Change

[Starcaller] Way of the Naga reworked into Blessed By The Stars.

Change

[Starcaller] Lo'Sho Amplification no longer reduces healing done, value increased by 5%.

Change

[Starcaller] Umbral Glaive scaling fixed. Target count increased.

Change

[Starcaller] Create Moonwell cooldown increased by 30 sec, mana regen no longer has level scaling.

Change

[Starcaller] Second Moon base damage increased by 50%.

Change

[Cultist] Reaver scaling fixed.

Change

[Cultist] Eldritch Smite of N'zoth spawn chance reduced significantly.

Change

[Cultist] Nutcase reworked. Now increases chance to summon a Tentacle of Nzoth through Eldrich Smite.

Change

[Cultist] Gift of N'zoth STR to crit conversion increased by 5%.

Change

[Cultist] Writhing Mass no longer spawns additional tentacles, now instead increases the damage the tentacles do. (fps performance change)

Change

[Felsworn] Azzinoth's Assault AP scaling increased by 5%.

Change

[Necromancer] Soulfreeze now on GCD.

Change

[Felsworn] Wrathglaive AP scaling fixed.

Change

[Blood Mage] Battleground Flags are now dropped upon pickup while Running Wild is active

Change

[Blood Mage] Running Wild now increases movement speed by 100% at level 40, but is interrupted similarily to other mounts

Change

[Blood Mage] Shadowfang Bond removed due to high exploit potential

Change

[Blood Mage] Born in Blood renamed to Blood of the Vampyr in the Fleshweaver Talent Tree

2024/07/31

Talents & Abilities

New

[Pending Restart] The following spells have had their additional threat mods removed: Straight to the Nether, Immolation Aura, Gust, Wrath of Tichondrius, Track, Darkthrash, Grasp of the Undying, Chainwhip, Shieldgore, Demon's Breath, Warquake, Shieldforge, Forgehammer, Staff Sweep, Holy Cleave, Sacred Slam, Barrier of Light, Zealous Crash, Ravenous Bite Packleader, Massacre, Enraging Wound, Bite Wound, Goldrinn's Resolve, Goldrinn's Rage, Disease Cloud, Spellburn, Twilight Shieldtoss, Wave of Doubt, Twilight Slam, Moonflare, Vengeance of Elune, Rain of Comets, Starsweep, Protector of the Flame, Anoint, Crash & Thrash, Spanner Smash, Scorpid Slime, Wicked Poison, Tail Strike, Sting, Toxic Expulsion, Lament, Deathmyst, Dreadwake, Spectral Burst, Spellsnap, Prismatic Detonation

2024/07/28

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Cultist] Eldritch Smite is now passive and the scaling of Blade of the Empire has been increased by ~25%

2024/07/27

Talents & Abilities

New

[Chronomancer] Epoch can now grant Sands of Time when not in combat.

2024/07/25

Talents & Abilities

Change

[Necromancer] Capstones adjusted across all specs

Change

[Venomancer] Adjusted capstones across all specs

Change

[Bloodmage] Spells that required Worgen Form will now require Cursed Form (Vampyr Curse, Blood Curse, Eternal Curse)

Change

[Bloodmage] Accursed tree and capstones adjusted