#1 - Aug. 9, 2025, 12:13 a.m.
Over the first few days of Ghosts of K’aresh content, we’ve been closely monitoring class balance and identifying specializations that are beginning to over- or under-perform in group content and in PvP. With scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we’ll make the following changes.
Classes
Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
Death Knight
- Frost
- Obliterate damage reduced by 5%.
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Mawsworn Menace now increases the damage of Obliterate by 5% (was 10%).
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Hollow Sentinel’s Wake 2-piece now increases Trollbane’s Obliterate damage by 15% (was 35%).
- Deathbringer: Exterminate first scythe damage increased by 10%.
Druid
- Balance
- All ability damage increased by 8%.
- Keeper of the Grove: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now accumulates 3% of damage done (was 2%) and Dryad’s Favor is now capped at 10x spellpower (was 6x) and splashes 15% (was 20%) of its damage onto nearby enemies.
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece Starfire damage increase changed to 20% (was 25%), and has a 40% chance (was 50%) to launch a Starsurge at 45% effectiveness (was 50%).
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece Split Starsurges deal damage at 40% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Feral
- Ferocious Bite and Ravage primary target damage increased by 6%.
- Shred damage increased by 5%.
- Sabertooth causes Ferocious Bite to increase damage taken from your bleeds and other periodic effects by 6% per combo point (was 5%).
- Wildstalker: Bloodseeker Vines damage increased by 5%.
- Restoration
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug causing the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece bonus to generate extra Symbiotic Blooms for Regrowths cast by Rampant Growth.
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug preventing Twin Sprouts from generating extra Bloodseeker Vines or Symbiotic Blooms from the ones created by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece set bonus.
- Wildstalker: Symbiotic Bloom and Bursting Growth healing increased by 15%.
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece bonus increases the rate of Symbiotic Bloom growth by 45% (was 30%).
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now causes Symbiotic Bloom healing to have a 35% (was 20%) chance to trigger Bursting Growth at 100% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Developers’ notes: The bug involving Rampant Growth was generating a large number of unintended Symbiotic Blooms, which consolidated a lot of Wildstalker’s healing power into the 4-piece and Clearcasting procs. We’ve added healing power to counteract the healing loss from the bug fix.
Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Tireless Collector’s Bounties - 2-piece chance to fire a free Barbed Shot reduced by 50%.
Mage
- Frost
- All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
Monk
- Brewmaster
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 2-piece bonus Flurry Strikes deal 10% increased damage (was 20%).
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 4-piece bonus Flurry Charge generation increased by 30% (was 50%).
- Shado-Pan: Damage dealt by Flurry Strikes from Wisdom of the Wall reduced by 20%.
Shaman
- Enhancement
- Lava Lash damage increased by 15%.
- Windstrike damage increased by 20%.
- Totemic: Surging Bolt damage increased by 25%.
- Totemic: Searing Bolt damage increased by 35%.
- Stormbringer: Awakening Storm damage increased by 35%.
- Stormstrike damage increased by 10%. Does not affect Windstrike.
- Elemental Blast damage increased by 8%.
- Stormbringer: Tempest single target damage increased by 8%.
Warlock
- Threatening Presence now increases the threat generation of your Voidwalker and Felguard by 950% (was 400%).
- Affliction
- Spliced Fiendtrader’s Influence 2-piece set bonus adjusted - Jackpot! chance reduced by 30%.
- Demonology
- Wild Imp damage reduced by 20%.
- Immutable Hatred damage reduced by 30%.
- Destruction
- Diabolist: Inquisitor’s Feast of Madness 2-piece has been adjusted – Eye Blast damage reduced by 45%.
Warrior
- Protection
- Mountain Thane: Damage dealt by Ionizing Strikes reduced by 30%.
Player versus Player
Death Knight
- Frost
- Frost Strike damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Unholy
- Festering Wound damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
Druid
- Feral
- All damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
Mage
- Arcane
- Nether Flux now increases the damage an enemy receives from the next targeted spell by 40% (was 100%).
- Fire
- Meteor direct damage reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Frost
- All damage reduced by 10% in PvP.
Paladin
- Holy
- All healing reduced by 12% in PvP combat.
- Divine Plea (PvP talent) duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
Priest
- Shadow
- Void Volley damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
Rogue
- Assassination
- Garrote damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
Warlock
- Demonology
- All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.