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Devastate: 100% buffed?

Bof

#0 - July 17, 2009, 12:33 a.m.

According to MMOChampion, and the official PTR notes at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html
Devastate: Weapon damage and bonus per Sunder Armor on the target increased by 100%.
First off, finally a notable tanking DPS buff.
Second of all, where does this put a Fury/Prot build in terms of DPS now? I seem to recall this being the original Devastate nerf reasoning in beta, although that was when Titan's Grip was garbage.

Ghostcrawler

#2 - July 17, 2009, 1:22 a.m.

The other part of the change that I suppose hasn't been data-mined is that Devastate requires a shield. We hope there is very little interest in an Arms or Fury warrior doing dps with a shield equipped, while we're thrilled if Prot warriors dps with a shield.

But, we'll see what crazy builds clever players come up with. :)