Patch 12.1 PTR Datamined Class Tuning and Tier Set Changes - Hunter, Shaman, Warrior

Classes
<span data-wow-class="Death Knight">Death Knight
| Class Tools | |
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| Blood | Talents |
| Frost | Talents |
| Unholy | Talents |
We've datamined spell tuning changes for nearly every class and a few tier set adjustments on the Patch 12.1 PTR!
Two additional undocumented changes also address bugs highlighted in our recent Arms Warrior review, increasing the maximum number of stacks for Frenzy and Slayer's Dominance.
Blood
Specialization (1)
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NEW Effect #20 Apply Aura: Modifies Effect #1's Value (Label)
Value: 5
Affected Spells: Pact of the San'layn
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Effect #5 Apply Aura: Mod Auto Attack Damage %: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value:
275350 -
NEW Effect #20 Apply Aura: Modifies Effect #1's Value (Label)
Value: 5
Affected Spells: Pact of the San'layn
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Talents (6)
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Bloodshot While Blood Shield is active, you deal 8% increased damage and damage taken is reduced by 4%.
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NEW Effect #3 Apply Aura: Modifies Effect #5's Value
Value: -4
Affected Spells: Blood Shield, Death Knight
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Dance of Midnight For each Dancing Rune Weapon active your damage is increased by 0% and your damage taken is reduced by 0%.
- Rank 1: For each Dancing Rune Weapon active your damage is increased by 3% and your damage taken is reduced by
4%6%. - Rank 2: For each Dancing Rune Weapon active your damage is increased by 6% and your damage taken is reduced by
4%6%.
- Rank 1: For each Dancing Rune Weapon active your damage is increased by 3% and your damage taken is reduced by
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Dancing Rune Weapon Summons a rune weapon for 8 sec that mirrors your melee attacks and bolsters your defenses.
While active, you gain
25% parry chance30% parry chance. -
Heart Strike Instantly strike the target and 1 other nearby enemy, causing (
157.334%196.7% of Attack Power) Physical damage, and reducing enemies' movement speed by 20% for 8 sec [Heart Strike: Generates 5 bonus Runic Power] [Heartbreaker: plus 2 Runic Power per additional enemy struck].-
Effect #2 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod:
1.573341.967)
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Marrowrend Smash the target, dealing (
147.1%220.65% of Attack Power) Physical damage and generating 3 charges of Bone Shield.Bone Shield: Surrounds you with a barrier of whirling bones, increasing Armor by (180 * Strength / 100) [Marrowrend: and your Haste by 0%]. Each melee attack against you consumes a charge. Lasts 30 sec or until all charges are consumed.
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Effect #2 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod:
1.4712.2065)
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Perseverance of the Ebon Blade When Crimson Scourge is consumed,
you gain 6% Versatility for 6 secdamage taken is reduced by 4% for 10 sec.
Unholy
Specialization (1)
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Epidemic Causes each of your Virulent Plagues to flare up, dealing (
62.5522%109.466% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to the infected enemy and (25.0212%43.7871% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to foes nearby.Extends the duration of Dread Plague and Virulent Plague by
0.0 sec1.0 sec.
Talents (4)
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Clawing Shadows Shadows guide your strikes, increasing the damage of your Scourge Strike by 25%, and causing it to grant you Clawing Shadows up to 4 times.
For each stack of Clawing Shadows, your Scourge Strike chains to an additional enemy. Each subsequent chain deals
20% reduced damage10% reduced damage.-
Effect #3 Apply Aura: Modifies Effectiveness After First Target
Value:
-20%-10%Affected Spells: Scourge Strike, Clawing Shadows, Scourge Strike, Vampiric Strike
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Forbidden Knowledge Army of the Dead siphons the power of the fallen, transforming Death Coil and Epidemic into Necrotic Coil and Graveyard for 30 sec.
Necrotic Coil: Unleash a vortex of necrotic energy and bone, dealing (205.335% of Attack Power) Shadowstrike damage up to 3 foes and (64.584% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all pierced enemies.
Graveyard: The dead erupt beneath all foes with Virulent Plague, dealing (
114.561%131.745% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and (45.8251%52.6989% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to enemies nearby. -
Outbreak Inflicts the target with Dread Plague and Virulent Plague.
Dread Plague: A malicious plague that deals (439.11% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec. Explodes for (184.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies and infects one when the host dies. Can only be applied to 1 host at a time.
Virulent Plague: An infectious plague that spreads to all nearby enemies, dealing (
150.262%225.394% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec. -
Putrefy Summon a Lesser Ghoul to strike the enemy for (199.665% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and have them explode for (
103.275%139.421% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies.
Hero Talents
San'layn (2)
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Blood-Soaked Ground While you are within your Death and Decay, your physical damage taken is reduced by
5%8% and your chance to gain Vampiric Strike is increased by 5%. -
Blood: You store
10%15% of all Shadow damage dealt into your Blood Beast to explode for additional damage when it expires.
Deathbringer (2)
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Blood: After Reaper's Mark explodes, your next 2 Marrowrends cost 1 Rune and summon 2 scythes to strike your enemies.
The first scythe strikes your target for (
858.541030.25) Shadowfrost damage and the second scythe strikes all enemies around your target for (469.2) Shadowfrost damage [and applies Frost Fever]. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. -
Blood: Viciously slice into the soul of your enemy, dealing (
368.55442.26) Shadowfrost damage and applying Reaper's Mark.Each time you deal Shadow or Frost damage, add a stack of Reaper's Mark. After 12 sec or reaching 40 stacks, the mark explodes, dealing (45.348) damage per stack.
Reaper's Mark travels to an unmarked enemy nearby if the target dies.
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Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (AP mod:
3.68554.4226)
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General
Spells (1)
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Death Coil Fires a blast of unholy energy at the target, causing (211.812% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to an enemy or healing an Undead ally for (463.75% of Attack Power) health.
Extends the duration of Dread Plague and Virulent Plague by
0.0 sec1.0 sec.
Demon Hunter
| Class Tools | |
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| Havoc | Talents |
| Vengeance | Talents |
| Devourer | Talents |
Havoc
Specialization (1)
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Effect #1 Apply Aura: Modifies Damage/Healing Done
Value:
1622%Affected Spells: Demon's Bite, Chaos Nova, Throw Glaive, Fel Rush, Eye Beam, Vengeful Retreat, Chaos Strike, Blade Dance, Metamorphosis, Blade Dance, Annihilation, Demon Blades, Sigil of Flame, Eye of Leotheras, Fel Lance, Death Sweep, Death Sweep, Fel Barrage, Fel Eruption, Fel Devastation, Felblade, Chaos Strike, Annihilation, Hungering Glaive, Hungering Glaive, Essence Break, Trail of Ruin, Immolation Aura
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Note: The source was truncated at this point. Additional class tuning changes for Hunter, Shaman, and Warrior referenced in the article title were not included in the provided source text.





