Wildfire Bomb, Glory of the Vanguard, and More: Class Bugfixes in Today's Hotfixes

Classes are getting several bugfixes in the latest batch of hotfixes, and some Delve and Prey fixes are mixed in too!

Several class bugfixes that could affect DPS

Rogues have better clarity with Thistle Tea when using the Cooldown Manager (meaning it's now in there!)

Echoing Maul shouldn't trigger unintentionally anymore in Den of Nalorakk runs

You won't lose the buff from Afflicted Soul in multiple situations anymore

Various fixes to different Delve stories

September 10, 2026

Classes

Death Knight

Unholy

• Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to occasionally spawn at extreme vertical differences.

Hunter

Survival

• Corrected an issue where the initial damage of Wildfire Bomb would not happen if the Hunter was affected by crowd control effects while the bomb hit the target.
• Corrected an issue where Strike As One would not deal damage with a Raptor Swipe that benefit from Tip of the Spear if Aspect of the Eagle is active.

Mage

• Hero Talents
• Spellslinger
• Fixed an issue causing Splinters from Augury Abounds to sometimes strike crowd-controlled targets when other non-crowd controlled targets are available.

Paladin

Holy

• Fixed an issue that caused Ringing of the Heavens to not function if cast as Lightsmith while targeting an enemy.

Protection

• Fixed an issue where Glory of the Vanguard was not dealing full damage to its primary target.

Rogue

• Both versions of Thistle Tea can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.

Shaman

Restoration

• Fixed an issue where Soothing Rain did not properly reduce the cast time of Healing Rain by 0.5 seconds.
• Delves
• Fixed an issue where Domanaar Enforcer’s could Devour an already dead corpse.
• Explorer’s League Supplies and the Abandoned Restoration Stone will now appear in the Twilight Crypts delve variant “Loosed Loa.”
• Dungeons and Raids
• Den of Nalorakk
• Addressed an issue where Nalorakk’s Echoing Maul can sometimes trigger unintentionally.
• The Venomous Abyss
• The Lost Explorers
• Mor’zahi’s damage escalation during Final Ascension will now reset if his cast is interrupted.

Player versus Player

Evoker

• Fixed an issue where Unburdened Flight was causing Deep Breath to move the player forward during Hover.
• Hero Talents
• Chronowarden
• Fixed an issue where Warp was still causing the player to become immune to snares while talented into Unburdened Flight.
• Prey
• The buff from Afflicted and Tormented Souls is no longer removed on death, by entering a battleground or arena, or by switching specializations, and cannot be accidentally removed by the player.