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Patch 12.1 PTR Datamined Class Tuning & Tier Set Changes — July 22, 2026
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BloodHero Talents — San'layn
- Buff:
Frenzy — Frenzy max stacks increased to 5 (undocumented fix).
- Buff:
Auto-attack damage increased by ~27%.
- Buff:
Heart Strike — Heart Strike damage increased by ~25% (AP coefficient: 1.573 → 1.967).
- Buff:
Marrowrend — Marrowrend damage increased by ~50% (AP coefficient: 1.471 → 2.207).
- Buff:
Dancing Rune Weapon — Dancing Rune Weapon now grants 30% parry chance (was 25%).
- Redesign:
Perseverance of the Ebon Blade — Perseverance of the Ebon Blade — Consuming Crimson Scourge now reduces damage taken by 4% for 10 sec (was 6% Versatility for 6 sec).
- New:
Bloodshot — Bloodshot — Now also reduces damage taken by 4% while Blood Shield is active.
- Buff:
Dance of Midnight — Dance of Midnight — Damage taken reduced per Dancing Rune Weapon increased to 6% (was 4%).
- Buff:
Blood-Soaked Ground — Blood-Soaked Ground — Physical damage taken reduced by 8% (was 5%) while in Death and Decay.
- Buff:
Pact of the San'layn — Pact of the San'layn — Now stores 15% of all Shadow damage dealt into Blood Beast (was 10%).
- Buff:
Reaper's Mark — Reaper's Mark primary target damage increased by ~20% (AP coefficient: 3.686 → 4.423).
- Buff:
Exterminate — Exterminate primary scythe damage increased by ~20% (AP coefficient: 858.5 → 1030.3).
UnholyHero Talents — San'layn
- Buff:
Epidemic — Epidemic (Putrefy) — Explosion damage increased by ~75% (AP coefficient: 62.55% → 109.47% primary, 25.02% → 43.79% splash).
- Buff:
Epidemic — Epidemic and Death Coil now extend Dread Plague and Virulent Plague duration by 1 sec.
- Buff:
Virulent Plague — Virulent Plague damage increased by ~50% (AP coefficient: 150.26% → 225.39%).
- Buff:
Clawing Shadows — Clawing Shadows chain damage falloff reduced to 10% per target (was 20%).
- Buff:
Graveyard — Graveyard damage increased by ~15% (AP coefficient: 114.56% → 131.75% primary, 45.83% → 52.70% splash).
- Buff:
Raise Dead — Raise Dead — Lesser Ghoul explosion damage increased by ~35% (AP coefficient: 103.28% → 139.42%).
- Buff:
Blood-Soaked Ground — Blood-Soaked Ground — Physical damage taken reduced by 8% (was 5%).
Havoc
The Fury generation changes are a small overall increase, paced more smoothly and relying less heavily on Immolation Aura's talent effects.
- Buff:
All damage increased by 6% (spec aura: 16% → 22%).
- Nerf:
Burning Hatred — Burning Hatred — Immolation Aura generates 18 additional Fury (was 24).
- Buff:
Demon Blades — Demon Blades — Auto attacks generate 10–16 Fury (was 8–15).
- Buff:
Essence Break — Essence Break damage increased by ~35% (AP coefficient: 3.11 → 4.2).
- Nerf:
Immolation Aura — Immolation Aura damage reduced by ~8% (tick coefficient: 13.55 → 12.47; instant coefficient: 36.3% → 33.4%).
- Nerf:
Vengeful Retreat — PvP: Vengeful Retreat damage reduction reduced to 25% (was 35%).
Vengeance
- Buff:
All damage increased by 6% (spec aura: 10% → 16%).
- Nerf:
Immolation Aura — Immolation Aura damage reduced by ~8% (same as Havoc).
DevourerHero Talents — Annihilator
- Nerf:
Otherworldly Focus — Otherworldly Focus — Single-target bonus for Collapsing Star and Voidfall Meteors reduced to 30% (was 35%).
BalanceHero Talents — Elune's Chosen
- Buff:
Ascendant Eclipses — Ascendant Eclipses — Solar Bolt damage increased by ~15% (SP coefficient: 550% → 632.5%).
- Nerf:
Stellar Amplification — Stellar Amplification — Now limited to 1 target.
- Nerf:
Star Cascade — Star Cascade — Proc chance reduced to 30% (was 40%), Starsurge effectiveness reduced to 50% (was 70%).
- Buff:
Dream Burst — Dream Burst damage increased by ~30% (SP coefficient: 302.1 → 393).
- Buff:
Power of Nature — Power of Nature — Treant melee damage increased by 300% (was 200%).
Feral
- Buff:
Rampant Ferocity — Rampant Ferocity damage per combo point increased by ~25% (AP coefficient: 30.55% → 38.19%).
Restoration
- Buff:
All healing increased by 25% (new spec aura modifier).
- Buff:
Flourish — Flourish — Regrowth cost reduction and crit chance bonus increased to 60% (was 50%) when 5+ Rejuvenations are active.
PreservationHero Talents — Chronowarden
- Buff:
All healing increased by 4% (spec aura: 23% → 27%).
- Nerf:
Dream Breath — Dream Breath — Per-tick healing reduced by ~20% (SP coefficient: 66.9% → 53.52%).
- Buff:
Mana Cascade — Mana Cascade — Living Flame bonus increased to 100% (was 50%).
- Nerf:
Merithra's Blessing — Merithra's Blessing healing reduced (SP coefficient: 250% → 225%).
- Buff:
Time of Need — Time of Need healing increased by ~30% (SP coefficient: 1058% → 1375.4%).
- Buff:
Living Flame — Living Flame healing increased by 30% (SP coefficient: 600 → 780).
- Buff:
Verdant Embrace — Verdant Embrace direct healing increased by ~30% (SP coefficient: 1058% → 1375.4%).
- Nerf:
Verdant Embrace — Verdant Embrace HoT bonus reduced to 40% over 8 sec (was 60%).
AugmentationHero Talents — Scalecommander
- Buff:
All ability and pet damage increased by 4% (spec aura: 23% → 27%).
- Buff:
Wingleader — Wingleader — Mass Eruption reduces Breath of Eons cooldown by 1.5 sec per target (was 1.0 sec).
- Nerf:
Ebon Might — Season 1 2-set: Eruption no longer extends Ebon Might by an additional 0.1 sec.
- Nerf:
Season 1 4-set: Consuming Essence Burst Living Flame effectiveness reduced to 100% (was 150%).
DevastationHero Talents — Scalecommander
- Buff:
Wingleader — Wingleader — Mass Disintegrate reduces Deep Breath cooldown by 1.0 sec per target (was 0.5 sec).
Class-Wide
- Nerf:
Hunter's Mark — Hunter's Mark — Maximum targets reduced to 1 (was 5).
Beast Mastery
- Buff:
Beast Cleave — Beast Cleave — Pets strike nearby enemies for 55% of damage dealt (was 40%).
Marksmanship
- Buff:
All damage increased by 5% (new spec aura).
- Nerf:
Multi-Shot — Multi-Shot damage reduced by ~20% (AP coefficient: 3.92 → 3.136).
- Redesign:
Incendiary Ammunition — Incendiary Ammunition renamed to Tactical Reload — Explosive Shot now has a 100% chance to grant Lock and Load (was cooldown reduction).
- Redesign:
Windrunner Quiver — Windrunner Quiver redesigned — Rapid Fire damage increased by 10%. Rapid Fire has a 30% chance to grant Lock and Load.
SurvivalHero Talents — Sentinel
- Redesign:
Grenade Juggler — Grenade Juggler redesigned — Boomstick increases Wildfire Bomb cooldown recovery rate by 60% for 8 sec.
- Nerf:
Wildfire Shells — Wildfire Shells — Boomstick reduces Wildfire Bomb cooldown by 3 sec (was 5 sec).
- Redesign:
Open Fire — Open Fire redesigned — Fire damage dealt increased by 5% (was Flamefang Pitch damage increased by 15%).
PvP
- Nerf:
Hibernating Shot — Hibernating Shot incapacitate duration reduced to 3 sec (was 4 sec).
ArcaneHero Talents — Sunfury
- Nerf:
Prismatic Bolt — Prismatic Bolt primary target damage reduced by 20% (SP coefficient: 4000% → 3200%).
- Buff:
Glorious Incandescence — Glorious Incandescence — Meteorite now summons for every 5 Arcane Salvo stacks (was 6).
- Buff:
Gravity Lapse — Gravity Lapse — Arcane Surge/Combustion extension per Spellfire Sphere increased to 0.8 sec (was 0.4 sec), max extension to 2.4 sec (was 2.0 sec).
Fire
- Buff:
Fireball — Fireball PvP damage multiplier increased (1.92 → 2.592).
Mistweaver
Mistweaver healing is being redistributed — the overall aura is lower, but Gust of Mists and Weapons of Order provide stronger baseline healing throughput that is less dependent on specific talent combinations.
- Nerf:
All healing reduced by 7% (spec aura: -13% → -20%).
- Buff:
Gust of Mists — Gust of Mists healing increased by ~50% (SP coefficient: 20.79 → 31.19).
- Buff:
Weapons of Order — Weapons of Order Mastery bonus increased by ~50% (coefficient: 20.79 → 31.18).
- Nerf:
Way of the Crane — PvP: Way of the Crane — Spinning Crane Kick healing transfer PvP multiplier reduced (1.0 → 0.358).
Windwalker
- Buff:
Overall damage scaling increased (spec aura: 1647 → 1909).
- Buff:
Chi Explosion — Chi Explosion damage increased by ~30% (AP coefficient: 180% → 234%).
- Buff:
Zenith Stomp — Zenith Stomp AoE target cap increased to 5 (was 1).
Holy
- Buff:
Holy Shock — Holy Shock healing increased by ~50% (SP coefficient: 741.13% → 1117%). Mana cost reduced to 2.0% base mana (was 2.2%).
Retribution
- Buff:
Divine Storm — Divine Storm damage increased by ~21% (AP coefficient: 217.71% → 263.42%).
DisciplineHero Talents — Oracle
- Buff:
Penance — Penance damage and healing increased by ~15% (SP coefficient per tick: 81.09% → 93.2%).
- Buff:
Shadow Mend — Shadow Mend healing increased to 40% more (was 30%); cast time penalty reduced to 0.3 sec (was 0.5 sec).
- Buff:
Atonement — Atonement PvP multiplier increased (1.67 → 1.72).
- Buff:
Prayer of Mending — Prayer of Mending healing increased by ~20% (SP coefficient: 61% → 73.2%).
HolyHero Talents — Oracle
- Buff:
PvP healing penalty reduced (aura: -13% → -10%).
- Buff:
Prayer of Mending — Prayer of Mending healing increased by ~20% (SP coefficient: 61% → 73.2%).
- Buff:
Holy Fire — Holy Fire PvP multiplier increased (1.3 → 1.5 initial, 1.3 → 1.65 periodic).
- Buff:
Prophetic Foresight — Prophetic Foresight — Initial Prayer of Mending heal increased by ~30% (SP coefficient: 940 → 1222).
Assassination
- Buff:
All damage increased by 8% (spec aura: 34% → 42%).
- Buff:
Implacable — Implacable — Kingsbane strike damage increased by ~15% (Physical AP: 260% → 300%, Nature AP: 180% → 207%).
- Buff:
Amplifying Poison — Amplifying Poison per-stack damage bonus increased to 3% (was 2%).
Outlaw
- Buff:
All damage increased by 4% (spec aura: 38% → 42%).
- Buff:
Audacity — Audacity — Ambush damage bonus increased to 80% (was 60%).
- Buff:
Summarily Dispatched — Summarily Dispatched — Dispatch damage bonus increased to 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).
Subtlety
- Buff:
Goremaw's Bite — Goremaw's Bite — Initial damage increased by ~125% (AP: 280% → 630%), bleed increased by ~125% (AP: 490% → 1106%), shadow mirror from Finishing Moves increased to 20% (was 10%).
Restoration
- New:
Swelling Tides — New Talent: Swelling Tides — Healing Stream Totem extends active Riptides by 3 sec.
- Buff:
Healing Wave — Healing Wave direct healing increased by ~25% (SP coefficient: 480.29% → 600%). Periodic healing doubled (SP coefficient: 239.06% → 478.2%).
- Buff:
Healing Wave — Healing Wave PvP multipliers increased (instant: 1.32 → 1.52, periodic: 1.6 → 1.84).
- Buff:
Healing Rain — Healing Rain now heals up to 6 targets (was 5).
- Buff:
Current Control — Current Control now also reduces Chain Heal mana cost by 15%.
- Removed:
Calm Waters — Calm Waters has been removed.
- Nerf:
Unleash Life — 2-set: Unleash Life direct healing bonus reduced to 50% (was 100%).
- Nerf:
4-set: Bonus Healing Rain duration reduced to 8 sec (was 10 sec).
Affliction
- New:
Impetuous Wrath — New Talent: Impetuous Wrath — Shadow Bolt, Drain Soul, and Malefic Grasp damage increased by 10% (or 20% if target is affected by Haunt). Dark Harvest damage increased by 10% (or 20% with Haunt).
- Redesign:
Shard Instability — Shard Instability redesigned — Damage dealt by Shadow Bolt or Drain Soul has a 20% chance to make your next Unstable Affliction or Seed of Corruption cost no Soul Shards and cast instantly.
- Removed:
Nocturnal Yield — Nocturnal Yield has been removed.
DemonologyHero Talents — Diabolist
- Nerf:
Diabolic Ritual — Diabolic Ritual — Summoned demon damage penalty increased (modifier: -20 → -36), reducing overall demon ability damage.
ArmsHero Talents — Slayer
Arms' AoE damage profile is dominated by Cleave, and we'd like to spread the damage across more abilities. Dreadnaught is now purely AoE, giving Slayer better options for AoE damage.
- Nerf:
Cleave — Cleave damage reduced by ~10% (AP coefficient: 258.68% → 232.81%).
- Redesign:
Dreadnaught — Dreadnaught — No longer damages your Overpower primary target; purely AoE. Damage increased by 100% (AP coefficient: 70% → 140%).
- Fix:
Slayer's Dominance — Slayer's Dominance max stacks increased (undocumented bug fix).
- Buff:
Opportunist — Opportunist — Overpower bonus increased to 20% damage and 20% crit damage (was 10% for both).
FuryHero Talents — Mountain Thane
- Buff:
All damage increased by 6% (spec aura: 10% → 16%).
- Buff:
Rampaging Ruin — Rampaging Ruin damage increased by ~50% (AP coefficient: 248.19% → 372.29%).
- Buff:
Ground Current — Ground Current damage increased by ~150% (AP coefficient: 44.72% → 111.79%).
- Buff:
Thunder Blast — Thunder Blast damage increased by ~10% (AP coefficient: 213.0% → 234.3%).
ProtectionHero Talents — Mountain Thane
- Buff:
All damage increased by 6% (spec aura: 10% → 16%).
- Buff:
Revenge — Revenge damage increased by ~20% (AP coefficient: 234.72% → 281.66%).
- Buff:
Thunder Blast — Thunder Blast damage increased by ~10% (AP coefficient: 213.0% → 234.3%).
Tier Set Adjustments (Cross-Class)
- Buff:
Renew — Holy Priest: Renew tier bonus now increases spell critical strike chance by 2% per target (was general crit chance), cap increased to 6% (was 3%).