Alors que le build 9.1.38394 a été appliqué hier soir sur les royaumes de tests, Blizzard a dernièrement publié un message sur les forums officiels indiquant de nouvelles notes provisoires du PTR. En effet, des premières notes avaient été partagées par les développeurs lors de la soirée de l’ouverture du PTR du Patch 9.1.
Les nouvelles notes contiennent notamment des modifications d’équilibrage pour plusieurs classes du jeu. Celles qui sont impactées sont le Chasseur de démons, le Druide, le Mage, le Paladin, le Prêtre, le Voleur et le Démoniste. Des changements liés aux congrégations ainsi qu’aux combats de mascottes ont également été effectués. De plus, de nouveaux visiteurs apparaissent désormais chaque jour à Korthia, la ville des secrets. Sachez que ce sont les notes provisoires du prochain patch majeur, et que celles-ci seront amenées à être régulièrement mises à jour sur les forums officiels de World of Warcraft.
Retrouvez l’intégralité des notes mises à jour des royaumes de tests du Patch 9.1 dans la suite de cet article.
World of Warcraft Version 9.1.0 PTR
Chains of Domination PTR Notes – Updated 21 April
CLASSES
Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Demon’s Bite damage increased by 15%.
- Demon Blades (Talent) damage increased by 15%.
- Chaos Strike damage increased by 15%.
- Annihilation damage increased by 15%.
- Unbound Chaos (Talent) now increases the damage of your next Fel Rush by 500% (was 600%).
Druid
- Balance
- New Moon (Talent) now has 20 second recharge (was 25 seconds).
- Solstice (Talent) now causes Shooting Stars to fall 200% more often (was 300%).
- Stellar Drift (Talent) has been redesigned – Starfall damage increased by 25% and allows you to cast while moving while Starfall is active, but it has a 15 second cooldown.
- The free Starfall from Oneth’s Clear Vision (Runecarving Power) ignores the Stellar Drift (Talent) Starfall cooldown.
- Balance of All Things (Runecarving Power) now grants 24% increased critical strike chance (was 40%) and decreases by 3% every 1 second (was 8% every 1 second).
Mage
- Fire
- Flamestrike damage reduced by 10%.
- Flame Patch (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
- Kindling (Talent) cooldown reduction for Combustion reduced to 1 second (was 1.5 seconds).
- Infernal Cascade (Conduit) Fire damage bonus reduced by 20%.
Paladin
- Blessing of Winter from Blessing of the Seasons (Night Fae Ability) can now be applied to multiple targets simultaneously.
Priest
- Discipline
- Spirit Shell (Talent) cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
- Holy
- Symbol of Hope has been redesigned – Bolster the morale of party or raid members within 40 yards. They each recover 60 seconds of cooldown on a major defensive ability, and they regain 12% of their missing mana, over 5 seconds.
- Shadow
- Dissonant Echoes (Conduit) now grants 20% increased Void Bolt damage (was 35%).
Rogue
- The shield from Cloaked in Shadows (Conduit) is now 50% larger, lasts for 4 seconds (previously had no duration) and no longer decays while the Rogue is out of stealth.
- Feint duration increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
- Subtlety
- Shuriken Storm (Rank 2) now also increases Shuriken Storm’s chance to critically strike by 15%.
- Black Powder’s damage per combo point increased by 33%.
- Black Powder (Rank 2) now causes targets with Find Weakness to suffer an additional 40% damage as Shadow (was 50%).
- Shadow Techniques now triggers more frequently.
- Backstab damage increased by 20%.
- Gloomblade (Talent) damage increased by 20%.
Warlock
- Dark Pact’s (Talent) additional absorb shield has been increased by 216%.
- Destruction
- Chaos Bolt damage increased by 10%.
- Affliction
- Malefic Rapture damage reduced by 18%.
- Agony damage increased by 20%.
- Shadow Embrace now lasts 16 seconds (was 12 seconds) and can now only be applied to 1 target at a time.
- Focused Malignancy (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 53%.
- Sacrolash’s Dark Strike (Runecarving Power) has been redesigned – Corruption damage is increased by 25% (was 15%), and each time Corruption deals damage, it extends the duration of all your Curses active on the target by 2 seconds (was Corrupted targets movement speed slowed by 50%).
COVENANTS
- New Covenant Campaign Chapters
- Chapters 1 and 2 are available in the 13 April update.
- Chapters 3, 4 and 5 are available in the 21 April update.
- 40 new Renown levels
- Soulbinds
- New Soulbind Tiers
- All existing Soulbinds now have 4 new rows:
- 3 new Conduit slots (1 Potency, 1 Endurance, and 1 Finesse)
- 2 new Traits
- 1 Capper Trait
- Kyrian
- Soulsteel Clamps (Forgelite Prime Mikanikos) now reduces duration of stun and incapacitate effects by 20% (was 30%).
- Sparkling Driftglobe Core (Forgelite Prime Mikanikos) cooldown increased to 1 minute (was 45 seconds) and now triggers at 30% health (was 35%).
- Necrolord
- Sulfuric Emission (Emeni) fear duration reduced to 3.5 seconds (was 4.5 seconds).
- Venthyr
- Familiar Predicaments (Nadjia the Mistblade) now reduces incoming interrupt, snare and root effects by 20% (was 25%).
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
- New Raid: Sanctum of Domination
- New Dungeon Teleports: Hero’s Path: Shadowlands – Completing each Mythic Keystone dungeon at Level 20 on time will now grant an achievement and a teleport to the completed dungeon’s entrance. The teleport has an 8 hour cooldown that resets after completing a Mythic Keystone dungeon.
ITEMS AND REWARDS
- The Empyreal Ordnance trinket now puts other on-use trinkets on a 40 second cooldown when used (was 20 seconds).
PET BATTLES
- New wild pets to discover and capture in Korthia.
- Removed the cap on the amount of pets that can be owned.
PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER
Death Knight
- Frost
- New PvP Talent: Shroud of Winter.
- Heartstop Aura (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Druid
- Balance
- New PvP Talent: Owlkin Adept
- Celestial Guardian (PvP Talent) has been slightly redesigned – Bear Form reduces magic damage taken from spells by 10% and you can now cast Moonfire while in Bear Form.
- Feral
- New PvP Talent: Wicked Claws
- Ferocious Wound (PvP Talent) now stacks up to 2 times (was 3).
- Rip and Tear (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Guardian
- New PvP Talent: Emerald Slumber
- Roar of the Protector (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Restoration
- New PvP Talent: Keeper of the Grove
Mage
- Kleptomania (PvP Talent) is now Arcane only.
- Dampened Magic (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Arcane
- New PvP Talent: Arcanosphere.
- Arcane Blast now deals 20% more damage in PvP combat.
- Fire
- New PvP Talent: Ring of Fire.
- Controlled Burn (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Ignite deals 100% more damage while Combustion is not active.
- World in Flames (PvP Talent) now causes Flamestrike to reduce the cast time of Flamestrike by 50% (was 1.25 seconds) and increases its damage by 30% for 3 seconds (was 20% permanently).
- Frost
- New PvP Talent: Ice Wall.
- Frostbolt now deals 100% more damage in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Deep Shatter (PvP Talent) now increases the damage of Frostbolt by 75% on Frozen targets (was 150%).
- Burst of Cold (PvP Talent) now increases the damage of Cone of Cold by 600% (was 400%).
Monk
- Mistweaver
- New PvP Talent: Peaceweaver.
- New PvP Talent: Dematerialize.
- New PvP Talent: Thunderous Tea.
- Counteract Magic (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Each hostile Magic effect removed from a target increases the healing they receive from you by 2% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 10 times.
- Refreshing Breeze (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Healing done by Soothing Mist increases the healing of the next Expel Harm on the target during the channel, and causes it to dispel 1 Magic, Poison, or Disease effect.
- Eminence (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Transcendence: Transfer can now be cast while stunned and its cooldown is decreased by 15 seconds if it is cast while not stunned.
- Surging Mist (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Chrysalis (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction for Life Cocoon reduced to 30 seconds (was 40 seconds).
- Brewmaster
- New PvP Talent: Nimble Brew.
- Craft: Nimble Brew (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Priest
- New PvP Talent: Improved Mass Dispel.
- Shadow
- Lasting Plague (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Rogue
- Mark of the Master Assassin (Runecarving Power) duration has been reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Dismantle (PvP Talent) is now available to all specializations (was Outlaw only).
- Thick as Thieves (PvP Talent) is now available to all specializations (was Outlaw only) and now increases the targets damage by 15% (was 10%), but no longer increases the Rogue’s damage (was 10%).
- Maneuverability (PvP Talent) now removes all roots when activated in addition to its current effect.
- Honor Among Thieves (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Assassination
- New PvP Talent: Hemotoxin.
- Neurotoxin (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Intent to Kill (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction for Shadowstep increased to 90% (was 66%).
- Mind-Numbing Poison (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Outlaw
- New PvP Talent: Float Like a Butterfly
- New PvP Talent: Enduring Brawler
- Control is King (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Cheap Shot grants Slice and Dice for 15 seconds and Kidney Shot restores 15 Energy per Combo Point spent.
- Drink up me Hearties (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Crimson Vial restores 5% additional maximum health and grants 60% of it healing to allies within 15 yards.
- Blade Flurry damage transferred from single target attacks increased by 50% in PvP combat.
- Boarding Party (PvP Talent) radius increased to 15 yards (was 10 yards) and duration increased to 6 seconds (was 5 seconds).
- Take Your Cut (PvP Talent) radius increased to 15 yards (was 8 yards).
- Cheap Tricks (PvP Talent) has ben removed.
- Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Subtlety
- New PvP Talent: Distracting Mirage
- Thief’s Bargain (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Shadow Blades, Vanish, and Feint have 33% reduced cooldowns, but you deal 10% less damage for 6 seconds after using each ability.
- Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent) duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Silhouette (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction for Shadowstep increased to 67% (was 50%).
- Cold Blood (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Warlock
- New PvP Talent: Shadow Rift.
- Affliction
- Soul Shatter (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Demonology
- New PvP Talent: Fel Obelisk.
- Call Fel Lord (PvP Talent) now deals 200% of the caster’s Spell Power per swing (was 5% of target’s maximum health). Cooldown of the ability increased to 2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes).
- Singe Magic (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Destruction
- New PvP Talent: Bonds of Fel.
- Chaos Bolt now deals 40% more damage in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Focused Chaos (PvP Talent) has been removed.
RUNECARVING
- New Runecarving Powers
- Death Knight, Druid, Warrior and Mage have new powers available in the 13 April update.
- Druid, Rogue and Shaman have new powers available in the 21 April update.
- Some existing powers have been updated. See the Classes sections for details.
THE MAW
- New Zone: Korthia
- Archivist and Dreadlord Questlines
- Visitor Dailies
- New Visitor dailies added in the 21 April update.
- New: Maw Assaults
- New: Tormentors of Torghast
