Patch 3.1 – Build 9733

New build just hit the PTR’s a few hours ago. Class changes listed below.

Death Knight
Frost

• Howling Blast cooldown has been reduced from 10 sec to 8 sec.
• Rime now has a 15% chance to reset the cooldown on Howling Blast and cause your next Howling Blast to consume no runes.

Unholy

• Death Strike damage has been lowered, it now deals 60% weapon damage (down from 75%) plus 178.2 (down from 222.75) for Rank 5.
• Night of the Dead has been moved from Tier 8 to Tier 4.
• Ghoul Frenzy has been moved from Tier 6 to Tier 7.
• Master of Ghouls has been moved from Tier 4 to Tier 6.

Druid
Feral

• Primal Gore doesn’t affect Rake anymore.

Restoration

• Revitalize now gives your Rejuvenation and Wild Growth spells have a 5/10/15% chance to restore 8 Energy, 4 Rage, 1% Mana or 16 Runic Power per tick. (Old – No info on the % in the tooltip)

Mage
Fire

• Living Bomb AOE damage has been greatly increased. Rank 3 now deals 690 Fire damage (up from 306) to all enemies within 10 yards.
• Molten Armor now increases your critical strike rating by 35% of your spirit. (Up from 25%)
• Improved Scorch now Increases your chance to critically hit with Scorch, Fireball and Frostfire Bolt by an additional 1/2/3%. (Old – Scorch only, 3/6/9%)

Frost

• Ice Barrier now prevents spellcasting from being delayed by damage. (Old – prevented spells from interruption)
• Winter’s Chill now also Increases your chance to critically hit with Frostbolt by an additional 1/2/3%.

Paladin
Retribution

• Seal of the Martyr now makes all your melee attacks deal [ 48% of weapon damage ] (up from 22%) additional Holy damage. Unleashing this Seal’s energy instantly causes [ 11% of AP + 18% of Spell Power + 26% of min weapon damage ] to [ 11% of AP + 18% of Spell Power + 26% of max weapon damage ] (Down from 16/25/36%) Holy damage at the cost of health equal to 33% of the damage caused.
• Seal of Blood now makes all your melee attacks deal [ 48% of weapon damage ] (up from 22%) additional Holy damage. Unleashing this Seal’s energy instantly causes [ 11% of AP + 18% of Spell Power + 26% of min weapon damage ] to [ 11% of AP + 18% of Spell Power + 26% of max weapon damage ] (Down from 16/25/36%) Holy damage at the cost of health equal to 33% of the damage caused.
• Crusader’s Strike has been reverted back to normal – An instant strike that causes 110% weapon damage.

Protection

• Divine Guardian *New Talent* – Tier 4 – Improve the effectiveness of your Divine Sacrifice spell by an additional 5/10% and increases the duration of your Sacred Shield by 50/100% and the amount absorbed by 10/20%.

Rogue
Assassination

• Lethality now affects all combo point-generating abilities. (Old – all combo moves)

Shaman
Elemental

• Totem of Wrath range has been changed from 30 to 40 yards.

Warrior
Arms

• Shattering Throw will now reduce the armor on the target by 20% for 10 sec or remove any invulnerabilities. (Old – reduced armor AND removed any invulnerabilities)
• Bladestorm will now instantly Whirlwind up to 4 nearby targets.
• Juggernaut now affects both Slam and Mortal Strike

Fury

• Improved Berserker Stance now increases strength by 4/8/12/16/20%. (Up from 3/6/9/12/15%)

Protection

• Improved Defensive Stance now increases Physical damage caused by 5/10% for 12 sec. (Old – melee damage)