Patch 5.4 hotfixes for October 4
A very brief list of hotfixes for patch 5.4 were released just in time for the weekend, and posted on the official blog. And brief they are -- just a handful of fixes to various class abilities, a fix to one heroic difficulty encounter, and one change to Thok the Bloodthirsty's trash that should have skinners pretty happy.
The menagerie of beasts leading up to Thok the Bloodthirsty are now skinnable.
Warlocks, Haunt should no longer incorrectly increase the damage of non-periodic spells.
Warriors, an issue was resolved regarding Whirlwind and polearms equipped in the off-hand slot not hitting enemies.
Read on for the full, if brief, list of hotfixes.
Death Knight
General
Resolved a visual issue caused by Death Knights using a Glyphed version of Horn of Winter while transformed by the Rime of the Time-Lost Mariner.
Druid
Class Armor
Resolved certain situations that could cause the Tier-16 Guardian 4-piece heal-over-time effect to heal for less than intended.
Shaman
General
To help address issues with input lag, Stormlash Totem's Stormlash effect now has a 20% to activate but deals 5 times more damage (down from a 100% chance to activate). Overall damage output should remain unchanged.
Warlock
Affliction
Haunt should no longer incorrectly increase the damage of non-periodic spells.
Warrior
General
Resolved an issue with Whirlwind where polearms equipped in the off-hand slot were not hitting enemies.
Malkorok
Resolved an issue where Malkorok may sometimes fail to respawn after a soft reset of the raid instance on Heroic difficulty.
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Creatures leading up to the encounter with Thok the Bloodthirsty are now skinnable.