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Class tuning hotfixes
Yes, turns out they're still at work adjusting class tuning before we go into Warlords of Draenor. Some classes saw buffs, other classes saw another round of savage nerfs. Death knights and balance druids saw some buffs, as did elemental shamans, while mages saw a 20% nerf to frostbolt's damage (rolling back a buff from October 17th) and warriors got pummeled.
A complete list of the class changes will be posted after the jump.
These changes are primarily aimed at level 100 balance, but they will have reasonable effects in the meantime as well. Please keep the comments constructive, and we expect to be making a few additional tuning changes in the future.
Death Knight
• Scourge Strike's damage has been increased by 50%.
• Necrosis' damage has been increased by 67%.
• Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
Druid
• Starfall's damage has been increased by 75%.
• Starfire's damage has been increased by 25%.
• Starsurge's damage has been increased by 25%.
• Wrath's damage has been increased by 25%.
Hunter
• Adaptation now increases Combat Experience's damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
• Chimaera Shot's damage has been reduced by 13%.
• Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
• Kill Command's damage has been increased by 20%.
Mage
• Frostbolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
Priest
• Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
Shaman
• Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Shamanism now increase Lightning Bolt damage by 70% (up from 36%).
Warrior
• Ravager's damage has been reduced by 25%.
• Slam's damage has been reduced by 30%.
• Whirlwind's damage has been reduced by 30%.
