Thule
08-11-2008, 13:41
Build 8770 Changes - Class Skills and Professions
This is the 2nd part of our Build 8770 Coverage. Today we'll list changes to all class SKILLS (we only did talents for most of the classes during the weekend), we also added a bunch of professions changes.
For more details please check :
Build 8770 Changes - Part 1 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440.0)
Talent Calculator (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/) (Updated to build 8770)
Blue / Developper Posts Tracker (http://blue.mmo-champion.com/) with a few comments about the latest build, we'll probably go in depths about that tomorrow.
Quote from Blizzard staff
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ideathknights.gif Death Knight (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=650) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight))
Blood
Blood Strike damage is now only increased by the death knight's diseases
Pestilence now spreads to 3 targets instead of 2 but isn't affected by attack power anymore.
Frost
Frost Strike now causes 100% of weapon damage instead of 50%, the amount of additional frost damage has been increased greatly (252.5 to 416 for rank 5). The ability doesn't do double damage to Frozen targets anymore and now costs 50 Runic Power.
Howling Blast now deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever instead of triple damage to Frozen targets.
Obliterate now causes 50% additional damage for each of the death knight's diseases on the target. Cost changed from 1 Blood 1 Frost to 1 Unholy 1 Frost
Icy Touch now infects the target with Frost Fever.
Empower Rune Weapon now activates all your runes and generate 25 runic power. Cooldown changed from 3 minutes to 5 minutes.
Chains of Ice spell cost changed from 1 Unholy 1 Frost to 1 Frost.
Mind Freeze doesn't deal damage anymore.
Unholy
Corpse Explosion cost changed from 60 Runic Power to 1 Unholy.
Death Coil cost changed from 40 Runic Power to 50 Runic Power.
Death Strike now deals 60% weapon damage plus 200 and heals the death knight for 100% of the damage done for each of his hor her diseases on the target.
Death and Decay damage has been increased but isn't affected by attack power anymore. Targets aren't diseased anymore, now produces a high amount of threat. Cost changed from 2 Unholy to 1 Unholy 1 Blood 1 Frost.
Plague Strike now deals 60% weapon damage and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow Damage over time. The strike removes one heal over time effect from the target.
Unholy Blight damage increased (76 to 152 for Rank 4) and now inflicts Blood Plague. Persists for 1 sec per 5 runic power (instead of 10)
Anti-Magic Shell now lasts 5 seconds instead of 3.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/idruids.gif Druid (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=700) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?druid))
Starfire Rank 9 and 10 had their damage increased a little. (661-779 to 670-790 for Rank 10)
Swipe damage has been slightly reduced (120 to 108 for rank 8 ).
Maim now interrupts the victim's spellcasting by 3 seconds.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ihunters.gif Hunter (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=620) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?hunter))
Aspect of the Beast now makes the hunter untrackable and increases its melee attack power by 10%.
Kill Command doesn't inflict instant damage anymore. It now gives the command to kill, increasing your pet's damage done from special attacks by 60%. Each special attack done by the pet reduces the damage bonus by 20%. Cooldown changed from 5 seconds to 2 minutes.
Arcane Shot doesn't dispells magical effects anymore.
Tranquilizing shots now attempts to remove 1 Frenzy, Enrage and Magic effect from an enemy target. Cooldown changed from 20 to 15 seconds.
Mongoose bite doesn't require you to dodge an attack anymore to be used. (eg. Rank 6 - Attack the enemy for [ 20% of AP + 280 ] damage.)
Counterattack damage has been increased and now scales on AP. (eg. Rank 6 changed from 285 damage to 342 + 20% of AP)
Wing Clip doesn't inflict damage anymore.
Chimera Shot now deals 150% of weapon damage instead of 30%. Mana cost changed from 540 to 375.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/images.gif Mage (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=670) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?mage))
Arcane Blast changed. Each time you cast Arcane Blast the damage is increased by 25% (instead of 15%) and mana cost by 75%. Stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 secs.
Living Bomb changed : The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards and knocking all targets up in the air. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (1010 Mana, 35 yd range, Instant cast)
Deep Freeze casting time changed from 1.5 second to instant.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ipaladins.gif Paladin (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=610) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?paladin))
No skill changes discovered for the moment except for the Seals / Judgements changes explained in the Build 8770 Patch Notes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#notes)
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/irogues.gif Rogue (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=630) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?rogue))
No skill changes discovered for the moment.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ishamans.gif Shaman (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=660) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman))
All totems range changed from 20 to 30 yards.
Flametongue Weapon now increases the total spell damage of the Shaman. (Value not defined yet)
Wrath of Air Totem has been changed from 10% to 5% bonus to spell haste.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif Warlock (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=680) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?warlock))
Inferno cooldown changed from 15 to 20 minutes.
Ritual of Souls now lasts 3 minutes or 25 charges (instead of 10).
Pet Skills
Imp's Firebolt casting time increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 sec...
More... (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12659.0)
This is the 2nd part of our Build 8770 Coverage. Today we'll list changes to all class SKILLS (we only did talents for most of the classes during the weekend), we also added a bunch of professions changes.
For more details please check :
Build 8770 Changes - Part 1 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440.0)
Talent Calculator (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/) (Updated to build 8770)
Blue / Developper Posts Tracker (http://blue.mmo-champion.com/) with a few comments about the latest build, we'll probably go in depths about that tomorrow.
Quote from Blizzard staff
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ideathknights.gif Death Knight (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=650) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight))
Blood
Blood Strike damage is now only increased by the death knight's diseases
Pestilence now spreads to 3 targets instead of 2 but isn't affected by attack power anymore.
Frost
Frost Strike now causes 100% of weapon damage instead of 50%, the amount of additional frost damage has been increased greatly (252.5 to 416 for rank 5). The ability doesn't do double damage to Frozen targets anymore and now costs 50 Runic Power.
Howling Blast now deals double damage to targets infected with Frost Fever instead of triple damage to Frozen targets.
Obliterate now causes 50% additional damage for each of the death knight's diseases on the target. Cost changed from 1 Blood 1 Frost to 1 Unholy 1 Frost
Icy Touch now infects the target with Frost Fever.
Empower Rune Weapon now activates all your runes and generate 25 runic power. Cooldown changed from 3 minutes to 5 minutes.
Chains of Ice spell cost changed from 1 Unholy 1 Frost to 1 Frost.
Mind Freeze doesn't deal damage anymore.
Unholy
Corpse Explosion cost changed from 60 Runic Power to 1 Unholy.
Death Coil cost changed from 40 Runic Power to 50 Runic Power.
Death Strike now deals 60% weapon damage plus 200 and heals the death knight for 100% of the damage done for each of his hor her diseases on the target.
Death and Decay damage has been increased but isn't affected by attack power anymore. Targets aren't diseased anymore, now produces a high amount of threat. Cost changed from 2 Unholy to 1 Unholy 1 Blood 1 Frost.
Plague Strike now deals 60% weapon damage and infects the target with Blood Plague, a disease dealing Shadow Damage over time. The strike removes one heal over time effect from the target.
Unholy Blight damage increased (76 to 152 for Rank 4) and now inflicts Blood Plague. Persists for 1 sec per 5 runic power (instead of 10)
Anti-Magic Shell now lasts 5 seconds instead of 3.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/idruids.gif Druid (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=700) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?druid))
Starfire Rank 9 and 10 had their damage increased a little. (661-779 to 670-790 for Rank 10)
Swipe damage has been slightly reduced (120 to 108 for rank 8 ).
Maim now interrupts the victim's spellcasting by 3 seconds.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ihunters.gif Hunter (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=620) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?hunter))
Aspect of the Beast now makes the hunter untrackable and increases its melee attack power by 10%.
Kill Command doesn't inflict instant damage anymore. It now gives the command to kill, increasing your pet's damage done from special attacks by 60%. Each special attack done by the pet reduces the damage bonus by 20%. Cooldown changed from 5 seconds to 2 minutes.
Arcane Shot doesn't dispells magical effects anymore.
Tranquilizing shots now attempts to remove 1 Frenzy, Enrage and Magic effect from an enemy target. Cooldown changed from 20 to 15 seconds.
Mongoose bite doesn't require you to dodge an attack anymore to be used. (eg. Rank 6 - Attack the enemy for [ 20% of AP + 280 ] damage.)
Counterattack damage has been increased and now scales on AP. (eg. Rank 6 changed from 285 damage to 342 + 20% of AP)
Wing Clip doesn't inflict damage anymore.
Chimera Shot now deals 150% of weapon damage instead of 30%. Mana cost changed from 540 to 375.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/images.gif Mage (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=670) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?mage))
Arcane Blast changed. Each time you cast Arcane Blast the damage is increased by 25% (instead of 15%) and mana cost by 75%. Stacks up to 3 times and lasts 3 secs.
Living Bomb changed : The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards and knocking all targets up in the air. This spell can only affect one target at a time. (1010 Mana, 35 yd range, Instant cast)
Deep Freeze casting time changed from 1.5 second to instant.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ipaladins.gif Paladin (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=610) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?paladin))
No skill changes discovered for the moment except for the Seals / Judgements changes explained in the Build 8770 Patch Notes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#notes)
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/irogues.gif Rogue (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=630) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?rogue))
No skill changes discovered for the moment.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/ishamans.gif Shaman (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=660) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman))
All totems range changed from 20 to 30 yards.
Flametongue Weapon now increases the total spell damage of the Shaman. (Value not defined yet)
Wrath of Air Totem has been changed from 10% to 5% bonus to spell haste.
Talents
Please check the full list of talent changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) in the Build 8770 Changes (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12440#talentchanges) post.
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif Warlock (Skills List (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=680) / Talent Calc. (8770) (http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?warlock))
Inferno cooldown changed from 15 to 20 minutes.
Ritual of Souls now lasts 3 minutes or 25 charges (instead of 10).
Pet Skills
Imp's Firebolt casting time increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 sec...
More... (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=12659.0)