Patch 10.2 Class Tuning and Changes - Massive Nerfs to Mass Dispel and Power Infusion

07.09.2023 - 22:19 / wowhead.com / Class

Blizzard has posted class tuning for the first Patch 10.2 PTR build which includes a massive nerf to Mass Dispel and a small nerf to Power Infusion.

CLASSES

• Healing Throughput and Mana Generation in Guardians of the Dream.
• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Unholy
    • Developers’ note: In Guardians of the Dream we are looking to redistribute Unholy’s damage profile. Unholy has some of the highest burst in the game which means most of their damage profile needs to be tuned around that window. The goal with these changes is to reduce their 3 minute burst while increasing their rotational damage and giving more impact to their 45 second windows which should allow for an overall more healthy damage profile across a fight. We fully expect Unholy will still excel in their Gargoyle windows but they should now also have a little more impact outside of it as well.
    • Unholy Assault now increases all damage dealt by 20% (was granting 20% Haste for 20 seconds).
      • Developers’ note: At the moment Unholy has access to multiple sources of Haste that can make their opener a little unwieldly which often leads to an abundance of wasted resources. While this change doesn’t completely rectify the situation it should help reduce some of it.
    • Raise Dead (Main Ghoul) damage increased by 10%.
    • Summon Gargoyle damage reduced by 30%.
    • Soul Reaper damage increased by 20%.
    • Army of the Dead damage of ghouls reduced by 25%.
    • Ghouls summoned by Apocalypse now have their own scaling from the Death Knight’s stats separate from Army of the Dead.
      • Developers’ note: This gives us the opportunity to tune Apocalypse independently of Army of the Dead and vice versa.
    • Apocalypse Ghoul damage increased by 12%.
    • Death Coil damage increased by 12%.
    • Scourge Strike damage increased by 12%.
    • Festering Strike damage increased by 20%.
    • Festering Wound damage increased by 10%.
• DEMON HUNTER
  • Developer’s note: Updates for Demon Hunter talents are in progress but were not ready for testing just yet. Goals for the updates include: improving pathing and connections in the Class tree; addressing underused talents; increasing access to key Havoc utility that currently clashes with DPS; updating existing talents to improve resultant gameplay; improving Vengeance’s Sigil-related talents as a possible build identity or to be incorporated into other builds more successfully; and adding a couple new talents that help achieve those goals.
    We expect Demon Hunter talent changes to roll in over the course of the next few PTR updates. Check back soon!
• DRUID
  • Innervate duration is now 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Balance
    • Developers’ note: In Guardians of the Dream we’d like to diversify Balance’s talent builds in different content and provide more viable options. Wild Mushrooms was too expensive to