Upcoming December 5 Class Adjustments: Havoc Demon Hunter, Assassination Rogue, and Beast Mastery Hunter Nerfs

Blizzard has recently announced some exciting class tuning changes coming to World of Warcraft on December 5th. These adjustments aim to balance the game by nerfing overperforming classes and buffing underperforming ones, such as the Windwalker Monk. As always, the developers are closely monitoring player feedback and class performance data to ensure a fair and enjoyable experience for everyone.

Death Knight Changes

• Blood

• The Aberrus Class Set bonus now increases the damage of Heart Strike and Blood Boil by 10% (previously 20%), and has a 5% chance (previously 10%) to grant Vampiric Blood for 5 seconds.

• Unholy

• Virulent Plague's damage has been increased by 15%. Please note that this change does not apply to PvP combat.
• Epidemic's damage has been increased by 12%.
• Festering Strike's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Festering Wound's damage has been increased by 12%. This change does not apply to PvP combat.
• Ghoul - Sweeping Claws' damage has been increased by 15%.

Demon Hunter Changes

• Havoc

• Fel Rush's damage has been reduced by 12%.
• Immolation Aura's damage has been reduced by 12%.
• Fel Barrage's damage has been reduced by 12%.
• An issue with A Fire Inside has been fixed, ensuring that Immolation Aura's Global Cooldown is properly enforced.

Druid Changes

• Restoration

• Ferocious Bite's damage has been decreased by 20%. Please note that this change does not apply to PvP combat.
• Rip's damage has been decreased by 15%. This change does not apply to PvP combat.
• Rake's damage has been decreased by 10%.
• Shred's damage has been decreased by 10%.

• Evoker Changes

• All damage spells have been increased by 5%.
• Regenerative Magic now increases leech by 5% for the Evoker specialization (previously 3%).
• Draconic Legacy now increases stamina by 8% for the Evoker specialization (previously 6%).

Hunter Changes

• Beast Mastery

• The Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope 4-piece set bonus now reduces Dire Beast's Kill Command damage by 30% and the effectiveness of Beast Cleave gained by Dire Beast by 30%.

Monk Changes

• Mistweaver

• Mana Tea now reduces the mana cost of spells by 25% (previously 50%).
• Upwelling can now stack up to 15 times (previously 18).
• Essence Font's healing has been decreased by 10%.
• Invigorating Mist's healing has been decreased by 10%.
• Calming Coalescence now increases the absorb amount of Life Cocoon by 2% per stack (previously 3%).
• Vivify's primary healing has been increased by 5%.
• The Ancient Concordance trait now increases the chance for Blackout Kick to reset Rising Sun Kick by 12% (previously 10%).

• Windwalker

• All ability damage has been increased by 6%.

Paladin Changes

• Holy

• Crusader Strike now costs 0.6% base mana (previously 1.6%) and deals 25% increased damage.
• Hammer of Wrath now costs 0.6% base mana (previously 1%) and deals 20% increased damage.

Priest Changes

• Discipline

• All healing has been reduced by 3%.
• All damage has been reduced by 3%.

• Holy

• All healing has been increased by 4%.
• The Burning Vehemence trait now causes Holy Fire to deal 75% of its initial damage to nearby enemies (previously 60%).
• The Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus now makes Renews caused by Serenity last 18 seconds (previously 14 seconds), and Renews caused by Sanctify last 6 seconds (previously 5 seconds).

Rogue Changes

• Assassination

• Kingsbane's damage has been reduced by 15%.
• Blindside's effect chance has been reduced to 15% (previously 20%), and 30% against low-health targets (previously 40%).

Shaman Changes

• Restoration

• Healing Surge now costs 4.4% base mana (previously 4.8%).
• Chain Lightning's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Acid Rain's damage has been increased by 10%.

Player versus Player Changes

• Death Knight

Unholy

• Rotten Touch's effectiveness has been reduced by 40% in PvP combat.

• Druid

Restoration

• The Amirdrassil 4-set bonus now casts Nourish at 50% effectiveness (previously 100%) in PvP combat.
• Mastery: Harmony is now reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

• Hunter

Marksmanship

• Survival of the Fittest now reduces damage taken by an additional 10% in PvP combat.
• Exhilaration now heals for 40% of maximum health (previously 30%) in PvP combat.

• Monk

• An issue that caused Fortifying Brew's damage reduction to be higher than intended in PvP combat has been fixed.

Mistweaver

• The Amirdrassil 2-set bonus now increases healing received by 15% (previously 25%) in PvP combat.
• Healing Elixir now heals for 10% of maximum health (previously 20%) in PvP combat.
• Yu'lon's Grace now creates an absorb for 1% of your maximum health (previously 2%) in PvP combat.
• The minimum damage reduction of Dampen Harm is no longer increased in PvP combat (previously 25%).
• Fortifying Brew's damage reduction is no longer increased in PvP combat (previously 30%).
• Diffuse Magic now reduces magic damage taken by 40% (previously 60%).

• Priest

Discipline

• The Amirdrassil 4-set bonus now has a 100% chance to cast another Smite (previously 50%) in PvP combat.

• Shaman

Enhancement

• Thorim's Invocation now increases Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage by 10% in PvP combat (previously 20%).
• Lava Lash's damage is now increased by 25% in PvP combat (previously 12%).
• Elemental Blast's damage is now reduced by 6% in PvP combat (previously 15%).
• Stormweaver now causes Chain Heal and Healing Surge to gain 150% of the benefits of Maelstrom Weapon based on the stacks consumed (previously 100%).

Elemental

• Lava Burst's damage from the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (previously 50%).

Restoration

• The Amirdrassil 2-set bonus's effectiveness is no longer reduced in PvP combat (previously reduced by 50%).

• Rogue

Subtlety

• Shadow Blades' extra Shadow damage has been reduced to 15% (previously 20%) in PvP combat.
• Thief's Bargain (PvP Talent) cooldown reduction value has been reduced to 20% (previously 33%).

• Warlock

Demonology

• Fel Obelisk (PvP Talent) now increases attack and cast speed by 10% (previously 20%).
• Master Summoner (PvP Talent) now reduces the cast time of Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend, and Summon Demonic Tyrant by 15% (previously 20%).
• Antoran Armaments now increases your Felguard's damage by 10% (previously 20%) in PvP combat.
• The Doom Brand debuff from the Amirdrassil 2-piece set bonus is now undispellable. The debuff's duration reduction is no longer reduced in PvP combat.
• Damage effects from the Amirdrassil 2- and 4-piece set bonus are now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (previously 50%).

Destruction

• Flame Rift's damage from the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is no longer reduced in PvP combat (previously 50%).

• Warrior

• Fury

  • Rampage now deals 40% additional damage in PvP (previously 30%).
  • Execute now deals 50% additional damage in PvP (previously 40%).
  • Crushing Blow no longer deals reduced damage in PvP (previously 20%).
  • Raging Blow now deals 15% additional damage in PvP.
  • Annihilator now deals 15% additional damage in PvP.