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WoW 5.1 PTR PvP Changes

Posted in: News by Vanguards, 25 October 2012 - 04:56 AM

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WoW 5.1 PTR PvP Changes

There's quite a few major changes happening in 5.1. I've outlined some of the more major ones from MMO-Champion that'll affect PvP. Changes that will greatly impact PvP are bolded.

Official Blizzard Quote:

Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents
Lynx Rush Each attack causes the target to bleed for ~~1,000~~ 465 damage over 15 sec, stacking up to 9 times.
Beast Mastery
Bestial Wrath ~~Send your pet into a rage causing 20% additional damage for 10 sec. The beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed. Hunter - Beast Mastery Spec.~~ Send your pet into a rage, causing 20% additional damage for 10 sec and breaking all effects which cause loss of control of your pet.$?s119410[ Your pet cannot be killed while this effect is active.] Hunter - Beast Mastery Spec.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Aimed Shot ~~Your Scatter Shot also removes all damage over time effects from the target.~~ Your Aimed Shot can now be used while moving.
Glyph of Solace Your Freezing Trap ~~also removes~~ and Scatter Shot also remove all damage over time effects from ~~the target.~~ their targets.
Mage (Forums, Talent Calculator)

Deep Freeze Stuns the target for ~~5 sec.~~ 4 sec.
Frost Bomb ~~After 5~~ After 6 sec, the bomb explodes, dealing (3,286 + 246.2% of SP) Frost damage to the primary target, and (1,643 + 123.1% of SP) Frost damage to all other targets within 10 yds.
Talents
Frost Bomb ~~After 5~~ After 6 sec, the bomb explodes, dealing (3,286 + 246.2% of SP) Frost damage to the primary target, and (1,643 + 123.1% of SP) Frost damage to all other targets within 10 yds.
Ice Barrier Instantly shields you, absorbing (4580 + ~~440.1% of SPFR) damage.~~ 330% of SPFR) damage.
Ring of Frost 30 45 sec cooldown.
Fire
Pyroblast 3 sec cooldown.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Discreet Magic Your Nether Tempest, Living Bomb, Frost Bomb, Arcane Barrage, ~~Inferno Blast, and Ice Lance~~ and Inferno Blast no longer affect targets more than 5 yds away from their primary target.
Monk (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Healing Sphere You form a Healing Sphere out of healing mists at the target location for ~~2 min.~~ 10 sec.
Healing Sphere You form a Healing Sphere out of healing mists at the target location for ~~2 min.~~ 10 sec.
Talents
Power Strikes Every 22 sec, you gain Power Strikes, causing your next Jab Soothing Mist, or Crackling Jade Lightning to generate 1 additional Chi.
Mistweaver
Mastery: Gift of the Serpent You have a 10% chance when you heal to summon a Healing Sphere nearby an injured ally. for 60 sec.
None
Ferocity
Rabid Increases your pet's attack ~~power~~ speed by 70% for 20 sec.
Priest (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Discipline
Penance Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing (1,000 + 103.7% of SP) Holy damage to an enemy, or 6,606 + 63.5% of SP) healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Rogue (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Blind ~~3 min cooldown.~~ 60 sec cooldown.
Sprint 60 45 sec cooldown.
Wound Poison Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, which instantly inflicts ~~390~~ 520 Nature damage and reduces all healing effects on them for 15 sec.
Talents
Burst of Speed 60 50 Energy.
Cheat Death An attack that would otherwise be fatal will instead reduce you ~~no lower~~ to no less than 10% of your maximum health, and damage taken will be reduced by 80% for 3 sec.
Leeching Poison ~~Your melee attacks have a 50% chance to poison the target, and all your subsequent weapon strikes against the poisoned target will heal you for 10% of damage dealt.~~Your melee attacks have a 50% chance to poison the target for 10 sec. Your subsequent weapon strikes against the poisoned target will heal you for 10% of damage dealt.
Shuriken Toss A ranged attack that deals 1,246 Physical damage to an enemy ~~target.~~ target.This damage is doubled if the enemy is farther than 10 yards away.
Assassination
Seal Fate When you critically strike with a single-target melee attack that generates combo points, you gain an additional combo point on your target.
Shaman (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Unleash Life Unleashes the Earthliving enchantment upon the Shaman's weapon, healing a friendly target for (3,154 + 28.6% of SP) and increasing the effect of the Shaman's next direct heal ~~by 30%.~~ or Healing Rain by 30%.
Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents
Kil'jaeden's Cunning ~~Passive: You can cast and channel while moving, but doing so increases the cast time or channel period of the spell by 30%. Each cast reduces your movement speed by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.~~ Passive: You can cast and channel while moving, but each cast reduces your movement speed by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.
Affliction
Soul Swap (Affliction) ~~Soulburn: Instantly~~ Soulburn applies Corruption, Unstable Affliction and Agony. without removing them from a target.
Soul Swap (Demonology, Destruction)
Destruction
Cataclysm The Warlock channels cataclysmic power, immolating all enemies within 10 yards. every 5 sec. ~~After 4 sec, all burning~~ After 3 sec, all enemies within 10 yards are knocked away and stunned for 5 sec. The channelling of Cataclysm cannot be stopped and the Warlock cannot be ~~slain until it completes.~~ afflicted by effects which cause loss of control of your character.
Conflagrate Generates Burning Embers. Critical strikes double this effect.
Flames of Xoroth ~~60 sec cooldown.~~
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Supernova When you are killed, all enemies within 0 8 yards take damage equal to 10% of your maximum health per Burning Ember held.
Supernova (New)
Minor Glyphs
Gateway Attunement (New)
Glyph of Gateway Attunement (New) Your Demonic Gateway will automatically activate when you step near it.
Warrior (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Intervene Run at high speed towards a party or raid member, intercepting the next melee or ranged attack within 10 sec while the target remains within 10 yards.
Major Glyphs
Glyph of Gag Order Does not work against players.

The Gag Order nerf is going to be huge for Warriors. Mages look like they took one of the heavier nerf bats.

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#1 Twocat

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 05:00 AM

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Mass Dispel Dispels magic in a 15 yard radius, removing all harmful spells from each friendly target and 1 all beneficial spells from each enemy target.

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#2 Adelise

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 07:37 AM

I love the disc priest buffs...

Lolflay said:

I can honestly do nothing but laugh at you if you think that mages are super strong on the highest level of play.

#3 Covlol

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 08:51 AM

Typical over nerf... removing pummel from gag order would of been fine, mayb now safe to assume no changes to shockwave?

Also still waiting on fix of real issue, cd stacking.

Lvl 1 DK Legend Covlol

#4 Peachum93

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 10:30 AM

Yeah the discipline buffs are great -.-
To the mage:
I think they overnerfed him.. Of course mage was a class, that can one shot in a df, but he has to cast the spells, so it was so easy for a relativ good team to interrupt all of his df dmg, when he was frost, fire is with this nerf no pvp specc anymore..
I like the warrior nerf, they had to much of cc for a tunnel melee, there was no way for a priest to get any heal against a good warrior.
I think this will be a season again where wont be any place for a disci, like the beginning of cata..
I can just hope, that the changes will come soon..

#5 ChaosCoozer

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 10:38 AM

Gief buffs to ele sham defensive abilities =/. Why shadow priests get 2 better passive version's of our first tier talent points is beyond me.

#6 Dreace

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 11:07 AM

"Penance Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing (1,000 + 103.7% of SP) Holy damage to an enemy, or 6,606 + 63.5% of SP) healing to an ally instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec."

LOLz they really dont know what they are doing...

#7 Hyuru

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 12:41 PM

Looks like Blizzard actually did something right for a change, now give priest a minor buff and maybe warrior a slightly longer cd on shockwave and the game is fine =)