Warriors, rogues, monks and death knights get buffs that increase damage with the new hotfix patch for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
Since January 12, 2021, some classes in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands can rejoice. Because no less than seven specializations received buffs via hotfix patch. There were also some other changes and bug fixes.
Who will become stronger?
The improvements affect a total of six different classes. For example, two skilltrees of the death knight, two of the monk and one each of the warrior, rogue and mage have been polished up and made much more useful. There is also a Quality of Life improvement for the Druid.
Death Knight
- Blood: Bone Shield now increases armor value by 70 percent of strength (formerly 50 percent)
- Frost: All damage improved by two percent while a two-handed weapon is equipped.
Druid
- General: Convoke the Spirirts will no longer attempt to target Cyclone-affected targets and will no longer ignore targets affected by CC abilities such as Entangling Roots or Mass Entanglement that end in damage.
Monk
- Wind Walker: All damage improved by two percent while a two-handed weapon is equipped.
- Brewmaster: All damage improved by two percent while a two-handed weapon is equipped.
Rogue
- Assassination: All damage abilities improved by eight percent.
Mage
- Frost: All abilities deal nine percent more damage.
Warrior
- Fury: All damage increased by eight percent except Blade Storm and Dragon Roar.
- Fury: Meat Cleaver now increases Whirlwind damage by 25 percent (formerly 30 percent).
To learn how to play these specializations properly and get the most out of them, check out our comprehensive guides to each class:
Other changes of the update
Apart from the class adjustments, there were a number of bug fixes that mainly affect the PvP mode.
In addition, the stamina of the Tempered Armor Patch was reduced from 50 to 24 and in the Theatre of Pain Draw Soul no longer causes the condition Soulless on warriors as long as the Bladestorm is active.
