[2023] WoW Hotfixes - December 1

Here are today’s hotfixes:

November 28, 2023

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • Aberrus, the Shadow Crucible 2-piece set
      • The damage of your next Frostwyrm’s Fury is increased by 4% (was 5%). Stacks unchanged.
      • The effectiveness of Frostywrm’s Fury reduced to 25% (was 30%).
      • Howling Blast damage reduced to 10% (was 20%).
    • Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope 4-piece set
      • Chill Streak can bounce 3 additional times (was 2 times).
      • The chance to proc a bonus effect increased to 35% (was 30%).
    • Chill Streak damage increased by 10%.
    • Obliterate damage increased by 8%.
    • Enduring Chill chance to bounce increased to 25% (was 20%).
    • Piercing Chill damage increased to 12% (was 10%).
• Druid
  • Restoration
    • All healing increased by 3%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Evoker
  • Augmentation
    • Shifting Sands will now properly trigger twice when casting back-to-back empower spells with Tip the Scales.
• Paladin
  • Fixed an issue causing Retribution Aura to fail to trigger from some abilities.
• Priest
  • Resolved an issue preventing the cooldown of Mass Dispel from resetting when an encounter ends.
  • Shadow
    • All damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • Fixed an issue that caused Envenom’s buff to persist beyond its intended duration when used with fewer than 5 combo points.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Destruction
    • All damage dealt by you and your pet’s abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.

Dungeons and Raids

• Murozond’s Rise
  • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper
    • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper’s health reduced by 15%.
    • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper will now only cast a single Dividing Strike within a sequence of the Infinite Hand Technique.
  • Chrono-Lord Deios
    • Chrono-Lord Deios’ Temporal Breath impact damage reduced by 20% and periodic damage reduced by 15%.
    • The vulnerability effect of Chrono-Lord Deios’ Infinity Nova reduced to 75% (was 250%).
    • Resolved an issue that could cause a player standing in certain locations to not be eligible for loot.
• The Everbloom
  • Ancient Protectors
    • Dulhu’s Noxious Charge impact damage reduced by 25%.
    • Dulhu’s Noxious Discharge damage reduced by 25%.
    • Dulhu’s Noxious Discharge impact time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
• Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
  • Council of Dreams
    • Addressed an issue causing Barreling Charge to hit players standing closely behind Urctos.

Items

• Wherever possible, all cosmetics and collectibles that drop from a unique rare elite enemy in Forbidden Reach and Zaralek Cavern will now drop more often.
• Cache of Amirdrassil Treasures should now display the correct item level.
  • Developers’ notes: This was only a display issue and did not affect the items in the cache.
• Existing Rated PvP gear that was previously on the Veteran track should now be using the Champion track.
  • Developers’ notes: This change does not affect existing Class Sets either obtained from the Great Vault or items that were converted at the Catalyst. Those will be addressed in a separate hotfix.

Player versus Player

• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Chaotic Disposition now has a 33.33% chance (base 7.77%) to increase damage by 4% (base 17%) in PvP combat, providing the same average damage bonus with significantly less variance.
• Druid
  • Eclipse will now properly track your Wrath and Starfire casts if Eclipse ends while you are Cycloned.
  • Fury of Elune will now properly deal damage to enemies who are not in line of sight of the Druid.
  • Feral
    • Regrowth healing is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 43%).
• Evoker
  • Azure Strike damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
  • Time Stop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
  • Chrono Loop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
  • Augmentation
    • Upheaval damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
    • Eruption damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Preservation
    • Dream Flight healing increased by 100% in PvP combat.
    • Mana regeneration now reduced by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
• Priest
  • Ultimate Penitence will now prioritize healing players in PvP combat and will only heal pets if all players are at full health.
  • Holy
    • All healing increased by 6% in PvP combat.

WoW’s 19th Anniversary

• Reduced the Dragons of Nightmare Lethargy stun to 2 seconds (was 5 seconds).
• Reduced the health of Emeriss’s Putrid Mushrooms by 85%.
• Adjusted the frequency of Emeriss’s attack patterns.