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Buffs and nerfs by class Since the beta opened

How many buffs, nerfs and other changes each class and race got in the 4 balance updates since the beta opened on September 17, 2026, counted from the patch notes: one line per spell or talent and update, whatever its size. Point at a class to see its updates, or open it below for every line.

Classes

  1. 5Warrior18+1220
  2. 4Shaman15+12.312
  3. 4Druid15+19.314
  4. 6Mage14+5.59
  5. 8Hunter13+6.93
  6. 6Priest12+6.58
  7. 13Paladin7−7.69
  8. 4Warlock5+1.34
  9. 4Rogue1−1.60

Races

  1. 0Skyborne5+100
  2. 0Night Elf2+20
  3. 1Tauren2+52
  4. 0Dwarf1+11
  5. 0Troll1+30
  6. 2Undead1−13
  7. 2Gnome1−41
  8. 0Human001
  9. 1Orc0−22

Every line, class by class

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October 15, 2026

  • BuffsBattle Shout: Now covers the whole raid.+3
  • BuffsSlam: No longer suffers spell pushback.+1
  • BuffsOverpower: Can trigger against much lower level enemies again.+1
  • BuffsLingering Rage: No longer stops your health regeneration after combat.+0.3
  • BuffsImproved Berserker Rage: Removes movement-impairing effects again.+0.5
  • NerfsWeaponmaster: Its Sword Specialization can no longer trigger from Shield Bash and Shield Slam.−0.2

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsDemoralizing Shout: Now also generates threat on every enemy it hits.+1
  • BuffsSpearing Strike: Now dismounts mounted targets.+0.3Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • BuffsLast Stand: Gives the right amount of health again.+0.5
  • ChangesDeep Wounds: Is again required to reach Impale, and no longer scales with attack power on your off-hand weapon.

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsRend: Now tags the enemy for you at once, as does Sunder Armor.+1
  • BuffsBooming Voice: Now widens every shout, and also cuts their Rage cost by 5 to 25%.+0.5
  • BuffsBloodthirst: Deals 45% of your attack power instead of 35%.+0.5Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game: it no longer needs Death Wish.
  • BuffsWhirlwind: Now strikes with both weapons, without Raging Blows.+3
  • BuffsRaging Blows: Cuts the Rage cost of Whirlwind as well as Cleave, by 3 instead of 2. Whirlwind now strikes with both weapons without it.+0.5
  • BuffsImproved Slam: Takes 3 sec off Slam’s cooldown per rank instead of 1.5.+0.5Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • BuffsBerserker Rage: Trained at 30 instead of 32, so you can learn it at the level cap.+1
  • NerfsHeroic Strike: Queuing it no longer raises your off-hand hit chance.−2
  • NerfsDual Wield Specialization: No longer gives hit chance: Furious Precision does now, for your off-hand only. Your off-hand attacks generate 10 to 50% more Rage, instead of 20 to 100%.−0.7Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game: the 10 to 50% more Rage, which Aidan Moon confirmed on X.
  • NerfsBlood Craze: Bloodthirst no longer triggers it.−0.2
  • ChangesUnbridled Wrath: Now triggers as often as intended, but no longer gives 2 Rage with a two-handed weapon: 1 Rage whatever you wield.
  • ChangesSpearing Strike: No longer needs a two-handed weapon, but needs Battle Stance.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game: its tooltip no longer says it dismounts mounted targets.
  • ChangesLingering Ragenew talent: New talent in row 2, in Iron Will’s place: your Rage starts to fade 2 to 10 sec later after a fight. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesFurious Precisionnew talent: New talent in row 3, in Boundless Rage’s place: 4, 7 or 10% more chance to hit with your off-hand. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesGore Drinkernew talent: New talent in row 6, under Enrage: after Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish or Bloodthirst, your next 3 melee attacks each heal you for 0.5 or 1% of your maximum health. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesImproved Cleaveremoved: Removed from the Fury tree: Raging Blows cuts Cleave’s cost instead.
  • ChangesBoundless Rageremoved: Removed from the Fury tree.
  • ChangesPrecisionremoved: Removed from the Fury tree: Furious Precision gives hit chance to your off-hand only.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesToughnessremoved: Removed from the Protection tree.
  • ChangesIron Willmoved: Moves from Fury row 2 to Protection row 1.
  • ChangesFlurrymoved: Now needs Death Wish instead of Enrage, and sits under it.
  • ChangesImproved Berserker Ragemoved: Moves up from row 6 to row 5.
  • ChangesBastionmoved: Moves down to row 6, and Focused Rage up to row 5: the swap Blizzard announced on September 24.
  • ChangesImproved Bloodragemoved: Moves up to row 1, and Anticipation down to row 2.
  • ChangesLast Standmoved: No longer needs Improved Bloodrage.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesImproved Revengemoved: Moves up from row 3 to row 2.
  • ChangesImproved Disarmmoved: Moves up from row 4 to row 3.
  • ChangesImproved Shield Bashmoved: Moves up from row 5 to row 4.

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsImproved Slam: Also cuts Slam’s cooldown by 1.5 sec per rank, and Slam no longer delays your swing.+0.3
  • BuffsBloodthrill: Twice the chance to allow Overpower (up to 20%), from main-hand attacks only.+0.5
  • BuffsSunder Armor: More threat at every rank, and a little more from attack power.+2
  • NerfsSlam: Cooldown 18 sec instead of 15.−2
  • ChangesBastion: Blizzard swaps it with Focused Rage (rows 5 and 6).
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October 15, 2026

  • BuffsRighteous Fury: Holy damage threat raised to 90% (was 60%).+2
  • NerfsSeal of Righteousness: Got almost twice the spell damage it should: fixed. Judgement of Righteousness and Judgement of Fury get the instant-spell coefficients.−3
  • NerfsConsecration: Gets 4.2% of spell power per tick (was 9.5%).−3
  • NerfsInfusion of Light: No longer gives Holy Shock 50% more damage against enemies. Light’s Vigil works with focus macros.−0.8
  • NerfsShield Specialization: Restores 4% mana (was 6%), still every 3 sec at most.−0.5
  • NerfsChampion of the Light: Gives spell damage equal to 10/20/30% of your Intellect (was 20/40/60%).−0.7
  • ChangesSalvation: Replaces Blessing of Salvation, and Mass Salvation replaces Greater Blessing of Salvation: cast the same way, but they no longer take a Blessing slot. You also learn Revoke, which removes them from a party or raid member.
  • ChangesSeal of Fury: Is no longer overwritten by Power Word: Shield. Its rank 3 is trained at level 26 (was 25).
  • ChangesReckoning: Stores up to 4 charges again, as in Classic Era: each trigger adds one, and your next swing spends them all as extra attacks.
  • ChangesSanctified Judgement: Its mana return no longer generates threat.
  • ChangesSense Undead: Is no longer in the spellbook.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.

October 8, 2026

  • NerfsRetribution Aura: Back to its Vanilla damage, about a third less (rank 2: 8, was 12), with 6% of spell power, was 13.3%. It also used the struck ally’s spell power instead of the paladin’s.−2
  • NerfsReckoning: The extra attacks can now trigger at most once every 1.5 sec.−0.2
  • NerfsSeal of Fury: No longer gives mana back without the Improved Seal of Fury talent.−1
  • ChangesImproved Seal of Fury: No longer generates threat when it restores mana, nor does Shield Specialization.

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsHoly Shield: 30% block chance instead of 20%.+2
  • NerfsRedoubt: 4 to 20% block chance instead of 6 to 30%.−0.5
  • NerfsChampion of the Light: 20, 40 or 60% of your Intellect as spell damage instead of 33, 66 or 100%. It never raised healing: that tooltip line is gone.−0.7

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsHoly Strike: Cooldown 10 sec instead of 12, and more damage at most ranks.+2
  • BuffsSacred Arbiter: Holy Strike deals 20% more damage instead of 10%.+0.5
  • BuffsHoly Power: Its critical strike bonus for Holy Shock now covers Holy Strike too.+0.3
  • BuffsTwist of Light: Also lowers the mana cost of your Seals by 20%.+0.3
  • BuffsRetribution Aura: Now grows with your spell power.+1
  • NerfsRighteous Fury: Raises the threat of your Holy attacks by 60% instead of 90%.−2
  • NerfsTwo-Handed Weapon Specialization: 2% more damage per rank instead of 3%.−0.2
  • NerfsVengeance: Stacks up to 3 times instead of 5, and damage over time no longer triggers it.−0.7
  • ChangesCrusade: Gone from the Retribution tree in the game client. Blizzard’s notes do not mention it.
  • ChangesConsecration: Several fixes: it now reaches every target, and no longer pulls enemies above or below you.
  • ChangesImproved Holy Strikeremoved: Removed from the Holy tree: Holy Strike’s cooldown drops to 10 sec for every Paladin.
HunterBuffs13Nerfs8Changes3

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsImmolation Trap: Fire traps scale with attack power, and you can have one fire trap and one frost trap out at once (was one trap in all).+2
  • BuffsPets: Benefit from Expertise, and take your higher critical chance, melee or ranged (was always melee).+2
  • BuffsSummon Hawk: Spawns the hawk at your target and keeps it there.+1
  • BuffsImproved Mend Pet: Lowers Mend Pet’s mana cost instead of raising it.+0.3
  • BuffsTrueshot Aura: Now covers the whole raid. Sniper Shot benefits from the Marksmanship talents it missed.+2
  • BuffsStrider Kick: Can be used while disarmed or with no main-hand weapon, and Resourcefulness lowers its cost.+0.3
  • BuffsMulti-Shot: Is now instant (was a 0.5 sec cast).+3Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • NerfsAuto Shot: Needs you to stand still for 0.5 sec before it shoots, as in early World of Warcraft. You still fire it while casting Aimed Shot or Sniper Shot.−3
  • NerfsDismember: Crocolisk ability: healing reduction 25% (was 50%), 6 sec (was 10), 15 sec cooldown (was 6).−1
  • NerfsSonic Blast: Bat ability: cast slow 30% (was 60%), 20 sec (was 30), 60 sec cooldown (was 30).−1
  • NerfsMine!: Bird of Prey ability: 3 sec (was 4), 90 sec cooldown (was 60).−0.7
  • ChangesResourcefulness: Triggers on critical strikes again, but only from melee and ranged abilities, not traps.
  • ChangesBows: Show the arrow while drawn.

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsExpose Prey: Mongoose Bite stays usable for 10 sec, was 5.+0.8
  • BuffsDisengage: Now removes twice as much threat, as intended.+2
  • BuffsUnleashed Fury: Now really increases your pet’s damage.+0.5
  • NerfsEntrapment: Now has diminishing returns and only triggers when Frost Trap first goes off.−0.5
  • NerfsPets: A bug no longer makes them regain health over and over when their health is low.−1
  • ChangesImproved Concussive Shot: Now has the right chance to trigger. So does Improved Wing Clip, which triggers less with ranks far below your level.

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsSniper Shot: 45 yd range, and your next 3 shots within 10 sec reach 10 yd farther.+1
  • NerfsDeflection: 1 to 5% more parry chance instead of 2 to 10%.−0.2

September 24, 2026

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October 15, 2026

  • NerfsPoisons: No longer trigger against targets attacking you, and Sap no longer triggers weapon procs.−1
  • NerfsEnergy: Swapping specializations no longer keeps it full.−1
  • NerfsCold Blood: Is spent when Mutilate crits.−0.4

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsExpose Armor: A miss no longer costs you all your combo points.+1
  • NerfsSetup: Only adds combo points to your current target when that is the enemy whose attack you dodged or whose spell you resisted.−0.2
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October 15, 2026

  • BuffsDevouring Plague: Cooldown drops to 24 sec (was 1 min).+3
  • BuffsPower in Light: Also raises Smite and Penance on a target with Holy Fire or Shadow Word: Pain.+0.5
  • BuffsSilent Resolve: Its threat reduction applies to all spells.+0.4
  • BuffsTwin Disciplines: Also works with Shadow Word: Death, Mind Flay, Starshards and Penance.+0.9
  • BuffsShadow Word: Death: Benefits from Shadowform’s critical damage bonus.+2
  • BuffsVampiric Embrace: Can’t be resisted, and its cooldown drops to 30 sec (was 1 min).+0.8
  • BuffsDark Inspiration: New Shadow talent on row 4: Mind Blast and a full Mind Flay raise your party’s Spirit by 3/6/9/12/15% for 10 sec.+0.5
  • BuffsDevouring Contagion: Spreads to 2 targets, and the copied Devouring Plague no longer costs mana or puts yours on cooldown.+0.5
  • NerfsShadow Word: Death: Cooldown rises to 18 sec (was 12).−2
  • ChangesRenew: A high rank no longer stops other priests’ Renew.
  • ChangesHoly Fire: Rank 5 no longer ticks harder than rank 6.
  • ChangesMind Vision: No longer makes the target stand up and stop drinking.
  • ChangesInner Focus: Is spent on one spell only, even when a spell is queued during Penance. Divine Aegis’s tooltip says it needs a non-periodic critical heal and gives its shield’s maximum.
  • ChangesImproved Fade: Removed, as is Shadow Affinity (Blizzard’s notes call it Shadow Infinity). Improved Mind Blast moves to row 2 (was 3).
  • ChangesImproved Mind Flay: Each Mind Flay tick deals 10/20% more than the one before.
  • ChangesMental Strengthmoved: Moves to row 2 (was 4) and raises Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10%. Improved Power Word: Shield moves to row 3 (was 2).

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsLesser Heal: Ranks 2 and 3 heal about 15% more (rank 3: 157 to 181, was 138 to 160).+2
  • NerfsPenance: Brought in line with other strong spells with a cooldown: it was treated as a 3 sec channel instead of 2 sec. Rank 1 now deals 45 damage or heals 134 per volley, was 81 or 184, for 150 mana, was 100, with 19% of spell power per volley, was 28.5%. Every rank deals and heals less (rank 4: 92 damage or 425 healing per volley, was 131 or 673), and ranks 2 and 4 also cost more mana.−3
  • NerfsHeal: Heals about 8% less (rank 2: 364 to 415, was 394 to 448).−1
  • NerfsSmite: Hits a little less at ranks 1 to 4 (rank 4: 59 to 68, was 60 to 68).−1

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsDevouring Plague: Can now land critical hits.+2
  • BuffsShadow Weaving: Can no longer fail to apply.+0.3
  • NerfsShadow Word: Death: No longer always gets the bonus of Early Demise: only when the target’s health is low enough.−1
  • NerfsInner Focus: Its critical strike bonus no longer applies to periodic effects.−0.4

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsRenew: Can now land critical hits.+2
  • ChangesPower Word: Shield: Can now replace a shield already on a target without Weakened Soul.
ShamanBuffs15Nerfs4Changes12

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsGrace of Air Totem: Now covers the whole raid, as do Strength of Earth, Windfury and Flametongue Totems. It no longer excludes Windfury and Flametongue, which still exclude each other, and those two only affect players.+3
  • BuffsChain Lightning: Costs about 35% less mana at every rank.+3
  • BuffsElemental Mastery: Returns as the 31-point gold medal talent: Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst cast 0.5 sec faster and Chain Lightning has no cooldown for 15 sec, 3 min cooldown. Needs Lava Burst.+0.8
  • BuffsElemental Reach: Also lowers Totemic Projection’s cooldown by 10/20 sec, and Call of Flame extends Flame Shock by 3/6/9 sec.+0.5
  • BuffsLightning Overload: No longer spends Clearcasting, and Elemental Focus can no longer be spent on the Fire Nova that triggered it.+0.3
  • BuffsMana Tide Totem: Gets a new rank at level 38 (ranks at 25, 38, 48 and 58).+1
  • BuffsRestorative Totems: Raises all of Healing Stream Totem’s healing (was its base value).+0.5
  • BuffsWater Shield: Can trigger from any of your spell crits (was heals only).+0.5
  • BuffsFire Resistance Totem: Also covers the whole raid.+1Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • NerfsFire Nova: Much lower base damage and mana cost, and 14.3% of spell power (was 21.4%).−3
  • ChangesGrounding Totem: Is destroyed after redirecting a spell. Totemic Recall costs 22 silver at the trainer (was 70).
  • ChangesElemental Fury: Needs Lightning Overload, which needs Elemental Alacrity. Elemental Alacrity moves to row 2, Elemental Warding to row 3, Earthbound becomes the 16-point gold medal talent on row 4, and Call of Thunder is removed.
  • ChangesStormstrike: Costs 8% of base mana (was 125 at every level). Its debuff is no longer spent by a spell that misses, or by other players and pets.
  • ChangesLava Burst: Its first rank is learned at level 30 (was 40) and costs 135 mana (was 165), for 114 to 145 damage (was 150 to 192).Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesLava Burstmoved: Moves from row 7 to row 5 as the 21-point gold medal talent, with no prerequisite and a new rank 4.
  • ChangesTidal Focusmoved: Moves to row 1 and Totemic Focus to row 2.

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsElemental Focus: No longer triggered and used up at once by Fire Nova.+0.3
  • ChangesLightning Bolt: Ranks 1 to 3 hit a little less, ranks 4 and 5 hit harder (rank 5: 79 to 90, was 71 to 80).
  • ChangesFlametongue Totem: Uses a shapeshifted target’s attack speed instead of its weapon’s.
  • ChangesMana Tide Totem: Shows its pulse again.

October 1, 2026

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsLava Burst: More damage at both ranks.+2
  • BuffsLightning Bolt: Ranks 3 and 4 deal more damage.+2
  • BuffsRiptide: Can now land critical hits.+2
  • NerfsRage of the Farseer: No longer speeds up your spellcasting.−0.5
  • NerfsFlametongue Totem: No longer stacks with itself, with Flametongue Weapon or with Windfury Totem.−1
  • NerfsWindfury Totem: No longer stacks with Grace of Air Totem or the other air totems, even from different Shamans.−2
  • ChangesCall of Thunder: Now needs Elemental Alacrity instead of Elemental Fury.
  • ChangesElemental Alacritymoved: Moves up to tier 3 and no longer needs Call of Thunder.
  • ChangesElemental Furymoved: Moves down to tier 6 and now needs Call of Thunder.
MageBuffs14Nerfs6Changes9

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsFrost Blast: New spell at level 24: a 1.5 sec cast that deals damage and slows by 40%, and benefits from every Frostbolt talent. It replaces rank 1 Frostbolt’s use, now that downranking is penalized, with a higher cost and a little more damage.+2
  • BuffsArcane Wrath: New Arcane 16-point gold medal talent: a 3.5 sec cast with Fireball-like damage, plus spell power equal to 5% of your maximum mana. 6 sec cooldown.+0.5
  • BuffsHeating Up: Is no longer spent when Presence of Mind is used on Pyroblast, and Fire Blast always adds a charge (a Fire Blast crit gives 2).+0.6
  • BuffsCritical Mass: Goes to 5 points, 10% critical chance in all.+0.6
  • BuffsFrost Channeling: Lowers your threat as it should.+0.3
  • BuffsFrostbite: Can trigger from Ice Armor and Frost Armor, as can Fingers of Frost.+0.4
  • BuffsCone of Cold: Slows its first 4 targets by 10% more, for 3 sec longer.+1
  • NerfsArcane Concentration: Its Clearcasting no longer rolls once per target hit, triggers from Dampen or Amplify Magic, or triggers out of combat.−0.2
  • NerfsIce Lance: Deals 200% more to frozen targets (was 300%).−3
  • ChangesArcane Blast: Is redesigned: a 1.5 sec cast; each cast adds spell damage equal to 15% of your Intellect and raises its cost, up to 4 times, for 15 sec from the first stack. Same mana cost, but damage and spell damage coefficient 40% lower.
  • ChangesPresence of Mind: Is spent by spell casts, and Missile Barrage no longer lowers the cost and duration of a second Arcane Missiles.
  • ChangesImproved Fire Blast: Wake of Fire becomes Improved Fire Blast again: no bonus on kills, and Fire Blast gets 8/15 yards more range.
  • ChangesFire Power: Is redesigned, 3 points: 1/2/3% more Fire damage for each of your Fire effects on the target (Ignite, Improved Scorch, Fireball, Pyroblast, Impact), up to 12%. Frostfire Bolt benefits but doesn’t count.
  • ChangesWinter's Chill: Redesigned: no more critical chance. Frostbolt, Frost Blast and Fingers of Frost Ice Lances have a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply it, up to 5 stacks, each raising your next Cone of Cold’s damage by 5% and its spell damage by 7%, spent by that Cone of Cold.
  • ChangesIce Block: Is less transparent.
  • BuffsMissile Barragemoved: Moves to row 1 as a 2-point talent. Blizzard’s notes say Arcane Missiles hits can trigger it too, but the game’s tooltip no longer does.+0.5

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsArcane Missiles: Ranks 2 and 3 hit about 6% harder (rank 3: 49 per second, was 46).+1
  • NerfsImpact: Can no longer trigger from Flamestrike’s damage over time.−0.2
  • ChangesFireball: Ranks 1 to 3 hit a little less, ranks 4 and 5 hit harder (rank 5: 108 to 143, was 98 to 130).
  • ChangesFrostbolt: Ranks 1 to 3 hit a little less, ranks 4 and 5 hit harder (rank 5: 104 to 114, was 97 to 105).

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsImproved Scorch: Its Fire Vulnerability no longer rolls a second time to be resisted.+0.3
  • BuffsWinter's Chill: Can no longer be resisted when it applies: the spell that triggers it has already hit.+0.3
  • NerfsComprehend Scroll: Every scroll it reads had another balance pass, and none can be cast while moving any more.−2
  • NerfsCombustion: 3 charges again instead of 4.−0.5
  • ChangesHeating Up: The new name of Hot Streak: it no longer needs a streak. Not yet translated in the game.

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsHot Streak: Lasts 20 sec instead of 15.+2
  • BuffsWake of Fire: The bonus to your next Fire Blast lasts 30 sec instead of 20.+2
  • BuffsArcane Missiles: Line of sight is checked once, when the channel starts: a target that moves out of sight keeps taking the missiles.+1
  • NerfsIgnite: No longer counts damage bonuses twice.−0.9
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October 15, 2026

  • BuffsShadow Mastery: Raises Shadow damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (was 1/2/3/4/5%).+0.8
  • BuffsSoul Link: Can be cast on your pet again.+0.3
  • BuffsAmplify Curse: Raises your next Curse of Exhaustion by 50% (was 20%).+0.8Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • NerfsSummon Incubus: Is no longer free of Soul Shards with the Reagent Economy Legacy perk, and Curse of Recklessness can no longer stack twice on a target.−1
  • NerfsPortal of Summoning: Costs 100% of base mana (was 12%) and has a 1 hour cooldown (was 2 min).−0.2Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesGrim Reach: Replaces Malediction: 10/20% more range for Affliction spells.
  • ChangesDestructive Reach: 10/20% more range for Destruction spells.

October 8, 2026

  • NerfsSummoning a demon: Your current pet is now stunned while you summon a new one.−1
  • ChangesShadow Bolt: Ranks 2 and 3 hit a little less, rank 4 a little harder (rank 4: 58 to 66, was 57 to 64).
  • ChangesDemonic Brand: Your pet’s attacks on the branded target generate high threat only when they deal Shadow damage.

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsHellfire: Can now land critical hits.+2
  • BuffsSoul Harvest: The new name of Soul Harvesting. It now really gives its 50 or 100% more mana regeneration. Not yet translated in the game.+0.8
  • NerfsDrain Soul: Now stops when you start casting another spell.−1
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October 15, 2026

  • BuffsFaerie Fire: Generates threat in Bear and Dire Bear Form (it only started combat), and can no longer be on a target twice.+2
  • BuffsShred: Rank 1 is learned at level 20 (was 22).+1
  • BuffsFuror: Keeps the Energy you had in Cat Form through Bear and Dire Bear Form (Energy still doesn’t regenerate in them).+0.3
  • NerfsOmen of Clarity: Can no longer trigger from Faerie Fire in Cat, Bear or Dire Bear Form.−1
  • ChangesRejuvenation: A high rank no longer stops other druids’ Rejuvenation.
  • ChangesHeart of the Wild: Applies again after logging in, as do Feral Swiftness, Thick Hide and Leader of the Pack.
  • ChangesMoonkin Form: Its aura now only raises spell critical chance, and covers the whole raid. Several Insect Swarms no longer stack their hit reduction.
  • ChangesLeader of the Pack: Now only raises melee and ranged critical chance, and covers the whole raid.

October 8, 2026

  • BuffsNatural Instinct: Was Predatory Instincts. Still 20% more critical strike damage for melee abilities, and now also spell healing increased by 25% of your Intellect.+0.5
  • BuffsBear Form: Generates 50% more threat, was 30%, as does Dire Bear Form. Critical strikes give 100% more Rage, was 75%.+3
  • BuffsDemoralizing Roar: Now also generates threat on every enemy it hits.+1
  • BuffsCat Form: No longer lowers your maximum health. You can now drink Mana Potions in Cat, Bear and Dire Bear Form.+2
  • NerfsWrath: Hits a little less at ranks 1 to 5 (rank 2: 21 to 24, was 25 to 28; rank 5: 46 to 52, was 47 to 53).−1
  • NerfsThorns: Back to its Vanilla damage (rank 3: 9, was 11), with 6% of spell power, was 13.3%.−2
  • NerfsFuror: The Energy kept for Cat Form is lost in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form, and stops coming back while you are in them.−0.2Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesShifting Power: Can no longer be used at full Energy. Wolfshead Helm now adds 5 Energy to it, was 20.
  • ChangesThick Hide: Now works in the game’s code instead of a script, so changing gear while shapeshifted no longer misses it. Its tooltip now shows a much larger number per level: the talent still gives 3 armor per level.

October 1, 2026

  • BuffsBear Form: 75% more Rage from your critical strikes, in Dire Bear Form too.+3
  • BuffsSwipe: Now gains 3% of your attack power, as it was meant to. The tooltip does not say so yet.+2
  • BuffsCat Form: Your forms are now immune to Disarm. Disarmed before you shift, you stay disarmed and deal less damage until it ends.+1
  • BuffsFaerie Fire: No longer resets your swing timer.+1
  • BuffsPrimal Bite: About twice the threat, and trainers now teach ranks 2 to 4, at levels 36, 48 and 60. Not yet translated in the game.+0.8Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game: trainers teaching ranks 2 to 4.
  • ChangesShifting Powernew talent: New talent in row 4, after Shredding Attacks. Cat Form only, 16 sec cooldown: turns 55% of your base mana into 40 Energy, for the same mana as Cat Form. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesImproved Shifting Powernew talent: New talent in row 5, after Shifting Power: 4 or 8 sec off its cooldown. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesTiger's Furyremoved: Removed from the game.
  • ChangesKing of the Jungleremoved: Removed from the talent tree.
  • ChangesShredding Attacksmoved: Moves up to row 3, with Shifting Power under it in row 4.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.
  • ChangesPredatory Instinctsmoved: Moves to the right end of row 5: Improved Shifting Power takes its place.Not in Blizzard’s notes, found in the game.

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsWrath: About 50% more damage at every rank.+3
  • BuffsRejuvenation: Can now land critical hits, as can Tranquility and Wild Growth.+2
  • BuffsThorns: Now grows with your spell power.+1
  • ChangesPrimal Bite: The new name of Mangle, which loses its debuff. Not yet translated in the game.
  • ChangesBlood Frenzy: The new name of Primal Fury, same effect. Not yet translated in the game.
HumanBuffs0Nerfs0Changes1

October 15, 2026

  • ChangesRuthless: Replaces Sword Specialization: 2% critical strike chance.
OrcBuffs0Nerfs1Changes2

October 15, 2026

  • NerfsBlood Fury: Cooldown rises to 3 min (was 2).−2
  • ChangesSavage: Replaces Axe Specialization: 1% critical strike chance.
  • ChangesShatter Curse: Now dispels Curses and Banes (it gave immunity), and lowers magic damage taken by 5% (was 15%).
DwarfBuffs1Nerfs0Changes1

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsFind Treasure: Also gives a chance at extra items in most chests.+1
  • ChangesEarth Fury: Replaces Mace Specialization: 2% more critical damage and healing.
Night ElfBuffs2Nerfs0Changes0

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsQuickness: Stacks with other movement speed bonuses. Night Elves no longer show their shield in Wisp Form.+1

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsStarshards: Twilight Focus now protects it from spell pushback, as it should.+1
UndeadBuffs1Nerfs2Changes3

October 15, 2026

  • NerfsWill of the Forsaken: Can’t be used under Scatter Shot.−1
  • ChangesTouch of the Grave: Procs more evenly: a 30% chance for casters and 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors (Blizzard’s notes call it Touch of the Dead), with a 25 sec internal cooldown. It no longer scales with Shadow damage bonuses, and no longer loses power with a lower spell rank.

October 8, 2026

October 1, 2026

  • NerfsCannibalize: Cannot be used while you are immune to Physical damage.−1

September 24, 2026

  • ChangesTouch of the Grave: No longer breaks crowd control, and only triggers from spells and abilities that deal damage: Shadow Word: Pain on its cast but not its ticks, never Distract or Pick Pocket.
  • ChangesDark Sacrifice: No longer breaks crowd control that breaks on damage. Its tooltip now says the mana grows with Spirit, which it already did.
TaurenBuffs2Nerfs1Changes2

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsCultivation: Cooldown drops to 15 min (was 60).+3
  • BuffsWar Stomp: Cooldown drops to 90 sec (was 2 min).+3
  • ChangesEndurance: Gives 2% more critical damage and healing (was 1% hit chance).
  • ChangesPlainsrunning: Also gives 3% mounted speed, which stacks with other mount speed bonuses. It now needs you to keep moving a minimum distance each second: stutter-stepping no longer keeps it up.

September 24, 2026

  • NerfsCultivation: Now asks for a player level: the herb’s Herbalism skill divided by 5, and level 60 for herbs above 300 skill.−1
GnomeBuffs1Nerfs2Changes1

October 15, 2026

  • ChangesEureka!: Becomes an 8 sec buff with no charges, with the same effect on damage and costs, and now also works with Power Word: Shield.

October 1, 2026

  • NerfsEureka!: No longer helps periodic effects at all. Channeled spells do not count as periodic.−2

September 24, 2026

  • BuffsContingency Plan: Can now land critical hits.+1
  • NerfsEureka!: Your next 3 abilities now cost 10% less for every class. It used to be 50% for Mages and Warlocks, 40% for Warriors, 20% for Rogues and 15% for Priests. The 10% damage bonus is unchanged.−3
TrollBuffs1Nerfs0Changes0

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsRegeneration: Raises health regeneration by 20% (was 10%).+3
SkyborneBuffs5Nerfs0Changes0

October 15, 2026

  • BuffsWind Blessed: Gives 3% haste (was 1%).+3
  • BuffsSkysight: Can be cast while moving.+1
  • BuffsRead Leyline: Can be cast while moving and lasts at least 30 sec (was 20).+2
  • BuffsWalk on Air: Cooldown drops to 90 sec (was 2 min).+3
  • BuffsElemental Insight: More Elemental Convergences and Leylines spawn in most zones of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor.+1

The weighted score adds each buff and takes away each nerf, by its size times its use. Size: 1, 2 or 3, from how far the numbers moved (under 12%, under 35%, more), or rated by hand when the line gives none. Use: the share of the class’s popular and BiS talent builds that take the talent, at least 0.25; a spell or a racial counts fully. Other changes count nothing. It is a guide to the size of the changes, not a simulation of damage or healing.

A line that moves a talent or changes what it needs counts as another change. A line where only the tooltip reads differently is not counted. Each date opens that update in the patch notes.