Class Changes in Patch 12.1 for August 18, 2026

Blood

• San'layn
• Visceral Strength now grants 6% Strength (was 10%).
• Transfusion increases the damage of Dancing Rune Weapon by 5% (was 10%).

Frost

• Damage of all abilities increased by 9%.
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (2 pieces) has been updated — it now grants 1% attack speed per stack (was 2%). It now increases the damage of Icy Death Torrent by 2% per stack (was 4%).

Devourer

Developers' Notes

The 4-piece set bonus for Devourer is performing significantly above expectations, so we are reducing its power. To compensate for this reduction, we are increasing the damage of all abilities. In addition, Devourer is showing excessive effectiveness, mostly in single-target, so we are reducing the damage of Reap/Cull/Eradicate and increasing the area-of-effect damage share of Eradicate to lessen the impact of the change in AoE combat.

• Damage of all abilities increased by 14%. Does not affect PvP.
• Damage of Reap/Cull/Eradicate reduced by 12%.
• Area-of-effect damage of Eradicate increased to 90% of base damage (was 85%).
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — it now creates 2 Soul Fragments (was 8 Soul Fragments) and increases the damage of Reap by 10% (was 20%).

Restoration

Developers' Notes

We are increasing the healing and damage of Restoration Druid, as both aspects are lagging behind other healers.

• All healing increased by 4%. Does not affect PvP.
• All damage increased by 20%. Does not affect PvP.

Beast Mastery

Developers' Notes

The new “Tainted Abyss” set bonus is not as strong as we would like, so we are strengthening the effect of the 4-piece bonus.

• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — Cobra Shot now gains the effect of Beast Cleave at 30% effectiveness per stack (was 20%) or deals an additional 20% damage to the target per stack (was 15%).

Arcane

Developers' Notes

The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus is exceeding the target values for set bonuses. However, the reduction that would be required for this would affect the overall damage of Arcane more than intended, so we are also slightly raising the baseline values of Arcane.

• Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (2 pieces) has been updated — the damage bonus to Arcane Missiles has been reduced to 5% (was 20%).
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — the damage bonus from Cumulative Power per stack has been reduced to 3% (was 5%).

Mistweaver

Developers' Notes

Mistweaver is underperforming, so we are increasing its spell healing and its 4-piece “Tainted Abyss” set bonus to improve its numbers and preserve build diversity.

• All healing increased by 8%. Does not affect PvP.
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — proc rate increased by 33%.

Discipline

Developers' Notes

We are reducing the damage dealt by Discipline and compensating for it through Atonement so as not to affect overall healing, as their damage was excessive compared to other healers. At the same time, we are increasing the damage of Entropic Rift to minimize the impact on the viability of Voidweaver in dungeons and to keep high damage as one of its strengths.

• All damage reduced by 30%. Does not affect PvP.
• Damage of Entropic Rift increased by 20%.
• Atonement now converts 46% of damage into healing (was 32%). Does not affect PvP.

Holy

Developers' Notes

We are increasing the healing capability of Oracle so that it can become a competitive option against Archon. In addition, we are increasing the mana restoration from Enlightenment to further help the mana economy of Holy Priest.

• Enlightenment now restores mana 25% faster (was 10%).
• Oracle
• Words of the Wise now increase the healing of Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify by 40% (was 10%). Does not affect PvP.
• Healing of Prompt Prognosis increased by 55%. Does not affect PvP.
• Preventive Measures now increase the healing of Prayer of Mending by 40% (was 15%). Does not affect PvP.

Assassination

• All damage increased by 4%.

Subtlety

Developers' Notes

The 4-piece set bonus for Subtlety is exceeding expectations, so its effectiveness is being reduced. As compensation, a general damage increase is being applied to Subtlety.

• All damage increased by 6%.
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — effectiveness reduced to 60% (was 100%).

Enhancement

• All damage increased by 5%.

Demonology

Developers' Notes

We are increasing the effectiveness of the 2-piece “Tainted Abyss” set bonus for Demonology to bring it closer to the set bonuses of other specializations.

• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (2 pieces) has been updated — Wild Imp now casts Implosion at 350% effectiveness on the primary target (was 250%) and 315% on the remaining targets (was 225%).

Developers' Notes

The 4-piece set bonus for Fury is currently excessive, but Fury is in a good state overall and we do not want to disrupt that, so we are shifting some power from the 4-piece bonus into the baseline values of Fury. In addition, the Slayer tree was showing excessive effectiveness on both specializations due to a bug that caused Executioner to grant a double benefit; this was recently fixed with a hotfix. The fix returned the overall effectiveness of Arms to the intended range, but we are satisfied with the state of Fury, so its baseline damage is increased below to compensate for both this fix and the set bonus change.

Fury

• All damage increased by 6%.
• The “Tainted Abyss” set bonus (4 pieces) has been updated — damage of Bloodthirst increased by 10%. During Recklessness, Bloodthirst increases the critical strike bonus from Recklessness by 3%, up to 6% (was 5%, up to 10%).