Class Changes Patch 12.0.1 — March 19, 2026

Unholy

• All ability damage increased by 8%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• All minion damage increased by 8%.
• Death Coil damage increased by 30%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Magus of the Dead damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Dread Plague damage increased by 50%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Soul Reaper damage increased by 100%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Melee damage increased by 30%.
• Scourge Strike and Vampiric Strike damage increased by 25%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Festering Strike and Festering Scythe damage increased by 35%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Resolved an issue allowing Necrotic Coil to be parried, dodged or blocked.
• Resolved an issue causing Sudden Doom to reduce the effectiveness of abilities that function with the amount of Runic Power spent.
• Resolved an issue causing Plague Mastery to not interface with eruption effects of Virulent Plague and Dread Plague.
• Resolved an issue causing Scourge Strike to sometimes not spread Virulent Plague.
• Putrefy has been updated to be more consistent in its targeting and now takes target radius into account.

• Sigil of Misery no longer counts as both an incapacitate and disorient for diminishing returns.

Balance

• Elune's Chosen: Atmospheric Exposure is now properly applied by Full Moons cast by Orbit Breaker or Convoke the Spirits.

Beast Mastery

• Fixed an issue where the displayed duration of Beast Cleave when triggered from Umbral Reach was incorrect.

Marksmanship

• Fixed an issue causing Lunar Storm to not fire when Aimed Shot killed its target.
• Fixed an issue causing Black Arrow to not fire Bleak Powder when it killed its target.
• Fixed an issue causing some Spotter's Mark effects to not trigger if the Aimed Shot that consumes it killed its target.

Survival

• Mastery: Spirit Bond can now be tracked on the Cooldown Manager.
• Takedown now breaks your pet out of roots.

Developers' Notes

The tooltip for Takedown will be updated to reflect this behavior in a future patch.

• Takedown Pet leap range increased to 40 yards.

Discipline

• Fixed an issue where Void Shield was not causing Atonement healing.

Affliction

• Fixed an issue where Demoniac's Fervor would not function with Unstable Affliction.

Demonology

• Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Ruination would not count towards Dominion of Argus.