Class Changes in Patch 12.0.5 from May 27, 2026

Developers' Notes

The performance of Aldrachi Reaver has been lower than the other hero talent options, so we are strengthening some of its effects to close that gap.

Havoc

• Death Sweep damage increased by 10%.

Developers' Notes

This fixes an issue introduced after a previous change, when Blade Dance damage was increased but Death Sweep damage was not adjusted accordingly. The base damage of Death Sweep should be 30% higher than Blade Dance.

• Aldrachi Reaver: Reaver's Glaive damage increased by 15%.
• Aldrachi Reaver: Warblade's Hunger damage increased by 55%.
• Aldrachi Reaver: Wounded Quarry now deals 30% physical damage to the target of your Reaver's Mark (was: 25%).

Vengeance

• Aldrachi Reaver: Reaver's Glaive damage increased by 30%.
• Aldrachi Reaver: Warblade's Hunger damage increased by 55%.
• Aldrachi Reaver: Wounded Quarry now deals 25% physical damage to the target of your Reaver's Mark (was: 20%).

Feral

• All damage dealt increased by 4%.

Arcane

Developers' Notes

In addition to an overall damage increase, we would like Sunfury damage to be closer to Spellslinger damage.

• Damage of all abilities increased by 5%. Does not affect PvP.
• Arcane Barrage damage increased by 10%. Does not affect PvP.
• Sunfury: the Arcane Blast damage bonus from Burden of Power is increased to 30% (was: 25%).
• Sunfury: the Arcane Missiles damage bonus from Burden of Power is increased to 20% (was: 15%).

Fire

Developers' Notes

These changes are intended to increase Fire's single-target damage. The magnitude of the increase should be the same across all hero talent options.

• Pyroblast damage increased by 8%. Does not affect PvP.
• Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not affect PvP.

Frost

Developers' Notes

Frostfire's performance lags behind Spellslinger more than we would like, so we are strengthening several of its talents to improve both single-target and multi-target damage.

• Frostfire: Frostfire Bolt damage increased by 5%. Does not affect PvP.
• Frostfire: Pyroblast damage from Severity increased by 25%.
• Frostfire: the Shatter damage bonus from Imbued Warding is increased to 40% (was: 15%).
• Frostfire: the Flurry damage bonus from Thermal Exchange is increased to 25% (was: 10%).
• Frostfire: the Comet Storm damage bonus from Isothermic Core is increased to 50% (was: 20%).

Retribution

Developers' Notes

Herald of the Sun was lagging behind Templar in overall performance. To boost its effectiveness, we are extending the window of effective damage by granting an additional charge of Dawnlight. In addition, we intend to further improve its area-of-effect performance by increasing the magnitude of the duration-extension effect applied by Divine Storm.

• Searing Glare now allows the next 3 Holy Power spenders to apply Dawnlight (was: 2).
• Lingering Radiance now extends the duration of Dawnlight by an additional 0.5 sec when Divine Storm hits at least 2 targets affected by Dawnlight (was: 0.3 sec).

Holy

Developers' Notes

We are lowering the mana cost of some core spells so that Holy priests can more easily use Prayer of Healing and Flash Heal, especially in raids.

• Flash Heal mana cost reduced by 8%.
• Renew mana cost reduced by 8%.
• Prayer of Mending mana cost reduced by 8%.
• Prayer of Healing mana cost reduced by 8%.

Developers' Notes

Deathstalker damage falls behind the other hero talent options in most forms of content and across various damage profiles, particularly for Assassination, and to the smallest degree in single-target damage for Subtlety. These changes are aimed at improving Deathstalker's overall performance compared with the alternatives for each specialization.

Assassination

• Deathstalker: Deathstalker's Mark damage increased by 30%.
• Deathstalker: Clear the Witnesses now increases Fan of Knives damage by 60% (was: 40%).
• Deathstalker: Killing Spree damage increased by 25%.
• Deathstalker: Corrupt the Blood now increases Rupture damage by 20% (was: 10%).
• Deathstalker: Darkest Night now increases Envenom damage by 35% (was: 30%).

Subtlety

• Deathstalker: Deathstalker's Mark damage increased by 30%.
• Deathstalker: Clear the Witnesses now increases Shuriken Storm damage by 60% (was: 40%).

Elemental

• Farseer: the ancestral spirits of the Farseer hero tree now gain bonus critical damage from Elemental Fury.

Restoration

Developers' Notes

We are adjusting the mana cost of some core Restoration shaman spells so that players have more opportunities to spend mana on spells like Chain Heal, especially in raids.

• The mana cost of Chain Heal, Healing Wave, and Riptide reduced by 5%.

Developers' Notes

These changes are intended to improve Colossus's single-target performance and Mountain Thane's multi-target performance compared with the other hero talent options.

Arms

• Colossus: the damage of Mortal Strike and Cleave from Practiced Strikes increased by 25% (was: 15%). Does not affect PvP.

Fury

• Mountain Thane: Thunder Blast damage increased by 30%. Does not affect PvP.

Protection

• Colossus: the damage of Shield Slam from Practiced Strikes increased by 25% (was: 15%). Does not affect PvP.
• Mountain Thane: Thunder Blast damage increased by 30%. Does not affect PvP.