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Class Changes

Animist

Creeping Mastery (Creeping specialization)

• Shroom of Life has changed as follows:
  • Is no longer a ground target spell.
    • It is now single target. It still heals all allies around itself.
  • The pet is now level 50.
  • The pet is now immune to mesmerization effects (can be stunned, confused).

Bainshee

Spectral Guard (Spectral Force specialization)

• A new pet summon spell has been added:
  • Level 50 – Sound Vortex – 1500 range – 10s cast – 20s duration – 4s frequency – 10m RUT – 25% power – Summons a vortex at the ground target location that fires sound waves for 300 damage to up to 8 targets within 1500 units of the vortex.
  • The Sound Vortex can be killed, stunned, or feared. It cannot be mezzed or confused.
  • There is a limit of 3 active vortexes allowed in an area.
  • Bainshees will need to respec to see this ability if they already have 50 Spectral Force specialization.

Bonedancer

Bone Protection (Suppression specialization)

• The low level disarm spells have been changed:
  • Level 1 – Punish Combatant:
    • RUT increased to 5 minutes, up from 60s.
  • Level 11 – Punish Assailant:
    • Duration reduced to 2s, down from 3s.
    • RUT increased to 5 minutes up from 60s.
  • Level 21 – Punish Aggressor
    • Duration reduced to 4s, down from 5s.
    • RUT increased to 3 minutes, up from 60s.
  • All other levels remain unchanged.

Bone Legion (Bone Army specialization)

• Sub pets have changed as follows:
  • Fossil Defender
    • Now moves at normal movement speed.
    • Health increased by 15%.
  • Fossil Guardian
    • Defenses against all damage increased by 10%.
    • Health increased by 5%.
    • Now have a staff style:
      • Fossil Jump – Any – Reduces the target’s armor factor by 50 for 10s.
    • Provides a new additional buff to groupmates and pets:
      • Fossil Strength – Increases target’s Strength by 50. Does not replace more powerful spells. This spell is lost if the pet dies or is released.
    • Fossil Healer
      • Heal cast time increased by .2 seconds.
      • Damage taken increased by 50%.
    • Fossil Soldier
      • Overall damage reduced by 10%.
      • No longer have a double attack chance.
      • Now take maximum damage from melee attacks.
      • Styles have been readjusted as follows:
        • Fossil Cleave, anytime, no longer has an attack speed debuff.
        • Glacial Movement, side, snares target for 19s.
        • Raider, off evade (self), bleeds target for 20 damage every 4s for 20s.
        • No longer has any back positional styles.
        • No longer has any stun styles.
      • Fossil Seer
        • Disease cast time increased by .5 seconds.
      • Fossil Mystic
        • Damage on the snare nuke reduced by 10%.
        • Damage on the regular nuke reduced by 5%.

Cabalist

Spirit Animation (Baseline)

• Pets have changed as follows:
  • Jade Simulacrum
    • Now moves at normal movement speed.
  • Sapphire Simulacrum
    • Now takes maximum damage from melee attacks.

Enchanter

Enchantments (Baseline)

• Pets have changed as follows:
  • Underhill Compatriot
    • Now moves at normal movement speed.
  • Underhill Ally
    • Now takes maximum damage from melee attacks.
    • Heal cast time decreased by .2 seconds.
  • Underhill Stalker
    • Poison now changes depending on which Enchantment buff is active.
    • Enchanters must spec in Enchantments to gain access to certain poisons.
    • All poison debuffs last 15 seconds (does not include Lifebane).
      • No Enchantment – No poison.
      • Enchantment of Ice – Touch of Death.
      • Enchantment of Earth – Swordbreaker.
      • Enchantment of Fire – Lifebane.
      • Enchantment of Mana – Widow Venom.

Hunter

Beastcraft specialization

• The level 50 pet, Hunter’s Elder Avatar, has had its damage dealt reduced by 15%.

Mentalist

Holism (Mana specialization)

• The AoE Damage over Time spells have been increased to match the Bonedancer and Necromancer:
  • Level 23 – Fog of Delirium – 30 damage every 5 seconds for 20 seconds.
  • Level 29 – Hallucinatory Winds – 60 damage every 4 seconds for 20 seconds.
  • Level 36 – Torrent of Dementia – 88 damage every 4 second for 20 seconds.
  • Level 46 – Storms of Insanity – 131 damage every 2.5 seconds for 20 seconds.
  • All remaining lower versions remain unchanged.

Necromancer

Deathsight Baseline

• Decrepit Form changes:
  • Melee attack speed reduced by 100% while in Decrepit Form.

Deathsight specialization

• Channeled Frenzy (PBAoE), and all subsequent versions, now require Decrepit Form to be active.
• The single target slow has changed as follows:
  • Range reduced to 1000.
  • Now requires Decrepit Form to be active.
  • The Level 2 version, Crippling Exhaustion, now has a RUT of 5 minutes.

Painworking Baseline

• Chthonic Form changes:
  • Fixed a bug where ‘Chthonic Armor’ was not dropping upon shapeshifting, thus allowing Spirit and Decrepit forms to have over 400 additional armor factor.

Painworking specialization

• Freezing Howl (AoE damage and slow), and all subsequent versions, now require Chthonic Form to be active.
  • The Level 7 version, Freezing Hold, does not require Chthonic Form (Chthonic Form is gained at level 8).
• Summon Death Shredder (pet) now requires Chthonic Form to be active.
  • You may exit Chthonic Form once it is used and retain the Death Shredder for its duration.

Death Servant Baseline

• Spirit Form changes:
  • Final Blast (bolt) now requires Spirit Form to be active.
  • Death Blast (bolt) now requires Spirit Form to be active.
  • Melee attack speed is reduced by 100% while in Spirit Form.
• Pets have changed as follows:
  • Umbral Aegis
    • Now moves at normal movement speed.
  • Priest of Arawn
    • Now takes maximum damage from melee attacks.
    • Heal cast time decreased by .2 seconds.

Death Servant specialization

• Arawn’s Legion has changed as follows:
  • All pets summoned by Arawn’s Legion now take 100% more damage from all sources.
  • The pet cap for ranged pets reduced to 8, down from 12.
  • Range reduced to 1500, down from 2000.
  • Knight of Arawn
    • Damage dealt reduced by 50%.
    • Health reduced by 5%.
  • Handmaiden of Lilith
    • Health reduced by 5%.
  • Mage of Arawn
    • Health reduced by 75%.
    • Cast time increased by .5 seconds.
  • Tempter of Arawn
    • Health reduced by 75%

Spiritmaster

Summon Mastery (Summoning specialization)

• Gates of Valhalla has changed as follows:
  • The Pets summoned by Gates of Valhalla now take 50% more damage from all sources.
  • The range of which the gates will spawn pets has increased to 1500, up from 750.
  • Duration reduced to 60 seconds, down from 2 minutes.
• Pets have changed as follows:
  • Spirit Warrior
    • Now moves at normal movement speed.
  • Spirit Shaman
    • Now takes maximum damage from melee attacks.
    • Heal cast time decreased by .2 seconds.

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