Class Changes in Wrath of the Lich King Beta build 8982

Death Knight
Skills
Blood

• Blood Strike damage has been increased. (eg. 191 additional damage + 95.5 damage per disease for Rank 6, up from 66 additional damage + 33 damage per disease)
• Heart Strike damage has been increased. (eg. 184 additional damage + 92 damage per disease for Rank 6, up from 101 additional damage + 54 damage per disease)
• Strangulate cooldown has been increased from 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

Frost

• Obliterate damage has been increased. (eg. 292 additional damage + 146 damage per disease for Rank 4 , up from 217 additional damage + 108 damage per disease)
• Icy Touch damage has been increased. (Up from 90 to 227 damage for Rank 5, 74 to 187 damage for Rank 4, etc …)
• Frost Strike damage has been increased. (60% weapon damage instead of 30%, additional damage increased by 50%)

Unholy

• Death Coil damage has been increased. (443 damage/664 heal instead of 148 damage/222 heal for rank 5, etc ..)
• Plague Strike damage has been increased. (113 additional damage instead of 30 for Rank 6, etc …)
• Scourge Strike damage has been increased. (eg.  additional damage +  damage per disease for Rank , up from  additional damage +  damage per disease)
• Anti-Magic Shell cooldown increased from 15 seconds to 1 minute.

Talents
Blood

• Will of the Necropolis now reduces the cooldown of Anti-Magic Shell by 4/8/12 seconds. (Up from 1/2/3 seconds)

Frost

• Blood of the North changed from 3 to 5 points. Increases Blood Strike damage by 3/6/9/12/15%. In addition, whenever you hit with Blood Strike or Pestilence there is a 20/40/60/80/100% chance that the Blood Rune will become a Death Rune when it activates.
• Endless Winter has been moved from Tier 7 to Tier 6.
• Chillbains moved from Tier 6 to Tier 7.
• Improved Icy Talons now increases your melee attack speed by 5%. (Up from 2%)
• Rime now also affects Obliterate.

Unholy

• Anti-Magic Zone now absorbs [ 200% of AP + 10 000 ] spell damage. (Up from a flat 10 000)

Druid
Skills
Balance

• Typhoon range has been extended from 20 to 30 yards.
• Insect Swarm hit chance reduction lowered from 5% to 3%. Damage increased. (1050 to 1290 for Rank 7, 792 to 1032 for Rank 6, etc …)
• Wrath damage has been increased. (489-551 to 553-623 for Rank 12, 414-466 to 504-568 for Rank 11, etc …)
• Stafire damage has been increased. (670-790 to 1028-1212 for Rank 10, 562-662 to 854-1006 for Rank 9, etc …)

Talents
Balance

• Eclipse now increase your critical strike chance with Starfire by 15%. (up from 10%)

Restoration

• You can now cast Innervate while in Tree of Life form

Hunter
Skills
Marksmanship

• Kill Shot required level changed from 71 to 75 for Rank 1, to 80 for Rank 2
• Scorpid Sting now reduces the chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks by 3%. (Down from 5%)

Survival

• Explosive shot damage has been reduced. (eg. [20% of RAP + 273] and [5% of RAP + 68] AOE damage to [8% of RAP + 238] + [2% of RAP + 59] AOE damage for Rank 4)
• Freezing Arrow now creates a trap that has a chance to break on damage. (Old – 100% chance to break on damage)

Talents
Survival

• Lock and Load now give you a 100% chance when you trap a target and a 100% chance when you deal periodic damage with your Serpent Sting to cause your next 2 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot to trigget no cooldown, cost no mana, and consume no ammo. (Old – Didn’t have 100% chance, affected all stings)
• T.N.T. doesn’t increase the critical strike chance of Explosive Trap anymore
• Improved Tracking now only increases all non-periodic damage. (Old – All damage)

Beast Mastery

• Separation Anxiety has been removed.
• *New talent* – Kindred Spirits (Tier 10) – Increases your pet’s damage by 4/8/12/16/20% and you and your pet’s movement speed by 2/4/6/8/10% while your pet is active.

Marksmanhip

• Rapid Recuperation has been changed from 3 to 2 points. Now Reduces the mana and focus cost of all shots and abilities by you and your pet by 30/60% (Old – 20/40/60%) while under the effect of Rapid Fire, and you gain 2% of your mana every 2 sec for 6 sec when you gain Rapid Killing.

Upcoming hunter changes (Not in this build) (src)

• Aimed Shot – This shot will now be instant cast, its damage/effect/cooldown will remain unchanged.
• Scatter shot – This will now be an 11-point Survival talent.
• Readiness – This will now be the 21-point Marksmanship talent.
• Trap Mastery – This will now be the 41-point Survival talent. Granted, not very sexy for a 41-pointer but we’ll do some changes there in a future patch (after WOLK ships).

Mage
Skills
Arcane

• Arcane Blast cost is now increased by 200% for each cast. (Down from 300%)

Frost

• Deep Freeze damage has been reduced. (1319-1531 to 1189-1381 for Rank 4, 1018-1182 to 916-1064 for Rank 3, etc …)

Talents
Fire

• Improved Scorch now only affects your damaging Scorch spells.

Paladin
Skills
Retribution

• Seal of Vengeance now deals [ 19.2% of AP + 9.6% of Spell Power ] additional Holy Damage over 15 sec. (Down from [ 23.4% of AP + 11.4% of Spell Power ])
• Seal of Corruption now deals [ 19.2% of AP + 9.6% of Spell Power ] additional Holy Damage over 15 sec. (Down from [ 23.4% of AP + 11.4% of Spell Power ])
• Seal of the Martyr now deals [ 28% of Min. Weap. Damage. ] to [ 28% of Max. Weap. Damage ]. (Down from [ 35% of Min. Weap. Damage. ] to [ 35% of Max. Weap. Damage ] )
• Seal of Blood now deals [ 28% of Min. Weap. Damage. ] to [ 28% of Max. Weap. Damage ]. (Down from [ 35% of Min. Weap. Damage. ] to [ 35% of Max. Weap. Damage ] )

Holy

• Melee hits do not refresh the spell’s duration of Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom anymore.

Protection

• Shield of Righteousness now deals holy damage equal to your block value plus 300. (Old – 240% of your block value)
• Greater Blessing of Sanctuary typo fixed, now properly labeled as giving the target 10 rage, 20 runic power, or 2% of maximum mana when they block, parry, or dodge a melee attack.
• Hammer of Justice now also interrupts the spellcasting for 3 seconds on all ranks.
• Melee hit do not refresh the spell duration of Judgement of Justice anymore

Talents

• Fanaticism now increases the critical chance of judgements capable of critical hits by 5/10/15/20/25%. (Up from 4/8/12/16/20%)
• 2-Handed Weapon Specialization now Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2/4/6%. (Up from 1/2/3%)
• Seal of Command now gives the Paladin a chance to deal [ 56% of Max. Weap. Damage ] to [ 56% of Min. Weap. Damage. ] additional Holy damage. (Old – [ 70% of Max. Weap. Damage ] to [ 70% of Min. Weap. Damage. ])

Priest
Skills
Shadow

• Mind Flay damage has been reduced. (690 to 588 for rank 9, 576 to 492 for Rank 8, etc …)
• Shadow Word: Pain damage has been reduced. (1530 to 1380 for Rank 12, 1302 to 1176 for Rank 11, etc …)

Talents

• Twisted Faith now Increases your spell power by 2% of your total Spirit, and your damage done by your Mind Flay and Mind Blast is increased by 2/4/6/8/10% if your target is afflicted by Mind Flay.
• Improved Shadow Word: Pain now Increases the damage of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 3/6%. (Down from 5/10%)

Rogue
Talents
Assassination

• Focused Attacks changed to : Your melee critical strikes have a 33/66% chance to give you 1 energy. (Old – 100%/100% , wasn’t implemented)
• Find Weakness damage increased reduced to 2/4/6%. (Old – 3/6/9%)

Combat

• Killing Spree cannot hit invisible or stealthed targets anymore.

Subtlety

• Opportunity now works all the time. (Old – Only increased the damage of attacks from behind)

Shaman
Skills
Elemental Combat

• Stoneclaw totem also protects your other totems, causing them to absorb damage.

Restoration

• Riptide heal value has been increased. (764-826 to 1015-1099 for Rank 4, 668-722 to 888-960 for Rank 3, etc …)
• Mana Spring Totem now restores 30 mana every 2 seconds. (Old – 90 mana every 5 seconds)

Talents
Elemental

• Storm, Earth, and Fire doesn’t increase the effect of spell power on your Lightning Bolt but reduces the cooldown of Chain Lightning by 0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5 sec instead.

Warlock
Skills
Affliction

• Haunt now heals you for 200% of the damage it did to the target. (Up from 20%)

Demonology

• Metamorphosis cooldown has been reduced from 5 to 3 minutes. Now lasts 30 seconds instead of 45, increase damage by 20% instead of 40%.

Talents
Affliction

• Improved Corruption now  increases the damage done by your Corruption by 2/4/6/8/10%, and increases the critical strike chance of your Seed of Corruption by 1/2/3/4/5%

Destruction
Backdraft now reduces the cast time of your next three Destruction spells by 10/20%. (Old – 30/30%)
Improved Shadow Bolt now increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 2/4/6/8/10% (Down from 3/6/9/12/15%)

Warrior
Talents
Fury

• Titan’s grip now reduces your chance to hit with damage-dealing ability that require a weapon by 15%.

Protection

• Vigilance has been changed and now reduces the damage taken by the group or raid target by 3%. (Old – increased their chance to dodge by 5%)