Even More Season of Discovery Class Changes on March 5th

Blizzard has announced upcoming Season of Discovery Class Tuning on the Weekly Reset! With Phase 2 well under way, we are seeing buffs across the board.

March 2, 2024
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Even More Season of Discovery Class Changes on March 5th

Blizzard has announced upcoming Season of Discovery Class Tuning on the Weekly Reset! With Phase 2 well under way, we are seeing buffs across the board.

Most notable are the buffs to Hunter spells – Chimera Shot and Explosive Shot both saw damage increases. The current balance of Ranged vs Melee Hunters has been a hot topic in Phase 2, and this marks a step toward bringing Ranged more in line.

As players continue to level up to 40 and experience all that Phase 2 has to offer, we’ve closely monitored in-game progress, feedback from the community, and bug reports. With scheduled weekly maintenance next week, we’ll make the following adjustments to some classes that are underperforming.

Hunter
- Chimera Shot damage increased to 120% of weapon damage (was 100%) and Chimera Shot Serpent Sting damage increased to 48% of Serpent Sting damage (was 40%).
- Explosive Shot base damage done before Attack Power increased by 15%.
- Carve damage increased to 65% of weapon damage (was 50%).
Mage
- Frostfire Bolt base damage increased by 50%, and its increased damage from bonus spell damage increased by 16%, identical to the value for Fireball.
- Spellfrost Bolt base damage increased by 50%, and its increased damage from bonus spell damage increased by 14%, identical to the value for Frostbolt.
- Regeneration, Mass Regeneration, and Chronostatic Preservation spell power coefficients increased by 88%.
  - Developers’ notes: This is to compensate for Mage healers wearing primarily items which grant “damage and healing” instead of “healing”.
- Chronostatic Preservation mana cost decreased by 44%.
- Resolved some tooltip issues with Chronostatic Preservation.
Paladin
- Seal of Martyrdom damage increased to 50% weapon damage per swing (was 40%). Seal of Martyrdom Judgement increased to 85% weapon damage (was 70%).
- Seal of Martyrdom Seal and Judgement effects now benefit from talents and effects that modify Seal of Righteousness, particularly Improved Seal of Righteousness.
Warlock
- Grimoire of Synergy now increases damage done by the Warlock and their pet by 25% when it is active (was 5%).
Warrior
- Devastate damage increased to 150% of weapon DPS (was 100%), before being increased by number of Sunder Armor stacks.