

This appears to be intended to create a better balance between classes, rather than some favoring weapons heavily ( Warrior), while others hardly at all ( Monk).īleed and Poison ticks now scale with Haste.The actual ability damage formula for all non-casters has changed, and now all those abilities use both weapon damage and attack power, even abilities like Shield Slam or Howling Blast.For BfA, Blizzard started to reduce to amount of abilities in this state.Īll melee abilities now scale with both Attack Power and Weapon Damage.


Two of the strongest racial effects have received changes in BfA, with Arcane Torrent receiving a new effect and added to the GCD and Will to Survive having its cooldown increased. Arcane Torrent and Every Man for Himself changed.Keep in mind that information is largely derived from the tooltips, so typographical errors may be intentional to match. Grey to green text indicate changes between Legion and the current version of Battle for Azeroth more information can be found by going to the Changelog within the relevant spell page. In this overview, we'll highlight all class abilities, as well as new, changed, or removed talents. Some Legion systems got reworked, like Honor talents, now active while questing with War Mode turned on, which also grants bonuses, like 10% extra experience while leveling. Gameplay changes are also happening, as some abilities and spells that could be used together with others are now added to the GCD. On top of those spells, the legacy from Legion lives on with different legendary effects and artifact traits returning in BfA as talents, baked into the core spec, or are now azerite traits, the BfA version of artifact traits. While there are many new abilities and spells, there are also returning ones, previously removed during pruning. In Battle for Azeroth, Protection Warriors have received many different changes, ranging from Talent changes to Gameplay and Rotational changes.
