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With Complexity Limit pulling Mythic Sire Denathrius, we take a first look at their pull and speculate what the Secret Phase of Denathrius could contain through some datamined spells! In addition, we analyze the known changes for the Mythic version of the encounter which seems to include a 4-Horseman style mechanic in Phase 2!
Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the second week of Shadowlands Season 2. The second week of every season always marks the beginning of the Mythic Race and we see the results of class tuning. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Heroic Castle Nathria statistics.
Last October, Secretlab partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to debut their new line of premium Alliance and Horde themed gaming chairs, and since it turns out that where you decide to park your butt all day is pretty important, I decided to share my experience with the new Alliance Edition Secretlab Titan 2020.
Environment Artist Amber Hill has uploaded some of her work on Shadowlands to Artstation, including herb and mining nodes.
For NA servers, the Instructor's Divine Bell on use Mastery Trinket is now available from a World Quest. This is the first time that it will be available for the majority of NA players and is very strong for specs that want Mastery such as Unholy Death Knights and Balance Druids!
Shadowlands Week 5 - Return Lost Souls for 5 More Redeemed Souls and Soulkeeper Upgrade at Renown 15
With the weekly reset, players will earn 5 more Redeemed Souls from the Return Lost Souls weekly quest, totaling 25 so far in Shadowlands. The first Soulkeeper Upgrade will also be unlocked at renown 15, but it will not take effect until next week.
Today we will take a look at the Healing balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the first week of Mythic Castle Nathria and the second week of Shadowlands Season 1 .The second week of every season always marks the beginning of the Mythic Race and we see the results of early class tuning. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Heroic Castle Nathria statistics.
Super Squirt is live for EU realms this Wednesday, December 23rd! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence where the Pet Battle Event lines up with Squirt being active in the Garrison Menagerie. This day is great for leveling battle pets.
It's been a full month since Shadowlands launched on November 23rd, so we're looking at what content our site visitors looked up the most so far in the initial month of Shadowlands. We'll highlight popular Shadowlands class guides, as well as fun items and tricky quests from our database that made it to the top!
A huge congratulations to the Vengeance Demon Hunter Radspaper, Restoration Shaman Furo, Fire Mage Brainx, Affliction Warlock Eddielock, and Outlaw Rogue Seliathan for finishing +20 Mists of Tirna Scithe in 28 minutes and 14 seconds - the first very first +20 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!
As we head in to the holiday season and as the initial grind of Shadowlands wears off, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some interesting pets that you might want to collect! Pet battles, and pet collecting, are a great way to fill time between Mythic+ and raiding. Stay tuned for some more interesting pets in the coming days!
Getting mind controlled is never fun - your character randomly decides to use major cooldowns, activates burning rush, walk off cliffs, but Necrolord covenant players have found something new to worry about - hearthing right out of their dungeons! in this Mists of Tirna Scithe clip, a Death Knight mind controlled by the final boss decides to abandon the fight entirely!
The website RaidPlan.io has images of all the Castle Nathria encounter rooms including both the upper and lower floor of Sire Denathrius, and you can drag and drop icons such as raid and role markers onto the maps to help plan out your guild's strategy!
This is another Fortified week in Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 1 and we wanted to look at how hard the dungeons are this week in Shadowlands. Many of these dungeons are much easier on Fortified, but there are some more complications this week with the combination of Spiteful and Grievous. We wanted to highlight the easiest dungeons to try to complete this week!
Shadowlands is in full swing, and despite initial concerns over covenants, all have been fairly well represented in every major aspect of gameplay. One area where they are most decidedly not equal, however, are the Command Table Missions, as players express continual concerns over the inability for Kyrian and Venthyr covenants to keep up with their Night Fae and Necrolord counterparts.
For Wowhead Weekly #256, Annie and Perc discuss the recent Race to World First and Winter Veil updates, as well as recap the highs and lows of 2020 in WoW!
One of the newest Battle Pets added in Shadowlands is Will of Remornia, which has a low chance to drop from Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria. Reddit user Throwing_Castles has discovered that the Will of Remornia Battle Pet has an unusual effect: it can kill the Anima Wyrms by the Flight Path in Oribos!
Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the third week of Shadowlands Season 1. In this third week, we have a larger Mythic participation, so we're able to look at Mythic data with more accuracy. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.
Necrotic can be a nasty affix for Tanks in Shadowlands Mythic+, but if you're a Kyrian Tank, you'll have an advantage in Mythic+ this week. The Necrotic Wound debuff counts as a Bleed effect so Kyrian's Phial of Serenity can remove it and Kleia's Soulbind can make you completely immune to Necrotic for 8 seconds!
2020 for the Wowhead team was very challenging and rewarding, and your support makes it all worthwhile. Here's a look back at what we're particularly proud of on our site in the past year.
With the removal of Warforging and Titanforging in Shadowlands, we've seen some changes to loot rewards from Mythic+, PvP and Raiding. We go over Shadowlands gearing through all 3 systems and discuss why Mythic+ gearing feels lackluster and why PvP gearing seems to be the best in Season 1 of Shadowlands!
Shadowlands Art Blast: Bolvar Fordragon and Sire Denathrius by Senior Character Artist Jon McConnell
Senior Character Artist Jon McConnell has posted some 3D Character Art from Shadowlands on Artstation including Bolvar Fordragon and Sire Denathrius.
This next reset, players that have been keeping up with Bolvar quests in Oribos and Torghast will be able to unlock the Twisting Corridors wing in the Tower of the Damned. Unlike other multi-week quest chains, there is no catch up, so players taht haven't completed each weekly quest will have to wait to venture to the Twisting Corridors, as only one quest is available each week.
Shadowlands introduces a whole range of new stories to get into and explore. As we near the conclusion of the first round of Covenant Campaign quests, we wanted to highlight our story guides for players who were curious about events taking place outside of their covenant.
The missing Sinfall portal to Oribos granted by the Tier 3 Mirror Network upgrade for the Venthyr Covenant Santcum has been restored, fixing a longstanding Shadowlands beta bug, and allowing players who have upgraded their upgraded their transportation network to teleport to the capital.
Today we will take a look at the DPS balance in Castle Nathria at the end of the fourth week of Shadowlands Season 1. In this fourth week, we've had an even larger Mythic participation, plus some bugs affecting some classes, making them climb significantly in rankings. For this analysis we will use data provided by Warcraft Logs Mythic Castle Nathria statistics.
Shadowlands Art Blast: Oribos with Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Andrew Matthews, Possible Raid?
Senior Dungeon Environment Artist Andrew Matthews has posted some of the work he did for Shadowlands on Artstation, including Oribos which has led to speculation it could be designed as a raid.
The Twisting Corridors mode of Torghast, Tower of the Damned is now live for players that have been keeping up with their weekly Bolvar quests! The Twisting Corridors has 8 more layers of Torghast to climb, with each layer of Twisting Corridors containing 18 Floors. Completing Layer 8 of the Twisting Corridors will unlock a mount that can be used in the Maw!
The 18 floor Twisting Corridors wing of Torghast offers players the chance to amass a huge number of anima powers, but several classes continue to find do-nothing placeholder powers which cripple their runs. Hunters, Monks, and Demon Hunters appear to be affected the most, making the activity much harder than intended.
It appears that Blizzard has made some changes to their policies regarding advertising boost sales. While selling Mythic+, PvP, and raids in exchange for gold is still acceptable, accounts created solely for the purpose of advertising those boosts are now subject to being banned, although what exactly constitutes "advertising" is a bit unclear.
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Condemn (Venthyr Ability) to incorrectly display as Execute when switching into a talent specialization with the Massacre talent chosen.
For Wowhead Weekly #257, Annie and Perc discuss Twisting Corridors, the latest Sylvanas cinematic, and when we'll hear more about the next WoW patch.
The Beasts of Prodigum special event is now live in Torghast, Tower of the Damned, allowing you to choose a powerful Maw Beast to join your for your run and new Anima Powers to choose from! Your first Anima Power will allow you to pick one of three Maw beasts which each have a powerful special ability! Which beast will you choose?
It appears that actions are being taken against players who participated in the infinite Stygia Exploit, which allowed players to farm large amounts of Stygia and upgrade their conduits very quickly. These players have received a short suspension, their exploitive Stygia has been removed and also received a global reduction to all Conduit ranks on the character.
Torghast's version of "Treasure Goblins" from Diablo have started to spawn inside the tower with the Beasts of Prodigum event! If you're lucky enough to find one, it'll drop you extra Phantasma and an Anima Cell, and if you use a Ravenous Anima Orb on it, there's a chance it'll spawn a portal to a secret area containing even more Anima Cells!
Blizzard has pushed hotfixes to improve their accessibility options for players with increased sensibility to motion sickness. These options change hide some camera effects added in Shadowlands, like the anima strands when you die or the edge camera effects while you're under the Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari effect in the Maw.
Naxxrams is a really big raid with a lot of boss mechanics and difficult trash pulls. In World of Warcraft Classic, many raiders have found clever and unique strategies to deal with these formidable elite bosses that can lead to more efficient and occasionally faster kill times. We'll go through some of these strategies in this article!
PC Gamer announced the Battle.net 2.0 update for the Activision Blizzard games launcher, which entered beta in November 2019, is finally going live in North America.
For NA servers, the Instructor's Divine Bell on use Mastery Trinket is now available from a World Quest, now up to Item level 184. This is the first time that it will be available at this Item level for the majority of NA players and is very strong for specs that want Mastery such as Balance Druids!
With the initial Covenant Campaign wrapped up this reset, Twisting Corridors out last week, and Castle Nathria cleared in December, players are understandably curious as to what's next for Shadowlands. A recent PC Gamer interview with Ion Hazzikostas hinted that the next update was in Spring 2021, so we're looking at that claim in more detail.
Philia Fintallas from the novel Before the Storm has been spotted in Oribos.
Now that Mythic Castle Nathria has been out for over a month, we're looking at popular Tank combinations in Mythic Castle Nathria. We explain why these Tank combinations have been chosen on live servers and compare the live choices to our Tank predictions that were made before Castle Nathria opened and explain what changed.
If you complete the Theatre of Pain side quest chain in Maldraxxus, you will unlock the "Bet On Yourself" Daily Quests. This daily quest requires you to kill one rare in the Theatre of Pain and will reward you with 105 Anima every day which is great for mains and alts!eatre of Pain and will reward you with 105 Anima every day -- great for mains and alts!
Raider.io interviewed Atlas, Goop, and THD from Complexity Limit following their second Race to World First victory, getting their thoughts on progression raiding over the holidays, the competition between guilds in Castle Nathria, and what the guild is working on in preparation for the next tier.
With the Shadowlands expansion being about 2 months old at this point, there has been an obvious emerging trend in regards to what the meta compositions are in Mythic+ dungeons. In this article, we talk about the class diversity in Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons so far and predict why the meta has formed this way.
A huge congratulations to the Vengeance Demon Hunter ๅๅฑ็ๆ็ฅ, Discipline Priest ่่็่พ็ฑณ, Fire Mage Semage, Balance Druid ๅๅ ๆฑๅง, and Outlaw Rogue ้บ็้ฟๆญ็น for finishing +23 Halls of Atonement in 29 minutes and 16 seconds - the world first +23 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!
GamesIndustry.biz has reported that Activision subsidiary Vicarious Visions is being merged into Blizzard Entertainment, in order to provide long-term support to existing Blizzard games and initiatives.
Snapping has made its return in Shadowlands! Players have started to snap all the mobs in the Necrotic Wake's Necropolis down to Amarth's area in order to efficient group them up and kill them. This was originally seen on live servers and has now also been used in the MDI, so it's time to highlight this cool trick!
Post-Raid Thoughts on Mythic Castle Nathria from BDGG - Tuning, Class Balance, Gearing and Covenants
We sat down with some of the officers of BDGG to get a deeper look into why Mythic Castle Nathria was so different than other tiers, talk about class stacking, split raiding, and covenant choices.
The following spells now go on cooldown when stopped by any means: Terror, Nature's Bounty, Deafening Howl, and Phasing Roar. Previously, this cooldown would only occur with direct interrupts (such as Counterspell, Kick, Pummel, etc).
This week's Mythic+ affixes are Tyrannical, Bolstering, Necrotic, Prideful. This combination of affixes is likely going to frustrating for players, and a very difficult challenge with Tyrannical making bosses take longer, Bolstering forcing trash to die at the same time and Necrotic making everything harder for tanks and healers.
As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.
Venture Plan is an interface improvement addon for the covenant Command Table adventure missions which helps predict the success or failure of missions before you send them. Along with a better layout of mission information and rewards, the Cursed Adventurer's Guide feature evaluates both teams in order to determine the results and make it easier for you to setup successful missions.
Friends and family came together to celebrate the life of Jarod "NWBZPWNR" Nandin with a virtual wake in Stormwind. Attending both in person and on Twitch, the congregation marched to Lion's Rest where they took turns sharing stories and saying goodbye to a pillar of the WoW and cosplay communities.
For Wowhead Weekly #258, Annie and Perc discuss the latest BlizzConline news, including the Helm of Domination statue and Celebration Collection bundle.
Welcome to this week's affixes! Inspiring, Storming, Fortified and Prideful are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week. These affixes can definitely slow you down, most notably Inspiring.
As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.
Activision Blizzard just finished their fourth-quarter financial results conference call, announcing better than expected results for Q4 and the full year of 2020. Major topics include the tremendous success of the Call of Duty model, Shadowlands launch, and multiple mobile titles for Blizzard franchises in advanced development.
Fixed an issue where Mental Recoveryโs (Conduit) slow effect was not being removed with slow immunities (e.g. Hand of Freedom).
Earlier this week, Blizzard nerfed many large sources of Tank damage in the dungeons. We've analyzed how some of these changes have impacted the dungeons, including an undocumented change, and go over how much I think this has affected the current state of tanking and kiting in Shadowlands Mythic+ dungeons.
With many players looking to increase their number of collectibles, specifically mounts, in Shadowlands, it is a good time to highlight restrictions to some of the restrictions observed by the community when looting these mounts. As there is not a rule for these loot restrictions, many of them working in a case-by-case manner, we will go over every mount that has an observed restriction attached to them.
Blizzard has published a 30th Anniversary cinematic with clips from cinematic trailers across all of their games. The Burning Crusade cinematic is featured, which could strengthen the speculation TBC Classic will be announced at BlizzConline!
For Wowhead Weekly #259, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Warcraft news, including BlizzConline predictions based on the recent Q4 Earnings Call.
The Chorus of Dead Souls special event is now live in Torghast! This event is super fun with friends and allows you transform into the deadly Deadsoul Chorus to overpower your enemies. Other party members can ride the Deadsoul Chorus, which allows them to benefit from other powerful Anima Powers and cast while moving!
Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 9th - Renown 32 Available, Unlocks Soulbind Upgrades, Transmog for Anima
It's the 12th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 32! This will unlock the final traits for one set of Soulbinds, the ability to purchase transmog for anima, and a Soulkeeper upgrade.
The 9.0.5 PTR adds two promotional mounts with encrypted models: Sapphire Skyblazer and Fireplume Phoenix.
This is the first Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 PTR build which includes many class and spell changes. This includes more Covenant ability tuning, Conduit changes and more!
Weโve opened the Public Test Realm (PTR) for Patch 9.0.5, the next update to World of Warcraft, which is now in-testing and expected to be released in March.
Blizzard has announced that Valor Points are returning to the game with Patch 9.0.5.
China has brought us another world first Mythic+, as the Vengeance Demon Hunter Raincloudy, Holy Paladin ๆฐๅ ไธถ, Fire Mage Himelody, Balance Druid Starsfireman, and Outlaw Rogue ๆ้่่ๅคด have finished +25 Necrotic Wake in 35 minutes and 35 seconds - the world first +25 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!
Blizzard has revealed the BlizzConline 2021 Schedule.
Two MDI global cups have been completed, so we sat down with prominent Mythic+ players from BDGG to get their thoughts on how this year's MDI has gone so far, giving their thoughts on what went right, and what changes they hope to see in the future including discussion on popular topics like Shadowmeld, Class Balance and more!
For Wowhead Weekly #260, Annie and Perc discuss the latest Warcraft news, including the BlizzConline schedule. They also have a Helm of Domination statue to highlight on the stream!
Players are experiencing disconnects and slow login attempts--and BlizzardCS is tweeting about the issue.
Two improvements added to the Ember Court on the patch 9.0.5 PTR let your Dredger Butler automatically complete restock quests and allow you bypass guest RSVP quests account-wide!
As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.
Sanguine, Grievous, Fortified, and Prideful are the affixes you have to deal with coming into this week. This week is probably the third best week on the calendar in regards to pushing the highest level of keys and we're going over the best and worst dungeons!
Get into the spirit of BlizzConline with a series of fun downloads from the official website. If you want to decorate your Zoom background, print out a badge like past conventions, show who has the best knowledge of Blizzard with 30th anniversary trivia, or cook something tasty as you watch the panels, Blizzard has you covered!
Diablo 2: Resurrected, a full HD remaster of the original game and the Lord of Destruction expansion pack has been officially announced at BlizzConline! The 2D game has updated in beautiful 3D, and is also modernizing all 27 minutes of original cinematics - recreated shot for shot with the intention of preserving the look and intention of the original movies.
The BlizzConline Deep Dive panel just announced that Classic The Burning Crusade will have phases similar to World of Warcraft: Classic! They found that players liked the phase by phase progression, and so there are currently five phases and four Arena seasons planned for The Burning Crusade, starting with Karazhan and ending with the Sunwell.
The World of Warcraft: What's Next Panel for Shadowlands has begun. We'll be liveblogging the event and recapping notable new features that are coming in the upcoming patches!
Patch 9.1 will feature new rewards as players continuing to gain renown within their Covenants, including new themed cosmetic armor sets! They can be worn by any armor type and transmoged like other items to mix and match your own looks.
With the announcement of Classic Burning Crusade, Blizzard has also opened opt-ins for a chance at beta testing Burning Crusade.
Diablo 2: Resurrected, a full HD remaster of the original game and the Lord of Destruction expansion pack, will soon enter technical alpha testing and is already available for pre-order in the Blizzard Store. While no exact date has been announced, it is scheduled to release in 2021 and is available in three versions.
The Wowhead team sat down with Principal Game Designer Jeremy Feasel and Technical Director Frank Kowalkowski to discuss the upcoming features of Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination! We discuss new activities and rewards in the Maw, a new Maw currency for Ve'nari, tier sets, updated Soulbinds, Covenant swapping restrictions, the possibility of equipping multiple Legendaries, and much more!
We are bringing you details from the Diablo development team as they answer community questions about the gameplay, monsters, and world of Sanctuary.
At BlizzConline 2021, Critical Role hosts a custom Diablo-themed adventure about a band of warriors pursuing whispered rumors of something ancient and evil beneath the ruins of Old Tristram. Matthew Mercer is the Dungeon Master for Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Mica Burton, and Carlos Luna,
If you have the Burning Crusade Collector's Edition registered on your Battle.net account, you will receive the Netherwhelp pet on Classic Burning Crusade!
During an interview with MrGM, Classic Lead Engineer Brian Birmingham revelead that The Burning Crusade Classic will have all quality of life leveling improvements added throughout The Burning Crusade lifespan, including the XP nerf from Patch 2.3 and the mount required level reduction from level 40 to level 30 from Patch 2.4.3.
In keeping with the spirit of embracing #SomeChanges, The Burning Crusade Classic production director Patrick Dawson stated that the team was currently discussing the inclusion of modern conveniences, using elements from the retail group finder instead of the original Looking for Group Interface Tool introduced in patch 2.0.1. of The Burning Crusade.
Following last week's post about obtaining Tahonta's mount, the community continued the research to discover the proper requirements for the mount. The current belief is that the mount doesn't not require Renown 32 as previously thought, but instead requires players to have the construct Neena with them when looting the rare.
An overview of everything we learned about Patch 9.1 Shadowlands: Chains of Domination, at BlizzConline.
In an interview with the German website Vanion, Senior Game Designer Jeremy Feasel revealed Blizzard intends to add options to solo queue for Island Expeditions and BFA LFR Raids, but not Warfronts. There are technical difficulties when implementing solo queues for Warfronts, so they are not sure if it will be possible to implement.
For Wowhead Weekly #261, Annie and Perc discuss BlizzConline with special guest HazelNuttyGames.
Covenant Renown Rewards Feb 23rd - Renown 36 Available, Unlocks Weapon Illusion and Stamina Increase
It's the 14th week of Shadowlands and that means that the cap for Renown has increased -- this time to Renown 36! This will unlock a stamina increase and weapon illusion.
With Classic Burning Crusade on the horizon, many new features, changes, and overhauls are coming to Classic WoW. Here is a look at the major differences between WoW Classic and Burning Crusade, including level cap, new races, new dungeons, new raids, and new profession, and a significant shake-up in the PvE Meta.
A pet World Quest is available today that offers an Animated Ulna: Mighty Minions of Maldraxxus. Animated Ulna is one of the three pieces needed to create the battle pet Carpal.
We're one step closer to the Burning Crusade alpha with an update today on the Battle.net App: the catalog has updated for the TBC Internal Alpha.
Breaking their own record, Vengeance Demon Hunter Raincloudy, Holy Paladin ๆฐๅ ไธถ, Fire Mage Himelody, Balance Druid Starsfireman, and Outlaw Rogue ๆ้่่ๅคด have finished +26 Necrotic Wake in 35 minutes and 21 seconds - the world first +26 Mythic Dungeon of Shadowlands Season One to be completed within time!
Welcome to push week as Bursting, Volcanic, Fortified and Prideful are this week's affixes! This week is by far the best week on the calendar, so get your Raider.IO score in heaps this week as Tettles has provided some extra tips and tricks for your dungeons this week!
The Alliance Hall of Fame is closing soon, with 98 recorded entries in the Hall of Fame. However, through some abnormal public logs on Warcraft Logs, players have suspected that there's a Boosting problem in the China region and have been wondering if the Alliance Hall of Fame has been tainted by boosted guilds.
As we start a new Mythic+ week with new affixes, we will look back to last week to analyze how different affixes impact the Mythic+ meta. For this, we will look at data provided by Raider.io, looking specifically at the spread of classes being used to time Mythic+15 and higher, and Mythic+20 and higher dungeons.
Media market research company SuperData updated its monthly digital games market blog, noting that while World of Warcraft played a major role in growing PC earnings by 31% over the last year, player numbers have now fallen back down to normal levels - indicating that the Shadowlands honeymoon phase appears to be over.
The Dredger Barrow Racing Toy, which you can purchase after completing the Ramparts Racer achievement, has a fun side effect: no falling damage!
Please be reminded that the Great Vault rewards items based on your efforts in the previous week. That means that you should not feel pressured to push Mythic Keystone dungeons excessively over the next few days, as your Mythic Keystone dungeon reward(s) from the Great Vault immediately after the patch goes live will not be an item that can be upgraded with Valor. Keeping items unclaimed through the first week will have no impact on this.
Blizzard has announced in the Patch Notes that they are reverting the formula for determining the level of your first Mythic Keystone each week back to Battle for Azeroth's formula. This means that if you don't complete a +15 Keystone every other week, your Keystone will drop to a +13 after 2 weeks, forcing you to do a higher keystone again.
If you've been keeping up with the PTR Patch Notes and datamining, we know the Patch Notes are a lot. In this post, we're highlighting only the newest class tuning changes that occurred since the last time the Patch Notes were updated. This includes a change to Convoke the Spirits, and a nerf to the Reprisal Legendary for Protection Warriors!
With the introduction of Shadowlands Dungeons there have been covenant specific bonuses that have been implemented to help players and make a player's Covenant choice feel more impactful. The impact of these vary from very small time saves to multiple minutes and today we're going to talk about the importance of the buffs themselves and the specs and classes that typically cover these buffs.
The 1,500 Inventory Cap for Valor Points has been a controversial topic in the community. However, a hotfix was recently applied to Valor Points on the PTR changing the tooltip to look similar to Conquest and removing any mention of the 1,500 Inventory Cap. Could the 1,500 Valor Inventory Cap be removed?
For Wowhead Weekly #261, Annie and Perc discuss Patch 9.0.5, which releases later this week.
The 1,500 Inventory Cap for Valor Points has been a controversial topic in the community. However, a hotfix was recently applied to Valor Points on the PTR changing the tooltip to look similar to Conquest and removing any mention of the 1,500 Inventory Cap. Blizzard has confirmed that the change is intended!
List of Potency Conduits Available in Castle Nathria in Patch 9.0.5 - Conduit Drop Guide Now Updated
In Patch 9.0.5, Castle Nathria will be dropping some Potency Conduits up to the maximum of Item Level 226. Want to know what Potency Conduits drop for your class? We've compiled a list of the available Potency Conduits that will be available in Castle Nathria and what boss they drop from!
The Unbridled Darkness Event is now live in Torghast. During this event, you can activate Unbridled Darkness for short periods of time, turning everything except your UI completely pitch black. While active, you'll gain a 75% damage increase, but you'll need to be really careful not to walk off a ledge.
With Patch 9.0.5 arriving this week for all regions, it is the perfect time to highlight the updates to our Class Guides for the new patch! Our Class Writers have been working tirelessly to bring you the best information for all specializations and have added all information you need to be prepared for the new Patch.
Fixed an issue where guns and crossbows from Mythic dungeons were the incorrect item level.
At the start of the maze in Mists of Tirna Scithe, players have found an undocumented change -- a brand new wall blocking the window that allowed players to turn the 2 pull into a 6 pull. However, players have already found workarounds, allowing them to continue to pull 6 mobs at the beginning of the maze.
The Wow Classic Beta product that was used for Classic beta testing has been updated for The Burning Crusade, now called Burning Crusade Classic Beta.
For Wowhead Weekly #263, Annie and Perc discuss Patch 9.0.5 and look ahead to TBC Classic.
With Burning Crusade Classic potentially right around the corner, many Classic WoW players are returning to the game in preparation for Burning Crusade. To maximize the last few weeks and Pre-Patch time before the Dark Portal opens, here is a list of things those players can work towards!
Fixed an issue where Inexorable Assault (Talent) and Cold Heart (Talent) would break invisibility potion effects.
Blizzard has announced upcoming Castle Nathria tuning for the next weekly reset which includes nerfs to Artificer Xy'mox and Heroic Sire Denathrius. Blizzard has announced upcoming Castle Nathria tuning for the next weekly reset which includes nerfs to Mythic Artificer Xy'mox and Heroic Sire Denathrius.
The 10 Animacones that are required to complete the "A Dangerous Harvest" World Quest in Ardenweald are no longer shared. Similar to the Blazing Ingots in the Maw, the Animacones can now only be grabbed by the first person to click on them after respawning, making this World quest take longer as well.
Blizzard has released patch notes for the Warcraft III Reforged PTR, including multiplayer balance changes for Undead, Night Elf, and Human races. Another key part of the tuning reduces the power of aura items, so they do not outshine actual hero abilities, while increasing the re-sell value of all items in order to help mitigate bad luck with item draws.
As more and more players are returning to Classic WoW in preparation for Burning Crusade, we thought we'd take the time to list some items that hold their value through the Dark Portal, or actually become even more valuable--ranging from Consumables, to Trinkets, to Equipment, and even Enchants and Recipes! Here are 20 useful items to grab before Burning Crusade Classic.
Blizzard created a helpful Frequently Asked Questions Page back in 2006, explaining how the new PvP Honor System introduced in Patch 2.0.1 will function. Since this information is useful and many of these questions are being asked once again, 15 years later, we're sharing it here! This system will be implemented once again, when Pre-Patch is released!
During the Patch 9.0.5 PTR, we tried to provide context to class changes from our class guide writers so you'd know what to expect once Patch 9.0.5 launched. As a followup, we'll now review initial Warcraftlogs raid statistics to determine the actual ramifications of these changes. Specifically for this article we'll analyze Tank Damage balance in Castle Nathria during the first two weeks of Patch 9.0.5 and compare it to damage statistics from just prior to the patch.
We've discovered that a significant bug has been affecting magic damage reduction for Vengeance Demon Hunters that makes a noticeable impact on survivability for the spec. In this article, Itamae goes over the details of the bug, describe how it's affected Vengeance tanks so far, and go over the potential ramifications for the spec if the bug gets fixed.
Spring has arrived, and with it the free Wandering Ancient mount is changing over from its white winter wonderland appearance to a leafy green spring one on March 21st in each region. Along with the new color, the ice crystal variant of the mount special animation has been replaced by fresh apples falling from the Ancient's branches.
Players interested in collecting transmog had noticed that the Necrolord Duty-Bound transmog set was the only Covenant set that did not have its source discovered during Shadowlands beta, or during the first weeks of the expansion. But now, the set source has finally been discovered! This set does require some effort and luck to obtain, unfortunately.
Over the weekend, players found out that Pelagos' Let Go of the Past Trait was actually increasing magic damage taken by 3%. A hotfix has now been pushed to live servers which makes the trait correctly reduce magic damage taken. This will result in about 6.2% less magic damage for those who used the trait.
During the Patch 9.0.5 PTR, we tried to provide context to class changes from our class guide writers so you'd know what to expect once Patch 9.0.5 launched. As a followup, we'll now review initial Warcraftlogs raid statistics to determine the actual ramifications of these changes. Specifically for this article we'll analyze Healer balance in Castle Nathria during the first two weeks of Patch 9.0.5 and compare it to healer statistics from just prior to the patch.
Aimed Shot damage increased by 5%, and Trick Shots now causes your Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire to ricochet for 55% of the damage (was 50%).
The WoW Burning Crusade Classic Beta has officially started, appearing on the Battle.net launcher for those lucky few who have been selected for early testing.
With confusion surrounding the appearance of the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, Blizzard Community Manager Devolore has stated on twitter that the Beta was not intended to added to the battle.net launcher and that downloading it in the launcher will not necessarily grant access once it goes live as intended.
Blizzard has started flagging accounts to participate in The Burning Crusade Classic Beta. Players can check with Battle.Net application and their mail inbox to see if they were selected.
Blizzard has started flagging accounts to participate in The Burning Crusade Classic Beta. Players can check with Battle.Net application and their mail inbox to see if they were selected.
If you're planning on fighting Mythic Sludgefist tonight, it'll be helpful to know that Mythic Sludgefist has some mismatched animations after the nerfs to both the Destructive Stomp and Fractured Debris mechanics.
Today's Battle.net catalog update added internal alpha strings and assets for Diablo II: Resurrected.
Doctors Without Borders Fundraiser Reached $500,000 - Bananas Available To All Players In The Future
The Doctors Without Borders charity fundraiser has just reached $500,000 in donations, which means the Battle Pet Bananas will become available to all WoW players!
With the release of Burning Crusade Classic's Beta, players are noticing the Primal Nether sold by G'eras in Shattrath is not Bind on Pickup. It wasn't until Patch 2.4.0, which released 15 months after the Dark Portal originally opened, that Primal Nether was changed to no longer be a Bind on Pickup item.
Confirmed. Leatherworking drums have been a hot topic since we first started working on Burning Crusade, since they would make Leatherworking feel mandatory.
Blizzard just pushed a hotfix to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta servers, fixing a game breaking bug for anyone attempting to participate and test Player versus Player interactions. Before the fix, if a player experienced any crowd control while falling or jumping, they were instantly disconnected from the game.
Blizzard has announced adjustments to local pricing for Brazilian players. These changes increase the subscription prices for these players from 25 to 35%, but reduce the cost of various services from 5 to 15%. The reductions in price are already available to players, while subscription costs will increase after April 26th.
Blizzard has announced adjustments to local pricing for Russian players. These changes increase the subscription prices for these players in the 18-29% range, but reduce the cost of various services in the 15-25% range. The reductions in price are already in effect, while subscription costs will increase after April 26th.
Recently, we highlighted 20 Useful Items to Grab Before Burning Crusade Classic, and many players wanted to share items they felt were equally deserving of a spot! We're going to list 10 more of the most recommended items to pick up now, which are still useful through the Dark Portal into Burning Crusade Classic.
For this week's economy spotlight, we look at the Battle.net gametime changes and how it affects goldmaking.
When stepping through the Dark Portal, many races in Azeroth will experience some changes to their racial bonuses. Weapon Skill turns into Expertise, some PvP related abilities are nerfed or buffed, and some racial abilities benefit from a other changes, whether it be talents for a certain class or changes to how certain attributes effect the class. Here is a look at how the abilities for each WoW race have changed between Classic and Burning Crusade.
It's been over 4 months since Shadowlands has launched, and today we're taking a look at Covenant popularity by spec in Shadowlands. We're comparing Covenant popularity from just before Castle Nathria, to after Castle Nathria, to Patch 9.0.5 in order to see how the WoW community has chosen their Covenants for each spec.
For Wowhead Weekly #264, Annie and Perc discuss the start of Burning Crusade beta as well as Blizzard's recent game time changes and layoffs.
Blizzard just pushed an update to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, increasing the level cap, implemented the AoE Spell cap, and numerous bug fixes.
In Burning Crusade Classic, world buffs will be removed at the start of raid encounters.
Players working in their Ember Court friendships should wait until Monday to host their weekly party. Hosting your court later in the week, Monday, after Noblegarden starts, will allow you to benefit from the 10% increased rep from the Darkmoon Faire and from the Noblegarden Ember Court-exclusive bonus.
Blizzard has just randomly selected some users for a new World of Warcraft Classic Survey. Images from the survey have been circulating online, where Blizzard is asking the community on an acceptable price for "Cloning" services, how many times the report feature has been used, as well as how often the player encounters a bot.
Blizzard fixed an issue where two-handed Legion Artifact appearances were unable to be transmogrified onto one-handed weapons and vice versa.
Blizzard just pushed a hotfix update to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, turning on addons and fixing dungeon bugs.
Encrypted 9.0.9 PTR Build 38241: Redeemed Sylvanas, Maw Covenant, Anduin Horse Mount, Lich King Pepe
Patch 9.1 isn't for a few weeks, but Patch 9.0.9 snuck up on us tonight and here's the results of our initial datamining--Redeemed Sylvanas, Lich King Pepe, and a collectible version of Anduin's mount from the new Maw Covenant.
For the next 21 Hours for NA players, the world quest Tithe and Taxes is offering the toy Tithe Collector's Vessel. Venthyr players obtain this toy during their Covenant Campaign, while non-Venthyr need to wait until this World Quest offers it as a reward, which has only happened a few times since Shadowlands launch.
We are seeing a rise in the representation of Ranged DPS specs in Shadowlands Mythic+, especially compared to that of Battle for Azeroth. There is certainly a multitude of reasons that this has occurred and we will be discussing some of the reasons that ranged are generally favored over melee this expansion and the current meta Ranged DPS specs.
For Wowhead Weekly #265, Annie and Perc discuss Blizzard's post announcing the 9.1 PTR going up soon, as well as several Classic Era updates.
Spring is in the air and Noblegarden is coming to Azeroth! For the eleventh consecutive year, it's coming to Wowhead as well! We've got tons of prizes, including a Ghastly Charger's Skull, to create a Brightly Colored Egg hunt you'll remember. So grab your Egg Basket and hop around Wowhead's database of a backyard if you want to win! The contest begins on April 5, 2021 and ends on April 15, 2021 at 11:59PM PT. Participants will have ten possible chances to enter the random chance drawing.
Blizzard has announced the Diablo II: Resurrected technical alpha, starting this Friday and ending on Monday, April 9th - 12th. The first of multiple tests, this phase will focus on the PC single player experience, covering the first two acts of the remastered game, with three playable classes - the Amazon, Barbarian, and Sorceress.
The Beasts of Prodigum special event is now live in Torghast, Tower of the Damned, allowing you to choose a powerful Maw Beast to join your for your run and new Anima Powers to choose from! Your first Anima Power will allow you to pick one of three Maw beasts which each have a powerful special ability! Which beast will you choose?
We still don't have official confirmation where the Viridian Phase-Hunter is from, but it appears to still be actively worked on, as today's Burning Crusade Classic update changed the name.
The Fathom Dweller is one of the rewards from the secret World Boss Kosumoth the Hungering. However, players on NA servers who have recently completed the secret have been foiled by RNG: For months at this point, the only available reward for defeating Kosumoth was the Hungering Claw battle pet. Edit: Now available in EU as well!
Blizzard has published the rules for the newest Mythic+ dungeon tournament, The Great Push, which includes details on the $20,000 USD prize pool breakdown and specific rules such as no spec stacking, no forced 1/3/1 compositions, and the ability to abandon the keystone and restart during Tournament Play.
In the most recent update to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, Blizzard has included an entirely new starting quest chain for boosted Level 58 characters. The quest chain introduces the player to class trainers, how to train a new ability, how to apply talent points, and the location of the innkeeper, the bank, and the guild master.
Blizzard has announced a limited online-only single player Diablo II: Resurrected Technical Alpha, starting this Friday and ending on Monday, April 9th - 12th. To accompany the announcement, Blizzard has released a press kit of images and information as a sneak peak of what to expect during the Technical Alpha. Relive the first two Acts of Diablo II with these spectacular images of the HD remaster.
NanoNost shared a video on Youtube, explaining what the Nostalrius Developer team went through from launching Nostalrius, leading up to Blizzcon's announcement of World of Warcraft Classic servers.
Patch 9.1 hit WoW's vendor CDN today, hinting that the 9.1 PTR is coming soon.
Today, we're continuing to look at the Covenant Popularity by spec for Patch 9.0.5, looking at how the playerbase has shifted their Covenant choice over a two week period, from March 15th to April 1st. Highlights in this data set include a large change in Covenant choice for all rogue specs, Protection Warriors and more!
Blizzard just pushed an update to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, adding an entirely new realm called "Badge of Justice", which contains level 70 premade characters.
In the most recent update to the Burning Crusade Classic Beta, Drakefist Hammer is now listed as a main hand only weapon, no longer being dual wieldable as a one-handed weapon, reverting to its pre-2.4.2 state. Many melee players are not happy about this and we explain why this is a controversial change.
The Shadowlands PTR has updated to Patch 9.1! Datamining should start very soon.
Sylvanas gets an updated banshee model in Patch 9.1!
It's the first Patch 9.1 PTR build, so we're still working on our regular class changes and spells. While waiting, we have found some conduit tuning changes coming in the Patch 9.1 PTR! It's the first Patch 9.1 PTR build, so we're still working on our regular class changes and spells. While waiting, we have found some conduit tuning changes in this Patch 9.1 PTR build!
With patch 9.1, Chains of Domination, the hugely anticipated option to transmog each of your shoulders separately is finally available!
Oribos is also being affected by the many updates coming in Patch 9.1, as the skybox surrounding Shadowlands' capital city has turned from a vibrant blue to a tumultuous black color.
We now have the patch 9.1 PTR Encounter Journal, featuring boss abilities and loot for the Sanctum of Domination raid and Tazavesh, the Veiled Market megadungeon. While most of the loot is just placeholder, there are a few interesting items, such as a legendary-like bow from Sylvanas which replaces Kill Shot with Wailing Arrow!
The battle pet cap has been removed in the Patch 9.1 PTR, with the only limit now being 3 of each species. Currently, in Shadowlands, the battle pet cap can be increased to up to 2000 battle pets, with many players having reached that cap and having to cage extra pets to make room every patch when new species are added.
The first build of Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination, is currently available to test in the Public Test Realm. Players have been exploring undocumented changes, but a specific change in 9.1 has caught the attention of players: All voice lines of Kael'thas Sunstrider have been re-recorded by a different voice actor.
Torghast is going through a revamp in Patch 9.1 as Blizzard is replacing the Tarragrue and death counter failure state. Instead, Blizzard is moving towards a score-based system in Torghast with factors such as speed and deaths. We've datamined some other score-related spells that have been included in this build!