Our first look at Patch 9.1 is here! We're working on getting a full list of changes, but here's a quick preview.
Patch 9.1.0 Chains of Domination PTR Notes
Classes
COVENANTS
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
ITEMS AND REWARDS
PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER
RUNECARVING
THE MAW
Druid
- Balance
- New Moon (Talent) now has 20 second recharge (was 25 seconds).
- Solstice (Talent) now causes Shooting Stars to fall 200% more often (was 300%).
- Stellar Drift (Talent) has been redesigned – Starfall damage increased by 25% and allows you to cast while moving while Starfall is active, but it has a 15 second cooldown.
- The free Starfall from Oneth’s Clear Vision (Runecarving Power) ignores the Stellar Drift (Talent) Starfall cooldown.
- Balance of All Things (Runecarving Power) now grants 24% increased critical strike chance (was 40%) and decreases by 3% every 1 second (was 8% every 1 second).
- Balance
Mage
- Fire
- Flamestrike damage reduced by 10%.
- Flame Patch (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
- Kindling (Talent) cooldown reduction for Combustion reduced to 1 second (was 1.5 seconds).
- Infernal Cascade (Conduit) Fire damage bonus reduced by 20%.
- Fire
Priest
- Discipline
- Spirit Shell (Talent) cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
- Holy
- Symbol of Hope has been redesigned – Bolster the morale of party or raid members within 40 yards. They each recover 60 seconds of cooldown on a major defensive ability, and they regain 12% of their missing mana over 5 seconds.
- Shadow
- Dissonant Echoes (Conduit) now grants 20% increased Void Bolt damage (was 35%).
- Discipline
Rogue
- The shield from Cloaked in Shadows (Conduit) is now 50% larger, lasts for 4 seconds (previously had no duration) and no longer decays while the Rogue is out of stealth.
Warlock
- Dark Pact’s (Talent) additional absorb shield has been increased by 216%.
- Destruction
- Chaos Bolt damage increased by 10%.
- Affliction
- Malefic Rapture damage reduced by 18%.
- Agony damage increased by 20%.
- Shadow Embrace now lasts 16 seconds (was 12 seconds) and can now only be applied to 1 target at a time.
- Focused Malignancy (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 53%.
- Sacrolash’s Dark Strike (Runecarving Power) has been redesigned – Corruption damage is increased by 25% (was 15%), and each time Corruption deals damage, it extends the duration of all your Curses active on the target by 2 seconds (was Corrupted targets movement speed slowed by 50%).
COVENANTS
- New Covenant Campaign Chapters.
- 40 new Renown levels.
- Soulbinds
- New Soulbind Tiers
- All existing Soulbinds now have 4 new rows:
- 3 new Conduit slots (1 Potency, 1 Endurance, and 1 Finesse)
- 2 new Traits
- 1 Capper Trait
- All existing Soulbinds now have 4 new rows:
- Kyrian
- Soulsteel Clamps (Forgelite Prime Mikanikos) now reduces duration of stun and incapacitate effects by 20% (was 30%).
- Sparkling Driftglobe Core (Forgelite Prime Mikanikos) cooldown increased to 1 minute (was 45 seconds) and now triggers at 30% health (was 35%).
- Necrolord
- Sulfuric Emission (Emeni) fear duration reduced to 3.5 seconds (was 4.5 seconds).
- Venthyr
- Familiar Predicaments (Nadjia the Mistblade) now reduces incoming interrupt, snare and root effects by 20% (was 25%).
- New Soulbind Tiers
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
- New Raid: Sanctum of Domination
- The following encounters will be available for testing on April 16:
- Tarragrue
- Guardian of the First Ones
- The following encounters will be available for testing on April 16:
ITEMS AND REWARDS
- The Empyreal Ordnance trinket now puts other on-use trinkets on a 40 second cooldown when used (was 20 seconds).
PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER
Death Knight
- Frost
- New PvP Talent: Shroud of Winter.
- Heartstop Aura (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Frost
- Mage
- Kleptomania (PvP Talent) is now Arcane only.
- Dampened Magic (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Arcane
- New PvP Talent: Arcanosphere.
- Arcane Blast now deals 20% more damage in PvP combat.
- Fire
- New PvP Talent: Ring of Fire.
- Controlled Burn (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Ignite deals 100% more damage while Combustion is not active.
- World in Flames (PvP Talent) now causes Flamestrike to reduce the cast time of Flamestrike by 50% (was 1.25 seconds) and increases its damage by 30% for 3 seconds (was 20% permanently).
- Frost
- New PvP Talent: Ice Wall.
- Frostbolt now deals 100% more damage in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Deep Shatter (PvP Talent) now increases the damage of Frostbolt by 75% on Frozen targets (was 150%).
- Burst of Cold (PvP Talent) now increases the damage of Cone of Cold by 600% (was 400%).
Monk
- Mistweaver
- New PvP Talent: Peaceweaver.
- New PvP Talent: Dematerialize.
- New PvP Talent: Thunderous Tea.
- Counteract Magic (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Each hostile Magic effect removed from a target increases the healing they receive from you by 2% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 10 times.
- Refreshing Breeze (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Healing done by Soothing Mist increases the healing of the next Expel Harm on the target during the channel, and causes it to dispel 1 Magic, Poison, or Disease effect.
- Eminence (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Transcendence: Transfer can now be cast while stunned and its cooldown is decreased by 15 seconds if it is cast while not stunned.
- Surging Mist (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Mistweaver
- Priest
- New PvP Talent: Improved Mass Dispel.
- Shadow
- Lasting Plague (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Rogue
- Mark of the Master Assassin (Runecarving Power) duration has been reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Assassination
- New PvP Talent: Hemotoxin.
- Neurotoxin (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Warlock
- New PvP Talent: Shadow Rift.
- Affliction
- Soul Shatter (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Demonology
- New PvP Talent: Fel Obelisk.
- Call Fel Lord (PvP Talent) now deals 200% of the caster’s Spell Power per swing (was 5% of target’s maximum health). Cooldown of the ability increased to 2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes).
- Singe Magic (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Destruction
- New PvP Talent: Bonds of Fel.
- Chaos Bolt now deals 40% more damage in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Focused Chaos (PvP Talent) has been removed.
RUNECARVING
- New Runecarving Powers
- Death Knight, Druid, Warrior and Mage have new powers available in this PTR build.
- Some existing powers have been updated. See the Classes sections for details.
THE MAW
- New Zone: Korthia
- Archivist and Dreadlord Questlines
- Visitor Dailies
- New: Maw Assaults
- New: Tormentors of Torghast
Misc
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Maps
- Tazavesh
- Sanctum of Domination
- MawLevelUp
- 9.1 Battle of Ardenweald
- 9.1 Andorhal - Kyrian Chapter Scenario
- 9.1 Raid - Torghast - Sylvanas - Bridge 1 Map
- Torghast - 91SeamlessScenario
- 9.1. Spires of Ascension
- JasonTest Kalimdor
Areas
- Boralus Harbor
- Stormheim
- Sanctum of Domination
- Korthia
- The Adamant Vaults
- Tazavesh the Veiled Market
- Fungal Wasteland
- Overgrown Canopy
- Edge of Darkness
- Lug'thun's Crater
- The Maw
- Planes of Torment
- The Beastwarrens
- Zovaal's Cauldron
- Desmotaeron
- Gorgoa: River of Souls
- Perdition Hold
- Crucible of the Damned
- Calcis
- Cocyrus
- Ruin's Cradle
- Marrow's Coppice
- Prodigum
- Ravener's Lament
- Face of Oblivion
- Altar of Domination
- Ve'nari's Refuge
- Hungering Wastes
- Soulstained Fields
- Detrithos
- Felspinner Nest
- Ardenweald
- Sanctuary of Guidance
- Keeper's Respite
- Mauler's Outlook
- Scholar's Den
- Seeker's Quorum
- Windswept Aerie
- Hope's Ascent
- Vault of Secrets
- 9.1 Campaign
- The Tremaculum
- Skyhold
- Stormheim
- Tormentors of Torghast
- Andorhal
- Reliquary of Remembrance
- Pinnacle of Domination
- Edge of the Abyss
- The Crucible
- Cave of Secrets
- Circle of Glory
- Cavern of Contemplation
- The Runecarver's Oubliette
- Helgarde Keep
- Crest of Clarity
- Chamber of the Sigil
- Tazavesh the Veiled Market
- Estuary of Awakening
- Zerekriss
- The Path of Understanding
- Ta Repository
- Model Test World
Holidays
- WoW's 17th Anniversary
- Sanctum of Domination
- Ascend to the top of Torghast and enter the Sanctum of Domination to stop the Jailer's machinations.
- Mythic difficulty of the Sanctum of Domination raid awaits the boldest of adventurers" and players may now use the Raid Finder to access the raid.
- Players may now use the Raid Finder to access the second section of the Sanctum of Domination: The Dark Bastille.
- Players may now use the Raid Finder to access the third section of the Sanctum of Domination: Shackles of Fate.
- Players may now use the Raid Finder to access the final section of the Sanctum of Domination: The Reckoning.
Currency
- Maw Survialist's Token -Increases your reputation with Ve'nari by %d.
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