Blizzard has hotfixed Afflicted, removing the ability for Afflicted Souls to be treated as players.
At 11:09 a.m.
PST today, we deployed the following hotfix:Dungeons
- In Mythic+ difficulties, Afflicted Souls will no longer be treated as players.
This was a bug that allowed Afflicted Souls to be targeted by enemy abilities and therefore trigger mechanics unintentionally..
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