February 2nd 9.2 PTR Development Notes - Class Tuning, Tier Set Balancing
Blizzard has published their development notes for today's PTR build, including many tier set and class changes.
Patch 9.2 PTR Build 42174 DataminingPTR Development Notes Class & Spell Tuning ChangesModelsStory Spoilers Hiya! Here are this week’s changes to the PTR:CHARACTERSFixed an issue where male Night Elf Death Knights were unable to select the 3 newest face options. CLASSESDeath Knight Fixed an issue with Killing Machine that caused it to trigger less often than intended while Dual Wielding. Class SetsUnholy 4-piece: Soul Reaper now grants 25% damage (was 20%) from minions below 35% health.Demon HunterSinful Brand (Venthyr Ability) can no longer be overwritten by a lower duration Sinful Brand when applied via Metamorphosis. DruidKindred Affinity’s (Kyrian Runecarving Power) stat bonus for the Druid reduced to 6% (was 8%) and the stat bonus for their partner reduced to 3% (was 8%). Class SetsFeral 4-piece: Now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
HunterClass SetsSurvival Fixed several issues that caused the damage from the set bonuses to be higher than intended. MonkBonedust Brew’s (Necrolord Ability) damage and healing effectiveness has been increased to 40% (was 35%) and the ability can no longer critically strike. Sinister Teachings (Venthyr Runecarving Power) now reduces the cooldown of Fallen Order by 2.5 seconds when you critically strike (was 5 seconds).
PriestPallid Command’s (Necrolord Runecarving Power) Rattling Mage’s Unholy Bolt damage has been reduced by 40%, and Brooding Cleric’s Stitch Wounds healing has been reduced by 5%. Holy Holy Word: Serenity mana cost reduced to 2.5% (was 4%). Holy Word: Sanctify mana cost reduced to 3.5% (was 5%).
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