WoW Dragonflight patch drops huge Death Knight, Paladin, Shaman buffs

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As World of Warcraft hurtles towards its new big content patch, the latest round of WoW Dragonflight hotfixes give some of the MMORPG‘s least powerful classes some much-needed TLC – and yes, as a Shaman main, I am very happy.

Long have I suffered as an Elemental Shaman, struggling to deal damage and in turn embracing the alluring darkness that is Shadow Priest (which also struggles to deal damage at the moment, but that’s a side issue).

There are a whole slew of buffs to spells like Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst, but the most significant is an 80% increase to Icefury’s damage. That’s a lot, and when coupled with the ability’s interaction with Frost Shock (which has also received a generous 15% buff) you’ll be slowing enemies left, right, and centre and lining them up to knock ’em dead.

Shaman musings aside, Blood Death Knights will see all of their damaging abilities buffed by 3%, and Holy Paladin’s get 10% more healing from Light of Dawn.

Protection Paladins’ Hammer of Wrath and Hammer of Righteous damage has increased by 30% and 20% respectively, and Greater Judgement will grant your next Holy Ability an increased 40% damage against afflicted targets (was 20%).

Of these changes, the Elemental Shaman adjustments are easily the most influential. Despite its popularity, the class has been at the lower end of the high-damage classes in our WoW Dragonflight tier list, but these buffs certainly feel like they’ll elevate the mysterious spell slingers up a few tiers. 80% to Icefury, damn.

There are a tonne of changes to PvP as well, so if you’re an avid PvPer make sure you check those out.

Below are all of the WoW Dragonflight hotfixes for February 26, courtesy of Blizzard.

Blood

Holy

Protection

Elemental

Azure Vault

Hunter

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