World of Warcraft – 10.10.2018 – 23.10.2018 Patch Notes

October 23, 2018

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Necrotic Aura, Heartstop Aura, and Decomposing Aura will no longer interrupt actions such as scrapping and crafting.

Dungeons

• Reduced the number of explosive spawns on certain bosses in Underrot, Temple of Sethraliss, and King’s Rest on Mythic Keystone difficulty.

Holiday

• Shade of the Horseman now scales up to level 120.

Player versus Player

(With maintenance in each region)

• The first Rated Battleground victory of the day now rewards 150 Conquest (was 100). Subsequent Rated Battleground victories now reward 100 Conquest (was 65).
• The first 2v2 Arena victory of the day rewards 35 Conquest, and subsequent victories reward 25 conquest (was 10).
• The amount of Conquest granted to the losing team in a Rated Battleground match has been slightly increased.

World Quests

• Players who are “Saving Xibala” can destroy all Forsaken Blight Throwers, as intended.

Hotfixes

October 17, 2018

Classes

• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Light’s Vanguard Battleplate 2-piece bonus reduced to 10% bonus Judgment damage (was 40%).

Items

• Heart of Azeroth
  • Fixed an issue where Battlefield Focus and Battlefield Precision would incorrectly keep the player who applied them in combat when they are triggered by other players.
  • Fixed an issue where Execute sometimes did not count towards activating Meticulous Scheming.
  • Fixed an issue preventing some types of damage from triggering Impassive Visage.

Hotfixes

October 12, 2018

• Warlock
  • Destruction
    • Legacy of Azj’Aqir 2-piece bonus Chaos Bolt cast time reduction reduced to 10% (was 40%).

Items

• Heart of Azeroth
  • Fixed an issue that caused Laser Matrix to hit targets that were not in combat.

Dungeons and Raids

• Uldir
  • Fixed an issue causing enemies on Zul’s platform to be pulled into combat by some AoE damage procs.

Hotfixes

October 10, 2018

Player versus Player

• Azerite Veins (Azerite Trait) duration reduced to 9 sec (was 18) when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Azerite Veins healing reduced by 33% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Mage
  • Frost
    • Frigid Grasp (Azerite Trait) is now removed from the Mage when Ice Form fades.
    • Intellect granted by Frigid Grasp (Azerite Trait) is reduced by 66% when gained by casting Ice Form (PvP Talent) to match its reduced cooldown.
    • Comet Storm damage reduced by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Frostbolt damage increased by 15% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Fire
    • Meteor damage reduced by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Fireball damage increased by 15% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Rogue
  • Assassination
    • All damage reduced by 6% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • System Shock (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 33%.
• Shaman
  • Enhancement
    • All damage reduced by 5% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Mana regeneration reduced by 30% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Healing Surge (Enhancement only) healing reduced by 33% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
    • Roiling Storm (Azerite Trait) additional Stormstrike damage now diminishes per stack when in combat with enemy players.