World of Warcraft patch 7.2: Tomb of Sargeras

WoW Patch 7.2 release date

The background download has begun for patch 7.2, so it can’t be too far out now. Blizzard have confirmed on Twitter that it wojn’t be Tuesday 21, but it could be the week after or hit our early prediction of the start of April. Here’s Blizzard’s official preview to tide you over.

WoW Patch 7.2 class changes

Since this is coming from PTR, numbers are obviously non-final. However, here’s what’s in testing at the moment:

 Death Knight:

• All:
• Wraith Walk:
• Now stops your movement speed being decreased below 170% for the 3 sec. duration
• Blood:
• Death Grip:
• Bonus threat generated increased to 400% from 200%.
• Frost:
• Over-powered:
• Runic Power generated decreased to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24 from 3/6/10/13/16/20/24/28
• Unholy:
• Outbreak:
• Disease damage increased to 7*(70% AP) from 7*(42% AP)

 Demon Hunter:

 Druid:

• All:
• Thrash damage increased to 55.3% AP from 48.1%
• Tree form no longer has a mana cost
• Balance:
• Feral:
• Guardian:
• Mangle:
• Damage increased to 387% from 337%
• Restoration:

 Hunter:

• Beast Mastery:
• Binding Shot:
• Now stuns players for less time.
• Stomp:
• Damage increased to [(1.18) * ((300% of Attack power)) * 1.4] from 1.35 final multiplier.
• Marksmanship:
• Black Arrow:
• Focus cost decreased to 10 from 40.
• Deadly Aim:
• Critical Strike bonus decreased to 1.5% from 3%
• Survival:

 Mage:

• All:
• Shimmer:
• Charges removed.
• Arcane:
• Mark of Aluneth:
• Damage increased to 160% SP from 120%
• Detonate damage increased to 20% of max mana from 15%
• Now has 6 yard AOE
• Fire:
• Spells:
• Dragon’s Breath:
• Damage increased to 295% spell power from 250%
• Fire Blast:
• Damage increased to 188.8% spell power from 160%
• Fireball:
• Damage increased to 236% spell power from 200%
• Flamestrike:
• Damage increased to 271.4% spell power from 230%
• Pyroblast:
• Damage increased to 495.6% spell power from 420%
• Scorch:
• Damage increased to 70.8% spell power from 60%
• Talents:
• Blast Wave
• Damage increased to 118% spell power from 100%
• Cinderstorm
• Damage increased to 76.7% spell power from 65%
• Flame Patch
• Damage increased to 29.5% spell power from 25%
• Living Bomb
• DOT damage increased to 118% spell power from 100%, explosion damage increased to 94.4% spell power from 80%
• Meteor
• Initial Damage increased to 1298% spell power from 1100%, ground damage increased to 41.3% spell power from 35%
• Traits:
• Cauterizing Blink:
• Heal increased to 5% max HP from 2.5%
• Phoenix’s Flames:
• Damage increased to 389.4% spell power from 330%
• Frost:

 Monk:

• All:
• Chi Wave:
• Now available to all specs.
• Deals 86.7% AP damage.
• Brewmaster:
• Mistweaver:
• Mistwalk:
• Heal increased to 1680% AP from 420%
• Talents:
• Essence Font:
• Now learned at level 58, increased from 55
• Fortifying Brew:
• New spell at level 55
• «Turns your skin to stone, increasing your current and maximum health by 20%, and reducing damage taken by 20%.»
• Windwalker:
• Chi Burst damage calc changed to 412.5% attack power from previous formula.

 Paladin:

• Holy:
• Knight of the Silver Hand:
• Damage reduction decreased to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24% from 3/6/10/13/16/20/24/28%
• Protection:
• Retribution:
• Judgement of Light:
• Removed once-per-second limit.

 Priest:

• Discipline:
• Holy:
• Shadow:

 Rogue:

• Assassination:
• Bag of Tricks:
• Now also effects Rupture. 2.5% chance per combo point on that or Envenom.
• Urge to Kill:
• Energy generation changed to 60, plus an additional 60 over two seconds.
• Outlaw:
• Damage of Run Through, Ambush, Killing Spree, Death from Above, Cannonball Barrage, Pistol Shot, Saber Slash, Ghostly Strike and Between the Eyes increased by 4%.
• Blunderbuss:
• Damage decreased to (121% AP)*4 from *7.
• Fatebringer:
• Energy cost reduction decreased to 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 from 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16
• Subtlety:

 Shaman:

• Elemental:
• Enhancement:
• Restoration:

 Warlock:

• Affliction:
• Reap Souls:
• Now has a five second cooldown.
• Demonology:
• Destruction:

 Warrior:

• Arms:
• Charge:
• Now roots the target for 1 second.
• Fury:
• Charge:
• Now roots the target for 1 second.
• Protection:
• Intercept:
• Now roots the target for 1 second.

WoW Patch 7.2 New Raid — Tomb of Sargeras

While intricate testing is yet to start, WoW’s next raid was already announced at BlizzCon. We’ll delve into the deeps of the Tomb of Sargeras, fighting off evil avatars, demons, war machines and more on the way to victory. Here’s the boss list, and a little bit of info on each:

• Goroth
• A fel-infused and very unhappy Pit Lord, Goroth continuously gains infernal power before unleashing a wave of destruction that must be hid from. Naturally, he spends most of the rest of the time on fire.
• The Demonic Inquisition, Atrigan and Belac
• This pair of demon captors will continuously torment you and lock you in prison when you tell them to stop. 
• Harjatan the Bludger
• The largest Naga in the world, surrounded by murloc followers. A lot of adds in this fight, as well as many reasons to group up.
• Mistress Sassz’ine
• More fish people, this time more of a spellcaster than a brute. She also really likes summong endless nightmares from the abyss, so it’ll be quite like the year 2016.
• The Sisters of the Moon, Captain Yathae Moonstrike, Huntress Naisha and Priestess Lunaspyre
• Spawning one after the other as their combined health pool decreases, you’ll be dancing around the moon and trying not to be overwhelmed.
• The Desolate Host, Engine of Souls and Soul Queen Dejahn
• A multi-dimensional fight with a third enemy to consider at the very end, expect chaos and positioning challenges aplenty.
• Maiden of Vigilance
• Corrupted (surprise) by the Legion, the Maiden will throw both holy and fel magic at you endlessly across two phases. Don’t let the two collide.
• The Fallen Avatar and Oath-Keeper Sacraya
• Sargeras as a boss fight! Kind of. It’s the avatar of the big bad himself, trapped inside machinery he soon gets out of. The one who put him there is angry at you as well, obviously. God, why can’t you just leave well enough alone, adventurers?
• Kil’jaeden
• You may remember Kil’jaeden from his time spent bathing in the Sunwell. That now done with, he’s fully powered up and ready to spew damage everywhere. He has an attack called Armageddon, so you know, watch out.

Various exploration-masters have taken to the PTR and delved deep into the new raid. Of note are the final two boss rooms, Chamber of the Avatar and Kil’jaeden’s ship as screenshoted by community member ThorimEU.

A new raid means new armour sets. They’re named for and look like the Tier 6 armour from The Burning Crusade. Here are the set piece bonuses for each class and spec, which are still early in development so expect regular changes and incomplete data:

 Death Knight — Gravewarden Armaments:

• Blood:
• 2P: Blood Boil heals you for 25% of the damage it deals.
• 4P: Blood Boil has a 25% chance to grant you 3,000 Versatility for a period.
• Frost:
• 2P: Hungering Rune Weapon / Empower Rune Weapon increases your damage dealt by 20% for 10 sec.
• 4P: Reduce the cooldown of Hungering Rune Weapon / Empower Rune Weapon by 1 second for every 60 Runic Power spent.
• Unholy:
• 2P: Death Coil causes one of your Army of the Dead ghouls to explode, dealing (500% of Attack power) damage to some nearby enemies.
• 4P: Each rune you spend reduces the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 3 seconds.

 Demon Hunter — Demonbane Armor:

• Havoc:
• 2P: Blade Dance refunds 40 Fury when it hits an enemy.
• 4P: Blade Dance’s critical strike chance is increased by 50%.
• Vengeance:
• 2P: Enemies burning from your Sigil of Flame deal 5% reduced damage to you.
• 4P: After creating a Sigil of Flame, you gain 2000 Versatility for 8 sec.

 Druid — Stormheart Raiment:

• Balance:
• 2P: Increase your Astral Power generation by 10% and your maximum Astral Power by 30.
• 4P: Starsurge and Starfall increase your Haste by 3% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times, but gaining a stack does not refresh the duration.
• Feral:
• 2P: Gain 2 Energy each time Rip deals damage.
• 4P: Rip deals 15% increased damage and lasts 8 sec longer.
• Guardian:
• 2P: Frenzied Regeneration triggers up to a 40% reduced cooldown based on your current health when you use it. More reduced cooldown when used at lower health. 
• 4P: Ironfur and Mark of Ursol reduce the cooldown of Frenzied Regeneration by 2.0 seconds.
• Restoration:
• 2P: Swiftmend triggers up to 40% reduced cooldown based on the current health of your target. More reduced cooldown when used on a lower health target.
• 4P: Swiftmend increases your Efflorescence healing by 400% for 8 seconds.

 Hunter — Giantbane Armor:

• Beast Mastery:
• 2P: Cobra Shot, Multi-shot, and Kill Command increase the damage bonus of Bestial Wrath by 1.5% for its remaining duration.
• 4P: Cobra Shot, Multi-shot, and Kill Command deal 20% increased damage while Bestial Wrath is active.
• Marksmanship:
• 2P: Aimed Shot reduces the cast time of your next Aimed Shot by 20% and reduces its Focus cost by 20%.
• 4P: Casting two Aimed Shots in a row increases your Critical Strike damage by 15% for 6 sec.
• Survival:
• 2P: Lacerate deals 15% increased damage and Flanking Strike increases the duration of your Lacerate by 6 sec.
• 4P: Mongoose Bite consumes 3.0 seconds of your Lacerate on your target, instantly dealing 3.0 seconds worth of remaining damage.

 Mage — Regalia of the Arcane Tempest:

• Arcane:
• 2P: Casting Arcane Missiles reduces the remaining cooldown on Presence of Mind by 4.0 sec.
• 4P: Presence of Mind instantly grants you 4 Arcane Charges and increases your damage done by 10% for 15 sec.
• Fire:
• 2P: Fireball has a 15% chance to cause your next Pyroblast or Flamestrike to be a guaranteed Critical Strike.
• 4P: Pyroblast and Flamestrike increases the damage of your next Pyroblast or Flamestrike by 10% for 8 sec.
• Frost:
• 2P: Frozen Orb increases your Critical Strike damage by 30% for 10 seconds.
• 4P: The cooldown of Frozen Orb is reduced by 5.0 sec whenever you gain Brain Freeze.

 Monk — Xuen’s Battlegear:

• Brewmaster:
• 2P: Your attacks have a chance to grant you Effusion, causing your next Effuse to be instant and heal for 400% more.
• 4P: After consuming Effusion, you clear 25% of your Staggered damage.
• Mistweaver:
• 2P: Your healing spell casts have a 10% chance to grant Surge of Mists, reducing the cost of your next Enveloping Mist by 75%.
• 4P: Consuming Surge of Mists resets the cooldown of Thunder Focus Tea.
• Windwalker:
• 2P: Rising Sun Kick applies Rising Fist to the target for 8 sec, increasing the critical strike chance of your Fists of Fury against the target by 25%.
• 4P: Fists of Fury increases the critical strike chance of your next Rising Sun Kick by 50%.

 Paladin — Radiant Lightbringer Armor:

• Holy:
• 2P: Light of Dawn triggers Dawn’s Light, instantly healing your current friendly target within 0 to 40 yds for (300% of Spell power).
• 4P: Light of Dawn triggers up to 40% reduced cooldown based on the current health of the target of your Dawn’s Light. More reduced cooldown when used on a lower health target.
• Protection:
• 2P: Judgment has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of Avenger’s Shield.
• 4P: Enemies hit by Avenger’s Shield deal 5% reduced damage to you for 5 sec.
• Retribution:
• 2P: Divine Hammer / Blade of Justice generates 1 additional Holy Power.
• 4P: Judgment also increases the damage of Divine Hammer / Blade of Justice.

 Priest — Vestments of Blind Absolution:

• Discipline:
• 2P: The first bolt of light from your Penance deals an additional 200% damage.
• 4P: Power Word: Shield has a 25% chance to cause your next Penance to be free and have 50% reduced cooldown.
• Holy:
• 2P: Serendipity reduces the cooldown of your Holy Words by an additional 1.5 sec.
• 4P: Your Holy Words have a 40% chance to trigger a 50% reduced cooldown.
• Shadow:
• 2P: Mindbender’s / Shadowfiend’s damage dealt is increased by up to 60% / 180% based on your current Insanity.
• 4P: Mind Blast reduces the cooldown of Mindbender / Shadowfiend by 1.0 sec / 3.0 sec.

 Rogue — Fanged Slayer’s Armor:

• Assassination:
• 2P: Garrote’s cost is reduced by 25 Energy and cooldown is reduced by 12 sec.
• 4P: Garrote generates 1 additional combo point and deals 60% increased damage.
• Outlaw:
• 2P: Free Pistol Shots increase your critical strike chance by 10% for 8 seconds.
• 4P: Adrenaline Rush persists for 15 sec longer when it ends, at half power. 
• Subtlety:
• 2P: Symbols of Death costs 30 less Energy.
• 4P: Symbols of Death causes your next 3 Shadowstrikes to critically strike.

 Shaman — Regalia of the Skybreaker:

• Elemental:
• 2P: While Storm Elemental / Fire Elemental is active, your Flame Shock deals 75% increased damage over time and always critically strikes.
• 4P: Reduce the cooldown of Storm Elemental / Fire Elemental by 2.0 sec when Flame Shock periodic damage deals a critical strike. 
• Enhancement:
• 2P: Crash Lightning increases your critical strike chance by 5% for 16 sec.
• 4P: Stormstrike critical strikes increase the damage of your next Crash Lightning by 30%, stacking up to 10 times.
• Restoration:
• 2P: Your healing spells have a chance to increase the Critical Strike chance of your next Riptide by 100%.
• 4P: When Riptide’s initial heal critically strikes, the healing done by your next Healing Rain is increased by 50%.

 Warlock — Diabolic Raiment:

• Affliction:
• 2P: Your Unstable Affliction damage has a 20% chance to cause your next Drain Soul cast to deal 20% additional increased damage each time it deals damage.
• 4P: Fully channeling a Drain Soul grants you 10% Haste for 5.0 sec
• Demonology:
• 2P: Shadowbolt has a 20% chance to reset the cooldown of Call Dreadstalkers.
• 4P: Call Dreadstalkers automatically triggers Demonic Empowerment.
• Destruction:
• 2P: Incinerate has a 15% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard.
• 4P: Chaos Bolt empowers your next Chaos Bolt to always gain maximum benefit from your Mastery: Chaotic Energies.

 Warrior — Titanic Onslaught Armor:

• Arms:
• 2P: Colossus Smash reduces the cooldown of Ravager / Bladestorm by 1.3 / 2.0 sec.
• 4P: While Ravager / Bladestorm is active, you automatically cast a total of 4 / 6 Mortal Strikes at random nearby enemies.
• Fury:
• 2P: Bloodthirst critical strikes have a 50% chance to grant you Raging Thirst, increasing the damage of your Raging Blow by 50% for 8 sec.
• 4P: Raging Blow increases the damage and healing of your next Bloodthirst / Inner Rage by 50% / 20%, stacking up to 10 times.
• Protection:
• 2P: Berserker Rage generates 50 Rage.
• 4P: Shield Slam reduces the cooldown of Berserker Rage by 3.0 sec.

Here’s a full playlist of the datamined models, all based on classic Black Temple sets.

Elsewhere on the raiding front, Blizzard confirmed that there would now be a zoning-in period allowing talents to be changed when heading into LFR.

Patch 7.2 New Dungeon — Cathedral of Eternal Night

Along with going down into the Tomb of Sargeras, climbing its ramparts will take us to the Cathedra of Eternal Night. This is a new, five-person dungeon. Again, here’s a boss list:

• Agronox
• Thrashbite the Scornful
• Domatrax
• Mephistroth

Blizzard have an official preview now available, and here are videos of the dungeon itself.

In other small-squad news:

• Enemies’ damage and health have been increased for all Heroic and Mythic dungeons, and the item levels of gear found in Legion Dungeons has been increased.
• All Random Heroic dungeons now requires 825 item level to queue.
• Lower Karazhan and Upper Karazhan have been added to the Random Legion Heroic list in Dungeon Finder.
• The Arcway and Court of Stars have been added to the Random Legion Heroic list in Dungeon Finder.
• The Tyrannical affix has been decreased to 15% extra damage from 20%.
• The Fortified affix has been decreased to 30% extra damage from 40%.

Essentially, heroics will now be as difficult as initial mythics, with mythics a little harder than they were before. Now that the base difficulty can be queued for, the previously mythic-only dungeons can have heroic versions. Along with dungeons, World Quests also had their ilevel scaling upgraded to 860.

WoW Patch 7.2 New Zone — Broken Shore

Well you’ve been there once, but things didn’t quite go as planned. It’s currently in-game and has a flightpath (as well as the start of the Kosumoth secret) but will be redesigned in 7.2 as a whole new questing area, with a new faction, the Armies of Legionfall. You’ll also continue your Order Hall campaign here.

There’s some fairly significant changes to how the zone looks, as shown in this gallery. On Twitter, game director Ion Hazzikostas made sure to specify that there was a lot more going on in the Broken Shore versus similar events in the past.

@Wowhead FYI: There’s far more structure and story than Timeless had; you’re only seeing bits of the sandbox systems in this initial push.

— Ion Hazzikostas (@WatcherDev) January 23, 2017

We learned more in early February, with the quest chain accessing Broken Shore beginning when you log in to 7.2. You’ll be given a quest to go to Dalaran to talk to Khadgar to begin preparations for the assault, plus the more mysterious quest called About Those Greater Threats… Here’s more on getting there from Wowhead, plus an early preview.

The Broken Shore also comes with new patch 7.2 world bosses. These are:

Brutallus

Malificus

Si’vash

Broken Shore Buildings and Perks

As part of the Broken Shore, players will be revitalising old buildings on the island, adding their power to the Legionfall forces. Bringing them back online involves contributions from large portions of the player base, and gives unique, zone-wide rewards. This is done through earning War Supplies from daily quests and rare mobs, and the buffs last three days once active. These are:

• Mage Tower:
• One of:
• Knowledgable: Anytime you loot an item which grants Artifact Power in a raid or dungeon, theres a chance you will earn a bonus one.
• Power Overwhelming: World Quests have a chance to grant an extra artifact power token.
• Reputable: Increases reputation gains with the Armies of Legionfall by 30%.
• Provides you with access to Artifact Challenges for their new appearences, Veiled Wyrmtongue Cache treasure spawns with Nethershards and War Supplies inside, Portals to all other Broken Shore zones.
• Command Center:
• One of:
• War Effort: Chance when earning War Supplies to get bonus War Supplies.
• Worthy Champions: Receive one piece of legendary follower equipment.
• Heavily Augmented: World Quests have a chance to reward augment runes.
• Provides you with access to additional Cathedral of Eternal Night world quests, helpful Wardens will show up to aid you in combat on the broken shore, extra difficult missions to send followers on for good rewards.
• Nether Disruptor:
• One of:
• Seal Your Fate: Each day the Nether Disruptor is active, you can return to the Broken Shore to complete a quest that grants you a free Seal of Fate.
• Fate Smiles Upon You: Chance that failed bonus rolls will be refunded on the Broken Isles.
• Netherstorm: Chance to earn bonus Nethershards when earning Nethershards.
• Reinforced Reins: Lets you interact with objects while mounted.
• Provides you with access to the Broken Shore world bosses (ilevel 890 loot), Unstable Portals spawn across the Broken Shore that let you fight rare elites, lets crafters earn the legendary materials for the new crafted legendaries.

Legionfall Reputation rewards

As a new faction, the Armies of Legionfall have goodies for you if you’re nice to them. They cost unique resources nethershards, however. Here’s a rundown:

• Honored:
• Cauterizing Void Shard — 5,000 NS. An instant 520,000 heal, 10 minute CD item that also damages you for 80,000 every three seconds for twelve seconds afterwards.
• Legionfall Banner — 4,000 NS. Places a banner at target location with the Legionfall logo. No mechanical effect.
• Revered:
• Legion Pocket Portal — 7,500 NS. A toy that opens a portal to a Legion world. Exactly what that means hasn’t been determined. 1 hour cooldown.
• Repurposed Fel Focuser — 7,500 NS. A 500 main-stat elixer that lasts for an hour. 15 minute cooldown.
• Exalted:
• Legion Invasion Simulator — 25,000 NS. Places you in the role of a Legion command ship. 20 minute cooldown toy.
• Legionfall Tabard — 10,000 NS. You can probably guess.

Broken Shore Nethershards and Sentinax

Elsewhere on the Broken Shore, killing mobs near the shadow of the giant Legion command ship Sentinax will award you with an item that starts a quest to learn how to control it. This awards various items, they include:

• Three tiers of demon summoning, across six versions. These intially summon new demons to an area to fight, then stronger ones, then special elites of that type. 
• A set of three that each produce significant amounts of various gathering materials — felslate, starlight roses or Blood of Sargeras.
• Nethershards, a currency which returns from the pre-Legion events and can be exchanged for various useful bits.

With Nethershards you can buy ilevel 835 gear, which can be upgraded with other items available in the Broken Shore. The two new Death Knight Glyph recipes are also available through this system. Lastly, one of the materials required for the new crafted legendaries is also there.

Broken Shore Shrines

Scattered around the zone are various shrines that can be clicked for unique buffs. Each lasts an hour and provides a massive power increased. Here’s the list:

• Ancient Power: Increased damage dealt by 15%.
• Ancient Fortitude: Reduces damage taken by 25%.
• Ancient Wisdom: Increases base stats by 20%.
• Ancient Winds: Increases Crit, Haste and Mastery by 5,000.

There are also various plants that spawn and will reduce max health but improve secondary stats. These are yet to be fully datamined.

WoW Patch 7.2 Legion Flying

Flying finally comes to Legion with patch 7.2, letting you complete your Legion Pathfinder achievement and take to the skies once more. Here’s what you’ll need to do to get off the ground:

• Complete Legion Pathfinder Part One — if you’ve been playing regularly, you’ve probably already completed this.
• Explore the Broken Shore — Go to every point of interest on the Broken Shore.
• Defender of the Broken Isles — This involves defeating the new Legion invasions in each zone on the Broken Isles.
• Legionfall Commander — Get Revered with the new faction.
• 2500 Nethershards — 2499 of these will be refunded upon completion.

To help you feel the need for flying, we’re also all getting…

WoW Patch 7.2 Class Mounts

These are unique mounts for each and every class, with various tints also available depending on specs. To get them you’ll need to complete the Broken Shore quest lines. Here’s what each looks like, from Blizzcon 2016’s reveal:

Wowhead have higher quality shots of each mount and their spec-based tints too. Along with this playlist of many of the questlines to obtain them:

WoW Patch 7.2 Artifact updates

Artifacts are getting big updates in 7.2. Each is receiving four new nodes — one four-point regular, a one-point regular, a one-point gold and the Concordance of the Legionfall node. This stacks up to 50, providing an increasing proc that provides a large amount of primary stat (or Versatility for tanks), starting at 2,000 and scaling to 11,800. Procs per minute is set at 1.37.

The list is below in that order. If numbers aren’t listed, the datamining has indicated they’re currently in prototyping. Some traits are also not yet implemented at all, as noted. Game Designer Sigma also pointed out on the forums that much of the tuning is still to be done, or hasn’t even been started, for many of the traits below. 

 Death Knight:

• Blood:
• Carrion Feast: Increases the healing of Death Strike by 5/10/15/20%.
• Vampiric Aura: Consumption grants 20% leech to you and four allies for 15 sec.
• Souldrinker: Overhealing done by Death Strike and Consumption increases your maximum health by 50% of the overheal amount, up to a maximum of 30% of your health.
• Frost:
• Runefrost: Increases the chance to trigger Runic Empowerment by 5/10/15/20%.
• Runic Chills: Crystalline Swords damage reduces the cooldown of Sindragosa’s Fury by 3 sec.
• Thronebreaker: Obliterate has a 100% chance to cause the target to be pierced from behind by a Crystalline Swords.
• Unholy:
• Lash of Shadows: Festering Wounds deal an additional 6/12/18/24% damage when burst.
• Death’s Harbinger: Apocalypse grants 3 Runes upon use.
• Festering Talons: hile under the effect of Dark Transformation, your abomination’s Cleaver / ghoul’s Claw has a 50% chance to burst a Festering Wound.

 Demon Hunter:

• Havoc:
• Wide Eyes: Reduces the cost of Eye Beam by 5/10/15/20 Fury.
• Bladedancer’s Grace: Increases the critical strike damage of Blade Dance by 20%.
• Chaotic Onslaught: Chaos Strike has a 10% chance to slash an additional time.
• Vengeance:
• Lingering Ordeal: Increases the duration of Metamorphosis by 0.5/1/1.5/2 sec.
• Erupting Souls: Soul Cleave deals (100% attack power) additional damage for each Soul Fragment it consumes.
• Flaming Soul: Damage from Soul Carver and Immolation Aura extends the duration of your Fiery Brand by 0.5 seconds.

 Druid:

• Balance:
• Light of the Evening Star: Increases the damage of Starfall by 3/6/9/12%.
• Wax and Wane: Moonfire increases the direct damage of your next Moonfire by 5%. This effect stacks 5 times.
• Circadian Invocation: Moonfire damage increases the Arcane damage you deal to the target by 1%, and Sunfire damage increases the Nature damage you deal to the target by 1%, each stacking up to 6 times..
• Feral:
• Thrashing Claws: Increases the damage of Thrash by 5/10/15/20%.
• Fury of Ashamane: Tiger’s Fury also grants 600 Versatility to you and four allies for 10 sec.
• Bloodletter’s Frailty: Ashamane’s Frenzy also increases the damage your Feral abilities deal to afflicted targets by 30%.
• Guardian:
• Scintillating Moonlight: Moonfire reduces damage dealt to you by 1/2/3/4%.
• Fleshknitting: Frenzied Regeneration gains 1 additional charge.
• Pawsitive Outlook: Thrash has a 15% chance to trigger an additional Thrash.
• Restoration:
• Eternal Restoration: Increases the duration of Essence of G’hanir by 1/2/3/4 sec.
• Joy of Spring: Effloresence’s healing increases up to 20% on a target that remains in Effloresence. 
• Deep Rooted: When your Rejuvenation, Regrowth, or Wild Growth heals a target below 35% health, its duration is refreshed.

 Hunter:

• Beast Mastery:
• Slithering Serpents: Reduces the cost of Cobra Shot by 2/4/6/8 Focus.
• Thunderslash: While Aspect of the Wild is active, Hati and your primary pet also trigger a Thunderslash with each auto attack, dealing (100% of Attack power) Nature damage.
• Cobra Commander: Cobra Shot has a chance to create Sneaky Snakes that attack the target.
• Marksmanship:
• Unerring Arrows: Increases the effectiveness of Vulnerability by 10/20/30/40%.
• Feet of the Wind: Aspect of the Cheetah grants you 50% dodge chance and makes you immune to snares.
• Cyclonic Burst: The trail of wind left by Windburst deals (300% of Attack power) damage every 1 sec to enemies within, and reduces their movement speed by 50%.
• Survival:
• Jaws of the Mongoose: Increases the critical strike damage of Mongoose Bite by 5/10/15/20%.
• Talon Bond: When Talon Strike triggers, your pet immediately attacks 2 times.
• Echos of Ohn’ara: Flanking Strike has a 10% chance to summon the spirit of Ohn’ara to smite your foe for (1,000% attack power) Nature damage.

 Mage:

• Arcane:
• Aegwynn’s Intensity: Increases the crit chance of Arcane Missiles by 3/6/9/12%.
• Aluneth’s Avarice: Mark of Aluneth restores 20% maximum mana when it detonates.
• Time and Space: Arcane Explosion echos at the last location where you cast Arcane Explosion within the last 6 sec, for 20% damage.
• Fire:
• Pre-Ignited: Increases the duration of Combustion by 1/2/3/4 sec.
• Warmth of the Phoenix: Phoenix’s Flames has a 50% chance to grant 800 critical strike to you and four allies for 10 sec.
• Strafing Run: Phoenix’s Flames chains to an additional 2 targets, dealing 75% damage with each jump.
• Frost:
• Obsidian Lance: Increases Ice Lance damage against frozen targets by 3/6/9/12%.
• Freezing Rain: While Frozen Orb is active, Blizzard’s cast time is reduced by 100%.
• Glacial Eruption: When Ebonbolt damages a target, a pillar of ice bursts from the ground at that location after 1 sec, dealing (500% of Spell power) Shadowfrost damage.

 Monk:

• Brewmaster:
• Draught of Darkness: Increases the damage of Blackout Strikes by 5/10/15/20%.
• Stave Off: Keg Smash has a 20% chance to trigger another Keg Smash.
• Quick Sip: Drinking Purifying Brew grants Ironskin Brew. Drinking Ironskin Brew purifies 5% of your Staggered damage.
• Mistweaver:
• Tendrils of Revival: Reduces the cooldown of Revival by 10/20/30/40 sec.
• Effusive Mists: Effuse causes Sheilun to generate a cloud of mist.
• Whispers of Shaohao: Consuming the mists of Sheilun causes each active mist to additionally heal a nearby target for (200% spell power).
• Windwalker:
• Split Personality: Reduces the recharge time of Storm, Earth, and Fire by 3/6/9/12 sec.
• Master of Combinations: Triggering Combo Strikes has a chance to grant 600 mastery rating to you and four allies for 6 sec.
• Thunderfist: Strike of the Windlord grants you a stack of Thunderfist for each enemy struck. Thuderfist discharges upon melee strikes, dealing (200% of attack power) Nature damage.

 Paladin:

• Holy:
• Tyr’s Munificence: Increases the range of Tyr’s Deliverance by 2/4/6/8 yards, healing by 5%, and the healing bonus granted by 5%.
• Stocism: Damage taken from Light of the Martyr reduced by 15%.
• Sacred Dawn: All allies inside your Light of Dawn receive 10% increased healing from your spells for 6 sec.
• Protection:
• Holy Aegis: Increases parry chance by 1/2/3/4%.
• Defender of Truth: Ardent Defender grants an absorb shield for 12% of maximum health when it fades.
• Blessed Stalwart: Your Judgment grants you Blessed Stalwart, increasing the damage and damage reduction of your next Shield of the Righteous by 25%
• Retribution:
• Righteous Verdict: Holy Power spending abilities increase the damage of your next Divine Hammer or Blade of Justice by 5/10/15/20%.
• Blessing of the Ashbringer: When your Greater Blessings are active, gain Blessing of the Ashbringer. Blessing of the Ashbringer grants 2500 Attack Power.
• Judge Unworthy: When you deal damage to a target afflicted by Judgment, it has a 50% chance to spread to a nearby target. 

 Priest:

• Discipline:
• Lenience’s Reward: Atonement reduces damage taken by 0.5/1/1.5/2%.
• Tyranny of Pain: Pain Suppression also heals the target for 33% of damage taken during Pain Suppression.
• Aegis of Wrath: Power Word: Shield absorbs 50% additional damage, but the target takes 3% of the remaining absorb amount as Shadow damage every 1 sec.
• Holy:
• Caress of the Naaru: Increases the healing bonus from Light of T’uure by 5/10/15/20%.
• Times and Measures: Damage you take has a chance to reset the cooldown of Desperate Prayer, proportional to the magnitude of that damage.
• Cosmic Ripple: When Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify finish their cooldown, you emit a burst of light that heals up to 5 injured targets for (200% spell power).
• Shadow:
• Fiending Dark: Increases the duration of Shadowfiend by 5/9/14/18 sec.
• Mind Quickening: Void Torrent grants 800 Haste to you and four allies for 15 sec.
• Lash of Insanity: Void Tendrils summoned by Call to the Void generate 3 Insanity for you when they deal damage with Mind Flay.

 Rogue:

• Assassination:
• Strangler: Increases the damage of Garrote by 4/8/12/16%.
• Dense Concoction: Crimson Vial reduces the damage you take by 4%, increasing by 4% every second.
• Sinister Circulation: Successful Lethal Poison applications reduce the cooldown of Kingsbane by 0.5 seconds.
• Outlaw:
• Sabermetrics: Increases the critical strike damage of Saber Slash by 5/10/15/20%.
• Dreadblade’s Vigor: Curse of the Dreadblades also increases your damage done by 10% while it is active.
• Loaded Dice: Activating Adrenaline Rush causes your next Slice and Dice to be 30% more effective or Roll the Bones to grant at least two matches.
• Subtlety:
• Etched in Shadow: Increases the effectiveness of Symbols of Death by 1/2/3/4%.
• Shadow’s Whisper: Shadow Techniques also grants you 5 Energy.
• Feeding Frenzy: Goremaw’s Bite causes your next three finishing moves to consume no Energy.

 Shaman:

• Elemental:
• Elemental Destabilization: Increases the effectiveness of Elemental Fury by 5/10/15/20%.
• Swelling Maelstrom: Increases your maximum Maelstrom and the maximum cost of Earth Shock by 25.
• Seismic Storm: Earthquake damage has a 5% chance to cause Seismic Lightning, dealing (700% of Spell power) Nature damage to the target.
• Enhancement:
• Crashing Hammer: Increases the damage of Crash Lightning by 5/10/15/20%.
• Winds of Change: Windfury attacks generate an additional 2 Maelstrom.
• Lashing Flames: Your Flametongue damage causes the target to take 2% increased damage from your next Lava Lash, stacking.
• Restoration:
• Tidewalker: Increases the duration of Spiritwalker’s Grace by 2/4/6/8 sec.
• Pitter-Patter: Increases healing of Healing Rain by 30%
• Deep Waters: 3 sec after casting Gift of the Queen, Sharas’dal casts another Gift of the Queen at the same location.

 Warlock:

• Affliction:
• Winnowing: Increases the critical strike chance of your damage over time effects by 1/2/3/4%.
• Sinister Seeds: Seed of Corruption requires 40% less damage to explode.
• Rend Soul: Drain Soul damage has a 12% chance to rend the target’s soul, dealing (300% of Spell power) Shadow damage and summoning an additional Tormented Soul.
• Demonology:
• Left Hand of Darkness: Increases the damage of your pet by 5/10/15/20%.
• Jaws of Shadow: Dreadbite increases damage taken from your Wild Imps’ Fel Firebolt by 20%.
• Thal’kiel’s Ascendance: Demonic Empowerment has a 50% chance to enrage Thal’kiel, causing each of your pets to deal (50% of spell power) Shadow damage to its current target
• Destruction:
• Flames of Sargeras: Increases the damage of Conflagrate by 8/16/24/32%.
• Cry Havoc: When Chaos Bolt damages a target afflicted by Havoc, it explodes, dealing (100% of Spell power) damage to enemies within 8 yards.
• Flame Rift: Dimensional Rift can now summon a powerful Flame Rift.

 Warrior:

• Arms
• Storm of Swords: Increases the damage of Bladestorm by 5/10/15/20%.
• Soul of the Slaughter: Spending Rage has a 0.50% chance per rage spent to heal you for 1,000% attack power.
• Executioner’s Precision: Execute causes the target to take 50% more damage from your next Mortal Strike stacking up to 2 times.
• Fury
• Pulse of Battle: Raging Blow critical strikes generate an additional 1/2/3/4 Rage.
• Oathblood: Bloodthirst has a 10% chance to trigger a second Bloodthirst.
• Death and Glory: Odyn’s Furys is empowered by either Odyn or Helya. Odyn empowers Odyn’s Fury with (300% attack power) Fire damage and generates 20 Rage. Helya empowers Odyn’s Fury with Shadow damage which heals you for 100% of the damage it deals.
• Protection
• Bastion of the Aspects: Increases damage prevented by a Shield Block by 2/4/6/8%.
• Gleaming Scales: Spell Reflection reduces magical damage you take by an additional 20%
• Neltharion’s Thunder: Thunderclap now applies Neltharion’s Thunder, reducing your damage taken from the target by 1%, stacking up to 5 times.

Unlocking these is done via a quest chain right at the start of the patch, the same one that introduces the new Broken Shore zone. There’s also more artifact knowledge to gain, now up to level 50. However, all values are non-final, despite early panicking, so we don’t know quite how much grinding it will require yet. Ion Hazzikostas laid out some non-specific plans on the forum and community manager Josh Allen followed up a little while later.

Current values sit at 100,100% for AK 26 through to 55,200,100% for AK 50. With this system comes an expansion of the catch-up mechanism, allowing alts to be automatically put to level 45 so long as your main is level 50. For reference, the final artifact point costs two hundred trillion AP.

The way you receive AP from dungeon runs, particularly Mythic+, is changing as well. As part of a program to stop the endless Maw of Souls farming that was previously required to hit max rank, as well as vary up which dungeons are most saught after. Time-spent is going to be a factor in how much AP is rewarded at the end of runs, though exact figures weren’t provided for that either. There will also be a significant amount rewarded in the end-of-week chest based on highest M+ completed, with it maxing out at level 10.

On top of the above, you’ll be able to equip multi-trait relics once you’ve acquired the two new Order Hall upgrades present in patch 7.2. There will also be a new appearence available from «challenging» solo content. These appearences were shown off at BlizzCon 2016, and you can see all of them on Wowhead. The various alternate colours are unlocked through doing the following:

• Finishing Heroic Tomb of Sargaras using the appearence.
• Winning 10 ranked battlegrounds using the appearence.
• Defeating every Legion dungeon boss using the appearence

WoW Patch 7.2 Legendaries

Targeting slots for legendaries is now possible in patch 7.2. Relinquished items have been added, which are purchasable items from the Broken Shore that have a chance to become legendary when used. Depending on which you buy, the legendary will be in that slot.

Crafted legendaries are also on the way in 7.2, with a unique questline to unlock them and some serious investment required. Here’s what they do, along with having a prismatic socket each:

• Celumbra, the Night’s Dichotomy. Crit / Haste Cloth Shoulder.
• You are able to see invisible and stealthed enemies during the day and and reduces your damage taken by 5% and increases your movement speed by 10%.
• The Sentinel’s Eternal Refuge. Crit / Mastery Leather Shoulder.
• Each time you kill an enemy, you gain 5% movement speed for 5 min, stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks, while you are out of combat you turn into a Wisp, increasing your movement speed further and granting you the ability to fly.
• Vigilance Perch. Haste / Mastery Mail Shoulder.
• Each time you kill an enemy, you gain 5% movement speed for 5 min, stacking up to 5 times. At 5 stacks, while you are out of combat you turn into a Spirit Owl, increasing your movement speed further and granting you the ability to fly.
• Rethu’s Incessarnt Courage. Haste / Master Plate Belt.
• When an enemy is within 8 yards of you, you heal for 2% of your maximum health every 3 seconds. When no enemies are within 8 yards of you, your movement speed is increased by 15%.

Several legendary items are also being changed:

• All specs:
• Sephuz’s Secret:
• Now always grants 10% increased movement speed and 3% Haste.
• When triggered, this bonus is increased to 70% movement speed and 25% Haste.
• Movement speed bonuses now stack with other movement speed bonuses.
• DK/Paladin/Warrior:
• Aggramar’s Stride:
• Added 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Now grants movement speed equal to 75% of your Haste, Critical Strike, Mastery, or Versatility, whichever is highest.
• Mage/Priest/Warlock:
• Norgannon’s Foresight:
• Added 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940), as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Charge time decreased to 6 seconds from 8
• Duration decreased to 4 seconds from 5
• Hunter/Shaman:
• Roots of Shaladrassil:
• Added 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940), as a third bonus secondary stat.
•  Death Knight
• All specs:
• Acherus Drapes:
• Added 771 Mastery (@ ilvl 940).
• Blood:
• Rattlegore Bone Legplates:
• Now also increases Bone Shield’s damage reduction by 2%.
• Service of Gorefiend:
• Added 1233 Leech (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.
• Frost:
• Perseverance of the Ebon Martyr:
• Howling Blast bonus damage decreased to 20% from 40%
• Unholy:
• Death March:
• Now also increases Death Strike and Death Coil damage by 15%. 
•  Demon Hunter:
• Havoc:
• Achor, the Eternal Hunger:
• Added 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Loramus Thalipedes’ Sacrifice:
• Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit.
• Mo’arg Bionic Stabilizers:
• Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit.
• Raddon’s Cascading Eyes:
• Cooldown reduction is triggered by enemies hit, rather than crits.
• Vengeance:
• The Defiler’s Lost Vambraces:
• Added 539 Avoidance (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.
•  Druid:
• All Specs
• Ekowraith, Creator of Worlds:
• Added 658 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Balance
• Promise of Elune, the Moon Goddess:
• Now also increases the damage of Solar Wrath and Lunar Strike by 8%.
• Feral
• Chatoyant Signet:
• Now also increases your Energy regeneration by 5%.
• Fiery Red Maimers:
• Now also causes your next Maim to cost no Energy.
• Guardian
• Oakheart’s Puny Quods:
• Barkskin instantly grants 45 Rage plus an additional 30 Rage (was 15 Rage) over 3 seconds.
• Restoration
• The Dark Titan’s Advice:
• Now also causes Lifebloom’s periodic healing to have a 5% chance to trigger the final healing effect.
• Tearstone of Elune:
• Allies healed by your Wild Growth have a 15% (was 20%) chance to also gain Rejuvenation.
• X’oni’s Caress:
• Now also reduces Ironbark’s cooldown by 25%.
• Essence of Infusion:
• Tranquility heals targets below 60% (was 50%) health for 60% (was 50%) more.
• Aman’Thul’s Wisdom:
• Redesigned to: When your Rejuvenation heals a full health target, its duration is increased by 3 seconds, up to a maximum total increase of 15 seconds per cast.
•  Hunter:
• The Shadow Hunter’s Voodoo Mask:
• Added 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
•  Mage:
• All specs:
• Belo’vir’s Final Stand:
• Added 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Shard of the Exodar:
• Changed to: Your Time Warp does not cause Temporal Displacement on yourself and is not affected by Temporal Displacement or similar effects on yourself.
• Arcane:
• Cord of Infinity:
• Each time Arcane Missiles hits an enemy, the damage of your next Mark of Aluneth is increased by 1.0%. This effect stacks.
• Fire:
• Pyrotex Ignition Cloth:
• Phoenix Flames reduces the remaining cooldown on Combustion by 9 seconds (increased from 6 seconds).
•  Monk:
• Mistweaver:
• Eye of Collidus the Warp-Watcher:
• Each time Soothing Mist heals, the absorb amount of your next Life Cocoon is increased by 3% (was 1%), stacking up to 50 times (was 100).
• Fixed a bug where the second Soothing Mist from Unison Spaulders did not grant a second stack of the buff.
• Ovyd’s Winter Wrap:
• Changed to: Each time Enveloping Mist heals, its healing bonus has a 50% chance to spread to an injured ally within 30 yards.
• Ei’thas, Lunar Glides of Eramas:
• Redesigned to: Uplifting Trance increases your Vivify healing by an additional 20% and causes it to heal 1 additional target.
• Windwalker:
• Hidden Master’s Forbidden Touch:
• Now also increases Touch of Death’s damage by 40%.
• Katsuo’s Eclipse:
• Reduce the cost of Fists of Fury by 1 Chi (was 2 Chi).
• Drinking Horn Cover:
• The duration of Storm, Earth, and Fire is reduced by 0.4 seconds (was 0.6 seconds) for every Chi you spend.
• March of the Legion:
• Added 641 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• The Emperor’s Capacitor:
• Chi spenders increase the damage of your next Crackling Jade Lightning by 100% and reduce its cost by 5%, stacking up to 20 times.
•  Paladin:
• Holy:
• Tyr’s Hand of Faith:
• Reduces the cooldown of Lay on Hands by 70% (was 60%).
• Uther’s Guard:
• Added 797 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Protection:
• Tyelca, Ferren Marcus’s Stature:
• Now also increases Avenger’s Shield’s damage by 20%.
• Retribution:
• Aegisjalmur, the Armguards of Awe:
• Added 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Triggered Shield of Vengeance amount reduced from 200% to 100%.
• Justice Gaze:
• Added effect: Causes Hammer of Justice to generate 1 Holy Power.
•  Priest:
• Discipline
• Skjoldr, Sanctuary of Ivagont:
• Now also increases Power Word: Shield’s absorb amount by 20%.
• Holy
• Muze’s Unwavering Will:
• Health threshold reduced to 50% health (was 75%).
• Now also affects Flash Heal.
• Rammal’s Ulterior Motive:
• Healing bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).
• Shadow
•  Zenk’aram, Iridi’s Anadem:
• Now also increases Voidform’s Shadow damage dealt bonus by 3%.
•  Anund’s Seared Shackles:
• Each time Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch deal damage, your next Void Bolt gains 3% (was 4%) increased damage, stacking up to 50 times.

•  Rogue
• All specs:
• Insignia of Ravenholdt:
• Your single-target combo-point generating attacks deal 15% additional damage as Shadow to all targets within 15 yards in front of you.
• Will of Valeera:
• Added 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
•  Shaman:
• Enhancement:
• Akainu’s Absolute Justice:
• Lava Lash deals 50% (was 30%) increased damage while your weapons are enhanced by both Flametongue and Frostbrand.
•  Warlock:
• All Specs:
• Pillars of the Dark Portal:
• Added 658 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Affliction:
• Sacrolash’s Dark Strike:
• Now also increases Corruption’s damage by 15%.
•  Warrior:
• All Specs
• Timeless Stratagem
• Added 719 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Mannoroth’s Bloodletting Manacles
• Added 771 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Protection
• The Walls Fell
• Name changed from Destiny Driver
• Now also increases Shield Slam’s Rage generation by 2.
• Thundergod’s Vigor
• Each enemy you hit with Thunder Clap reduces the remaining cooldown on Demoralizing Shout by 3 seconds (was 1 second).

 

WoW Patch 7.2 Champions

There’ll be a whole batch of new class hall champions in this patch, as well as an increase in the cap by one to accomodate them. Some classes are getting more than one with new unique quests, while everyone gets one through the Breaching the Tomb storyline quests. Here’s the list:

An Order Hall upgrade will also give you access to a new kind of troop.

WoW Patch 7.2 PvP Brawls

• We’re opening the first of 7.2’s PvP Brawls – Southshore vs. Tarren Mill. If you were around for our 10th Anniversary Celebration a couple of years ago, you’ll recognize this brawl, but it could use some additional testing to make sure everything’s working properly in the 7.2 environment.

PvP brawls, similar to Hearthstone and Overwatch’s take on the formula, will be weird changes to how a battleground or area functions for a week. It will be a separate queue, targetted at players wanting to blow off steam rather than the hardcore. Here’s a list of what will be available, as announced at BlizzCon 2016:

• Southshore vs. Tarren Mill — Large scale team deathmatch, first debuted at the 10th anniversary event.
• Warsong Scramble — WSG, but you can cap without your own flag, making it more of a race. There’s also new powerups and many more flags.
• Packed House: 15 v 15 Arena — Going to be a tad hectic, we’d guess.
• Eye of the Storm Gravity Lapse — Periodically shoots players up into the air, letting you traverse quite a lot of the map at speed. Players land without fall damage.
• Winter Arathi Basin — Low visibility and iced over waterways change Arathi for the colder.
• Eye of the Horn — Eye of the Storm on rams. Obviously.

WoW Patch 7.2 Demon Assaults

• The Burning Legion is assaulting Azeroth with renewed determination. Look for Broken Isles zones to come under attack, fight to drive the Legion back, and defend the lands of your new allies.

These are zone-wide events, similar to the demonic invasions that ran ahead of the expansion launch. When one is active in a Broken Isles zone, the world quests there will be disabled and replaced with ones to stop the Legion — mainly, by killing large demons. These will count towards emissary caches as normal, as well as meaning the zone has a significantly different aesthetic during the invasion.

Each invasion progresses in stages before culminating in a three-player scenario to beat the Legion back. MMO Champion says one such scenario will send you up to the Legion ship in the sky; here you’ll fight various NPCs before taking on the leader and bringing down the ship. Wowhead’s slightly buggy video of this is below.

WoW Patch 7.2 Mythic+ Affixes

There’s new affixes coming in patch 7.2, to keep the M+ folks on their toes. Here’s what’s been datamined so far:

• Bursting:
• When slain, non-boss enemies explode, causing all players to suffer 10% of their max health in damage over 4 seconds, stacking.
• Grievous:
• While below 90% health players are afflicted with Grievous Wound.
• Fel Explosives:
• While in combat, enemies periodically summon an Explosive Orb that will explode if not destroyed.
• Quaking:
• Periodically players in the zone will explode and damage nearby allies.
• Relentless:
• Non-boss enemies are granted temporary immunity to Loss of Control effects.

The following adjustments have also been made to previous affixes:

• Bolstering, Necrotic, Skittish, Fortified, Tyrannical and Sanguine changed.
• Overflowing removed.

Elsewhere in M+-land, boss and trash mechanics have been «adjusted» with the example given being seagulls in Eye of Azshara providing completion percentage. Expect more details once the dedicated have had some more time with the build.

WoW Patch 7.2 Transmog changes 

• A new ‘Sets’ tab in the Appearances UI is where you’ll find this new way of tracking item sets from previous Raids, PvP Seasons, and more.
• Set tokens for all raids from Serpentshrine to Siege of Orgrimmar have been updated to provide loot for your spec on right-click, in the same manner as newer raid set tokens. The vendor functionality of these items has not been changed.

As well as showing you which sets are available, this tracks which items are missing, tells you where to get them and allows you to preview the set as a whole more easily.

A datamined text string titled «TRANSMOG_REQUIRED_HOLIDAY» implies that certain holiday items — like Halloween witches hats — will become transmoggable, but only during their holiday period. Raiding with witches, essentially, but only in the spooky time.

WoW Patch 7.2 Paragon Reputation

• Reputation earned beyond Exalted will now contribute towards earning additional rewards from Broken Isles faction emissaries.

Exactly what this means isn’t clear, but looks to be another reputation level called Paragon. Upon each Paragon hit, you get an emissary cache from that faction. Five mounts have been added, one for each emissary cache, as rare drops — alongside the usual selection of items, curious coins and possible legendaries.

WoW Patch 7.2 Pet Battle Dungeon

• Something nefarious is going on in the world of pet battles, and it’s up to you to look into it. If you have at least one level 25 battle pet, speak to Breanni in Dalaran to get directions to this new scenario.

Not much information available about this yet, but expect testing to commence once the PTR is stable and there to be guides a-plenty.

WoW Patch 7.2 Tab Targeting

• Tab targeting should feel more natural. While in combat, you will no longer be able to accidentally tab to a target that is out of combat with you. Furthermore, you’re no longer able to tab to a target that neither your character nor your camera can see.

Still a work-in-progress, but this is something that’s been much-requested since the launch of Legion. Despite being reverted to WoD functionality early on, players have found tab targetting buggy and unreliable. 7.2 has the first steps towards fixing that from Blizzard.

WoW Patch 7.2 Profession Changes

• The Obliterum Forge will now always be available to players, and requires no questline.
• All item level 815 crafted end-game gear will now be crafted at item level 835.
• All existing items between item levels 815-830 will retain their existing item level. The first application of Obliterum will bring them up to 840, and the Obliterum cap has been increased to iLvl 875.
• Some World Quests that are related to Professions now reward 1 skill point in their associated Profession.
• Archaeology
• You can now get Artifact Power from Archaeology.
• New Elite digsites have been discovered in the Broken Isles.
• All enemies summoned by Archaeology can now be killed by multiple nearby players.
• Cooking
• Nomi now provides Prepared Ingredients as part of his work orders, which can be combined to create up to 10 servings of a random recipe known by the player.

Archaeology

AP rewards come in various flavours, scaling from 85 base AP (multiplied by artifact knowledge) to 750. They’re classed as WoW’s various rarities up to Epic, so expect them to be roughly as common as you’d expect.

Fishing

New files indicate fishing updates including a new currency and various sorts of boss monsters, likely accidentally fished up.

Inscription

Vantus runes have been added for Tomb of Sargeras, as well as all Legion dungeons. Four glyphs have also been added, two Succubus skins for Warlocks and two Death Grip skins for Death Knights.

Various

Costs of various Alchemy and Engineering projects have been reduced.

After speaking about it in a Q&A, Blizzard have implemented the change to remove the bracer requirements from unlocking the Obliterum forge, citing that this became less interesting and more of a money sink as the expansion went on. The Obliterum Forge will also receive new ways to turn multiple bits of unwanted PvP gear into single pieces of desired gear.

WoW Patch 7.2 friendly nameplates

You won’t be able to mod friendly nameplates come patch 7.2, due to some issues with mods anchoring to them and making mechanics of boss fights meaningless. More details in this forum thread.

That’s it for this patch — 7.2.5 will likely hit PTR just after 7.2’s launch.