Patch 5.0.5 Build 16030 - Class Spell Changes

Death Knight

• Blood Presence now increases Stamina by 25%, up from 8%.

Frost

• Threat of Thassarian now increases your Frost Strike damage by 40%, down from 50%.

Druid

• Hurricane base damage increased by 27% and SP scaling increased by 7%.
• Swipe now does 400% weapon damage, up from 375%.
• Thrash damage increased by 7%.

Talents

• Dream of Cenarius now increases the damage done by your next 2 Moonfire or Sunfire casts by 50%, down from 65%.

Hunter

• Aspect of the Beast now has a 1 sec cooldown.
• Aspect of the Cheetah now has a 1 sec cooldown.
• Aspect of the Fox now has a 1 sec cooldown.
• Aspect of the Hawk now has a 1 sec cooldown.
• Aspect of the Pack now has a 1 sec cooldown.

Talents

• Aspect of the Iron Hawk now has a 1 sec cooldown.

Pets

• Burrow Attack now costs 50 Focus, up from 20. Base damage reduced by 50%..
• Froststorm Breath now costs 50 Focus, up from 20.
• Rabid now increases your pet's attack power by 25% for 20 sec, down from 50%.

Mage

• Ice Lance base damage increased by 13%. SP scaling increased by 13%.
• Mana Attunement increases mana regeneration by 400%, up from 150%.

Frost

• Frostbolt causes the target to take an additional 5% damage from your Frostbolt and Ice Lance, and your Water Elemental's Waterbolt, down from 8%.

Major Glyphs

• Glyph of Ice Lance: Your Ice Lance now hits 1 additional target for 40% damage, down from 50%.

Monk

• Chi Torpedo damage increased by 10% and healing increased by 25%. AP scaling increased to 51.8%, up from 41.4%.
• Spinning Crane Kick now does damage every .75 sec and lasts 2.2 sec, rather than every 1 sec for 3 sec.

Talents

• Chi Torpedo damage increased by 10% and healing increased by 25%. AP scaling increased to 51.8%, up from 41.4%.
• Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger damage increased by 10%.
• Rushing Jade Wind damage increased by 10%. AP scaling increased to 82.5%, up from 75%.

Brewmaster

• Stance of the Sturdy Ox now increases Energy regeneration by 10%, down from 30%. Stagger now causes 80% (was 70%) of the damage to happen instantly and the remaining 20% (was 30%) to be divided over 10 sec.

Paladin
Retribution

• Divine Storm now does 100% weapon damage, down from 130%.
• Mastery: Hand of Light now grants certain spells 15% additional damage as Holy damage, down from 17%.

Priest

• Mind Sear damage and SP scaling increased by 30%.

Rogue
Combat

• Blade Flurry now reduces energy regeneration by 20% when active, down from 30%.

Subtlety

• Premeditation now allows additional combo points to last 18 sec, down from 20.

Shaman

• Chain Lightning damage and SP scaling reduced by 18%.

Warlock

• Seed of Corruption base seed damage reduced by 30%. Damage target needs to take before explosion and SP scaling reduced by 30%.

Talents

• Harvest Life damage and SP scaling reduced by 30%.

Affliction

• Seed of Corruption base seed damage reduced by 30%. Damage target needs to take before explosion and SP scaling reduced by 30%.

Demonology

• Felguard: Felstorm now does 100% weapon damage, down from 150%.
• Hellfire damage and SP scaling reduced by 30%.
• Metamorphosis: Void Ray damage and SP scaling reduced by 30%.

Destruction

• Fire and Brimstone: Your next Immolate, Incinerate, Conflagrate or Curse will hit all targets within 15 yards of the target and deal 43.4% of their normal damage, down from 55.8%.
• Havoc now has a 25 sec cooldown, down from 45 sec.

Pets

• Felstorm now does 100% weapon damage, down from 150%.

Warrior

• Item - Warrior PvP Set 4P Bonus - Increases your speed by 70% for 3 sec after using Heroic Leap. This replaces the old Item - Warrior PvP Set 4P Bonus.

Talents

• Dragon Roar now does a .5 sec knockdown, down from 3 sec.

Raid & Dungeon Abilities

• Stomp Splits 750,000 Splits 675,000 damage between all targets within 25 yards.

Class Changes at 5.0.4 Build 16016 (Aug 21 2012)

Class Changes at World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria Beta Patch 5.0.4 Client Build 16016 (Aug 21 2012)
 (source: blizzard)

 Death Knight: Presences have changed. Frost Presence now increases your Runic Power generation, and each specialization learns a passive effect that should cause that specialization to favor the corresponding Presence for general use. Necrotic Strike, as well as the new talent Death Siphon, both cost a Death Rune, meaning that they can only be used when one of your runes has been transformed to Death.

 Druid: The Feral specialization has been split into Feral (for Cat-focused druids) and Guardian (for Bear-focused druids) specializations. Each of the four specializations has a more distinct and different set of tools, but all of the spells available to the specialization are now useful. For example, Feral and Guardian druids can cast Healing Touch for a useful amount of healing, and Balance and Restoration druids can make better use of the Cat Form and Bear Form abilities they have.

 Hunter : There is no longer a minimum range for the class. The ranged weapon slot has been removed from the game; hunters now equip their ranged weapon in the main hand weapon slot. Hunters now benefit from Expertise as their ranged attacks can be dodged. Any type of pet can now choose any specialization (Ferocity, Tenacity, or Cunning).

 Mage: Mages received many changes intended to flesh out rotations and make them more interesting. Arcane mages now have a more complex rotation. Fire mages now have tools to control the random nature of their spells. Frost mages are now considerably stronger at sustained damage dealing, and now viable in PvE. Much of the crowd control and survivability that was unique to Frost has been spread to the whole class, or made available to all specs as talents.

 Paladin: Paladins now have several ranged abilities, though remain primarily melee combatants. In-line with streamlining raid buffs (more on that below), Auras have been removed, and the buff focus is now on Seals. Paladins can now store up to 5 Holy Power at a time, but still can only use up to 3 on each Holy Power spender.

 Priest: Mana pools are fixed for all casters (more on this below). Chakras are now more similar to warrior stances. Changes have been made to Discipline to further support the damage absorption playstyle. Shadow priests now have Shadow Orbs as a resource, which can be generated by some of their basic spells, and spent on either strong damage or crowd control.

 Rogue: Poisons are now Spellbook abilities that affect both weapons at once. Poisons are divided into two categories, Lethal (Deadly or Wound Poison) and Non-Lethal (the rest), and you may have one poison of each type active at once. Many abilities that used to be restricted to a single specialization are now talents and available to all specializations; so you can have a Shadowstepping Combat rogue or an Assassination rogue with Cheat Death. Dagger speeds have been normalized such that the niche of the “fast dagger” intended for the off-hand no longer exists. Any dagger should be fine to equip in either hand.

 Shaman: Totems no longer provide long-term buffs. Some of the old passive effects are now innately provided by the shaman. Totems instead have short-term situational benefits. In light of this the totem multidrop UI has been removed, though all totem spells are now sorted under draggable elemental flyouts in the Spellbook.

 Warlock: Each warlock specialization has a unique secondary resource which allows them temporary surges in power. Affliction warlocks focus more on layering multiple periodic damage effects, and amplifying their effects, and use Soul Shards rotationally for strong damage, or occasionally for utility as before. Demonology warlocks now have a new Demonic Fury resource, instead of Soul Shards, which is built by casting their normal spells. Destruction warlocks now use Burning Embers as a resource, which is built up slowly through casting their normal spells, and spent in bursts of massive damage. Warlocks no longer use armor spells, instead gaining additional armor and bonus health passively. All demons deal similar damage and are no longer linked to a specific spec. Doomguard, Infernal and Soulstone cooldowns reset upon wiping to a raid or dungeon boss.

 Warrior: The design of Rage has changed to function more like a valuable resource. Warriors no longer naturally gain Rage from taking damage, but instead generate Rage with their primary attacks, such as Mortal Strike, Bloodthirst, and Shield Slam. Stances also now share a single action bar, rather than changing your action bar, and abilities are no longer restricted by stance. In addition, the benefits of the stances have changed considerably, with Berserker Stance allowing the warrior to gain some Rage from taking damage, Battle Stance making the warrior gain additional Rage from dealing damage, and Defensive Stance focused on survivability.