Patch 7.2 Official Patch Notes - Updated March 27th

Di Wowhead [Last Updated]: 02/01/2018 Patch: 10.2.6

Official Patch Notes

Blizzard

Here are the full patch notes for Patch 7.2: Tomb of Sargeras.

New Features

The Broken ShoreReturn to the Broken Shore and take the fight to the heart of the Legion's power on Azeroth. Begin your journey in a new Scenario, and then lead the against the demonic invasion of Azeroth.The dynamic ebb and flow of will keep you on your toes as new , bosses, treasures, and a powerful demon command ship called the Sentinax make for an exciting new experience every day.Join a region-wide, cross-faction effort to construct buildings that open new content and provide a variety of benefits to help in the fight against the Legion.
New Dungeon: The Cathedral of Eternal NightThe upper chambers of the were once a place of worship to Elune. Since the Legion's invasion, fel minions have desecrated this holy place, twisting it into their own image. Now, this site will host a battle that could turn the tide of the invasion. While the Armies of Legionfall engage the fel army directly, a small group of heroes infiltrates the upper reaches of the cathedral in a desperate hope to return the Aegis of Aggramar to its resting place. Inside this new dungeon, you'll face:

- This ancient served the night elves priestesses of the Temple of Elune, tending the beautiful Hanging Gardens. But after the malevolence of the Legion infected the Cathedral, the guardian absorbed fel energy through his roots. Now the twisted spreads corruption throughout the sanctuary he once protected, believing he has finally achieved his ideal state.
- Smashspite's detestable brother, Thrashbite has been dispatched to wipe out the mortals entering the cathedral's grand library. The dimwitted mo'arg lacks any respect for knowledge or learning, feeling petty satisfaction as he crashes through ancient artifacts and tramples priceless tomes.
- With the Aegis of Aggramar socketed back into its cradle, leads an onslaught of demons to destroy the relic.
- With the forces of Azeroth pushing against his front line, has fallen back to the , where he will employ all his cunning to ensure the heroes fail in securing the Aegis of Agrammar.

This new dungeon is available in Heroic, Mythic, and Mythic Keystone difficulties.
Class CampaignsAfter securing a foothold on the and making progress with the , every class continues its own campaign to unify in the war effort. Your Class Hall will be the base from which you will embark on a new quest chain, find a new potential Follower, and discover new class-specific .Once your class campaign and the Legionfall campaign on the are complete, all new epic class mounts will become available to those who finish the subsequent class mount quests.
Demon AssaultsThe Burning Legion is preparing to assault Azeroth with renewed determination. After you regain a foothold on the , don't be surprised if Broken Isles zones later come under attack. It will be up to you to fight to drive the Legion back and defend the lands of your new allies.
Flying in the Broken IslesTake your final steps to complete the , Part 2 achievement to unlock flying in the Broken Isles.
Legion Reputation ProgressReputation earned beyond Exalted will now contribute towards earning additional rewards from Broken Isles faction emissaries. These new reward caches have a rare chance to reward new faction mounts, such as the , , and .
PvP brawlsA series of new twists on popular player-versus-player activities are on the way. Starting with “Southshore vs. Tarren Mill”, “Gravity Lapse”, and “Warsong Scramble”, PvP Brawls offer a variety of mode, rules, and scenic changes to the usual Battleground gameplay. Look for the brawl option in the Group Finder (default hotkey: i) Player vs. Player tab, under the Casual selection.
Pet Battle DungeonSomething nefarious is going on in the world of pet battles, and it's worth a closer look. If you have at least one level 25 battle pet, speak to in Dalaran to get directions to this new scenario.

Updated Features

Character EmpowermentYour bond with your Artifact has grown stronger, and your has continued to increase. Upon reaching 25, you will receive the quest “”, which allows you to unlock further knowledge levels. Additionally, once you have 35 or more traits in your Artifact, the time has come to improve your Artifact even more. Unlock a set of new empowered traits, additional ranks for many of your original traits, and a new final trait by embarking on a new questline.Your weapon isn't the only thing increasing in power. From dungeon drops to World Quest rewards to items created with your professions, your armor upgrades at higher item levels than before. All the better to fight the Legion!
Transmogrification SetsA 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.
Class Combat UpdatesThe launch of Legion included many updates to class animations, sounds, and spell effects. These improvements continue in Patch 7.2 with updates to Hunters, Death Knights, and Balance Druids.
Professions

should 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 will bring them up to 840, and the cap has been increased to iLvl 875.
Some World Quests that are related to Professions now reward 1 skill point in their associated Profession.
Many profession in now reward credit for the emissary.
All recipes that are dropped by dungeon end bosses on Mythic difficulty can now drop in that dungeon's first chest on difficulty.
Most crafting profession recipes will now grant skill-ups to a higher maximum skill level, making it easier for crafters to reach skill level 800.
Mana and Rejuvenation potions can now be used by specs for whom a mana bar is a non-primary resource.
The herb reagents required for , , , and recipes have been reduced by 50%.

You can now get Artifact Power from .
New Elite digsites have been discovered in the Broken Isles.
All enemies summoned by can now be killed by multiple nearby players.

Added new craftable Legendary item:

(Belt)

now provides as part of his work orders, which can be combined to create up to 10 servings of a random recipe known by the player.
s now grant 400 stats (was 150), and s now grant 500 stats (was 200).

New Glyph of the Wrathguard: Warlock

Transforms your into a

New Glyph of the Shadow Succubus: Warlock

Transforms your into a

Added new craftable Legendary items:

(Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk, – Boots)
(, – Boots)

It should now be significantly easier to start the quest to learn 2-star and 3-star mining.
The wall forges in the blacksmith shop are now usable.

Added new craftable Legendary item:

(Shoulder)

The amount of comfort provided by the has been reduced by 20%.

Tab TargetingTab targeting has been updated to feel more consistent. While in combat, you will no longer be able to accidentally tab to a target that is out of combat with you, unless you are looking to a new target and your hostile enemies are behind you. Furthermore, you're no longer able to tab to a target that neither your character nor your camera can see.
User Interface

On PvE servers, players of the opposite faction now have orange names.
You can now assign a specialization to an equipment set in the Equipment Manager.
The Blood of Sargeras vendor now sells items in multiple amounts (Shift-click).
To help prevent accidental clicking, the resurrection option to “Decline” now has a brief countdown before it can be clicked.
An “Open All” button has been added to the mailbox.
Achievements linked from other players now show your own progress on the same tooltip.
Appearances

You can now preview an ensemble set by CTRL-clicking it.
The Transmogrifier NPC is now trackable on the minimap.
You can now search your Appearance Collection by dungeon name and boss name.

Player versus Player

In Arenas, your enemies' crowd control Honor Talents are now tracked on their unit frames.
Various improvements have been made to party member visibility in Battlegrounds.

Quick Join

Auto Accept: A setting has been added to allow friends and guild members to instantly join your queues without a confirmation. This setting is located in Interface Options > Social.
Group tooltips now show the available roles and if auto accept is enabled.
Right click a Quick Join group to whisper a member of that group.

Spellbook

Spells that haven't been moved to an action bar are highlighted in the spellbook.
Mousing over a spell highlights it on your action bar, making it easier to locate.
Pet spells can now be dragged onto the player action bar.

Changes

Classes

Player Taunts now increase all threat caused against the target by 400% for 3 seconds (was 200%).
The Tauren and Dwarf racial bonuses and now correctly increase heals by 2% (was 1%).
Non-tank specializations once again benefit from Bonus Armor from gear.
The damage bonus that tanks and healers get per Artifact point spent has been increased to 0.65% for all tanks and Discipline Priests (was 0.5%), and the bonus has been increased to 1.3% for all other healers (was 1%).
Demon Hunter

Vengeance

now reduces all damage taken by 20% (was 10%), and increases Armor by 75% (was 120%).

Druid

mount speed bonuses now apply to and (while on the ground).
duration and tick rate is no longer affected by Haste.
Feral Druids now deal 4% more damage with , , , , , , , , and .
Guardian

now roots targets in place (was a 50% snare).
damage increased by 15%.
(Bear) direct damage increased by 15%.
(Bear) damage reduced by 25%.

Developers' Notes: This should result in overall Guardian damage remaining roughly the same, perhaps slightly higher. But it will frontload their damage more, which should help with burst threat.

Beast Mastery

will now additionally cause your pet to charge up to 25 yards toward the target.

Arcane

periodic and final damage increased by 33%.

Monk

replaces talent:

A wave of Chi energy flows through friends and foes, dealing Nature damage or healing. Bounces up to 7 times to targets within 25 yards.

Mistweavers now learn at level 55 (was Fortifying Elixir at honor level 22).
Mistweavers now learn (Rank 2) at level 58.
Windwalker Monks now deal 8% more damage with , , and .

no longer has a cooldown between its heals on each target.

Shadow

(Artifact Trait) shield cannot exceed damage absorbed of 4% of player total health (was 8%), and now correctly calculates healing from .

Fixed a bug where would consume combo points up to 5 with as expected, but gain bonus damage from combo points up to 10 with .
Assassination

(Artifact trait) proc chance is now 2.5% per combo point spent.
now causes Vendetta to grant 60 energy, plus an additional 60 energy over 2 seconds.

Outlaw

(Artifact ability) now works with .
(Artifact talent) now reduces the Energy cost of Finishing moves by 1 per point (was a reduction of 2 Energy per point).
Increased the damage of the following abilities by 3.5%: , , , , , , , , .

Refreshing will no longer overwrite the current buff's duration with a new one. The new duration will now be added to the existing duration, up to a maximum duration of 60 seconds.
(Artifact ability) now has a 5 second cooldown.

Developers' note: Previously, casting at 5 stacks (which would grant 25 seconds of the buff) with 20 seconds currently left on the buff would just overwrite your old 20 second buff with a 25 second buff. Now, in this case it will increase the buff duration to 45 seconds.

Souls are now reset to 0 at the start of an encounter. The buff is also canceled at the start of an encounter. Ulthalesh now has a greatly increased chance to generate the first three at the beginning of a raid encounter.

Developers' note: Souls are a resource, and we have a rules about resetting your resources/stacks of a buff before an encounter, so that every attempt is standardized. Having souls the first time you fight a raid boss feels good, but it makes every other attempt after that feel worse by comparison.

(and ) now deals damage on arrival, and its snare begins after you hit your target.

Class Halls

Artifact Researchers now have explanatory dialogue options when you have completed all Work Orders they offer.

Dungeons

The item levels of gear found in Legion Dungeons has been increased.
Enemies' damage and health have been increased for all Heroic and Mythic dungeons, including Mythic Keystone Dungeons.
All Random Heroic dungeons now require 825 item level to queue.
Lower Karazhan and Upper Karazhan have been added to the Random Legion Heroic list in Dungeon Finder.
and have been added to the Random Legion Heroic list in Dungeon Finder.
Mythic Keystone Dungeons

dungeons now award gear up to item level 890 at keystone level 10, and now award gear up to item level 905 in the weekly Challenger's Chest (at keystone level 10).
Artifact Power rewards from both dungeons and the weekly Challenger's Chest now continue through keystone level 30.
Added 60 seconds to the timer.
Added a Night Watch Mariner to the top deck in the Maw of Souls while Teeming is active.
Killing Cove Seagulls should now add Enemy Forces credit.
New Affix: Bursting (level 4)

When slain, non-boss enemies explode, causing all players to suffer 10% of their maximum health in damage over 4 seconds. This effect stacks.

New Affix: Fel Explosives (level 7)

Creatures have a chance to summon an at a nearby location that will explode, inflicting damage of 50% of the player's maximum health.

New Affix: Quaking (level 7)

Periodically, players will , inflicting damage of 20% of the player's maximum health and interrupting spell casts of themselves and nearby allies.

New Affix: Grievous (level 7)

While below 90% health, players are afflicted with .

The Overflowing affix has been removed.
The Bolstering affix range has been reduced to 30 yards (was 45 yards).

Developers' notes: The intent of this change is to allow players more opportunities for crowd control.

will now expire after leaving combat. Duration reduced to 9 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Developers' notes: This should eliminate the situation where players were waiting for Necrotic to fall off after killing enemies, and it should give tanks more opportunities for resets while in combat.

Skittish threat reduction has been lowered to 75% (was 80%).
Fortified damage bonus lowered to 30% (was 40%).
Tyrannical damage bonus lowered to 15% (was 20%).
Sanguine radius increased to 8 yards.
s can now direct you to Lower Karazhan, Upper Karazhan, and the Cathedral of Eternal Night.
Artifact Power rewards for dungeons have been adjusted:

Longer dungeons, such as Halls of Valor, now award a proportionately higher amount of Artifact Power.
Shorter dungeons, such as Maw of Souls, now award a proportionately lower amount of Artifact Power.
Artifact Power bonuses have been added to your weekly chest rewards. These increase based on the highest level you completed.

Items

Broken Isles World Quest rewards now scale to item level 860 (was item level 845).
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.
A number of unavailable items belonging to PvP sets from the Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King expansions have been made available again from vendors.
Class Order Hall Sets can now be upgraded to item level 870 via rare items obtainable from .

: Now increases critical healing by 5% (was 10%).
(Beast Mastery) The Eagletalon Battlegear 2-piece bonus should now correctly display its functionality with the talent.
(Beast Mastery) The Eagletalon Battlegear 4-piece bonus should now correctly display its functionality with the talent.

Legendary Items

Legion Legendary items now require level 101 (was 110).

Multiple Classes

: Now has an additional 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.
: Now triggers after standing still for 6 seconds (was 8 seconds), granting you the ability to cast while moving for 4 seconds (was 5 seconds). Now has a new visual indicating when you gain its ability to cast while moving. Now has an additional 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
: Now always grants 10% increased movement speed and 2% Haste. When triggered, this bonus is increased to the current values of 70% movement speed and 25% Haste. The 10% movement speed bonus now stacks with other movement speed bonuses.
: Now has an additional 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

: Now has an additional 771 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
Blood

: Now also increases 's damage reduction by 2%.
: Now has an additional 1233 Leech (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.

Frost

: deals 20% increased damage to enemies recently damaged by your (was 40%).

Unholy

: Now also increases and damage by 10%.
: Damage bonus duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).

Demon Hunter

Havoc

: Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
: generates an additional 1-6 Fury (was 1-8 Fury).
: Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit (was second target hit).
: Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit (was second target hit).

Vengeance

: Now has an additional 539 Avoidance (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.

Druid

All Specs

: Now has an additional 658 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Balance

: Now also increases the damage of and by 8%.

Feral

: Now also increases your Energy regeneration by 5%.
: Now also causes your next Maim to cost no Energy.

Guardian

: instantly grants 45 Rage plus an additional 30 Rage (was 15 Rage) over 3 seconds.

Restoration

: Now also causes 's periodic healing to have a 5% chance to trigger the final healing effect.
: s healed by your have a 15% (was 20%) chance to also gain .
: Now also reduces 's cooldown by 20%.
: heals targets below 60% (was 50%) health for 60% (was 50%) more.
: When your heals a full health target, its duration is increased by 3 seconds, up to a maximum total increase of 15 seconds per cast.

All Specs

: Now has an additional 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Arcane

: Each time hits an enemy, the damage of your next is increased by 1%. This effect stacks.

Fire

: Now has a new visual when is cast.
: Phoenix Flames reduces the remaining cooldown on Combustion by 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Monk

Mistweaver

: Each time heals, the absorb amount of your next is increased by 3% (was 1%), stacking up to 50 times (was 100). Fixed a bug where the second from did not grant a second stack of the buff.
: Each time heals, its healing bonus has a 50% chance to spread to an injured ally within 30 yards.
: increases your healing by an additional 10% and causes it to heal 1 additional target.

: The duration of Storm, Earth, and Fire is increased by 0.4 seconds (was 0.6 seconds) for every Chi you spend. The duration of Serenity is now extended by 0.3 seconds every time you cast a Chi spender.
: Damage bonus per stack increased to 100% (was 50%).
: Now also increases 's damage by 40%.
: Reduce the cost of by 1 Chi (was 2 Chi).
: Now has an additional 1068 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat. Haste stat reduced slightly.

Holy/Protection

: Now has an additional 617 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Holy

: Judgment increases all healing you do by 15% for 5 seconds (was 20%).
: Reduces the cooldown of by 70% (was 60%).

Protection

: Now also increases 's damage by 20%.

Retribution

: Now has an additional 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
: Now also causes Hammer of Justice to generate 1 Holy Power when used against targets above 75% health. Mastery reduced by 412 (@ ilvl 940) and Haste increased by 412.

Discipline

: Now also increases 's absorb amount by 15%.

: Now also affects .
: Healing bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).

Shadow

: Now also increases Voidform's Shadow damage dealt bonus by 3%.
: Each time and deal damage, your next gains 3% (was 4%) increased damage, stacking up to 50 times.

All Specs

: Fixed a bug where combined with granted an additional 3 seconds of benefit.
: Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat. Haste reduced by 412 and Critical Strike increased by 412.

: deals 50% (was 30%) increased damage while your weapons are enhanced by both and .
: Now has an additional 617 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Restoration

: Chain Heal reduces the cost of your next Healing Surge by 50% (was 30%).

All Specs

: Now has an additional 658 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Affliction

: Now also increases Corruption's damage by 15%.

Demonology

: With Grimoire of Supremacy, there is now a visual debuff that displays the 3-minute cooldown.

All Specs

: Now has an additional 717 Versatility (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
: Now has an additional 771 Versatility (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Protection

: Now also increases Shield Slam's Rage generation by 2.
: Each enemy you hit with reduces the remaining cooldown on by 3 seconds (was 1 second).

Player versus Player

The honor requirements for leveling through the honor system have been reduced.

The amount of honor required to advance from 1 to 50 at Prestige 0 has been reduced by 50%.

The conversion of Honor to XP has been increased by 50%.
In instanced PvP (arenas, battlegrounds, and ), Artifacts now grant a minimum Stamina increase to all players. This minimum is equivalent to the purchase of 36 points, one of which is the trait which grants 10% Stamina.
The 20% Expertise granted to players in PvP will no longer be counted against 100% Parry or Dodge abilities such as or .
Players can now obliterate current Season Gladiator gear in the Obliterum Forge to create .
Players can now obliterate current Season Elite Gladiator gear in the Obliterum Forge to create .
Vendors have been added to Greymane's Enclave and Windrunner's Sanctuary that sell gear tokens for and .
In Arenas, a surrender option has been added to the queue icon on the minimap. Players can surrender once one of their teammates dies.
Demon Hunter

Havoc

The duration of is reduced to 15 seconds in PvP.
The damage of and is reduced by 15% in PvP.

Vengeance

Vengeance no longer deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Druid

Balance

Enemy players can now see the radius of while active
, , and now deal 50% less periodic damage to player targets.
now deals 40% more damage to player targets.
grants 2 Astral Power on player targets (was 4 Astral Power)
restores 3 Astral Power (was 8 Astral Power)
Intellect increased by 15%.

Feral

increases the damage you deal to the target by 15% in PvP.

Restoration

cast by now only applies to the initial target.

Survival

no longer prevents the use of and .

Arcane

Intellect reduced by 5%.

Frost

now increases the damage of by 225% (was 250%).

Monk

Brewmaster

Brewmaster no longer deals 10% reduced damage in PvP.

Mistweaver

Windwalkers' Fortifying Elixir renamed and is now .
Mana cost of the version of reduced by 25%.
increased by 5%.

Retribution

no longer damages targets that are under the effects of crowd-control abilities that break on damage.

Shadow

Intellect increased by 5%.
now provides a 20% damage increase while you're at 100 Insanity and not in .
now activates above 65 Insanity when talented into .
can no longer be targeted using target macros.

Protection

now provides 30% magical damage reduction while active.

Affliction

PvP Template Intellect increased by 5%.

Demonology

The damage of is reduced by 15% in PvP.

Destruction

's duration has been reduced to 6 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Raid

The duration of all Star Sign debuffs has been increased to 15 seconds.

Commenti

Commento di alvuh

I've known that bliz has always loved paladins and mages but the diamond ice change is ridicules.

Commento di Mightytoro

This isn't mentioned here. But it seems Frozen Orb has been changed. It no longer stops in place when it hits a target, instead, it keeps flying forward at a high speed, this is pretty much a nerf. Any other Frost mages who can confirm?

Patch 7.2 Official Patch Notes - Updated March 27th

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