Blizzard
Hello Mages. In this week's build, we've made many changes to Arcane as well as a few updates to the other specs to address recent concerns about talents and GCD usage.
General Mage Changes- 镜像 damage greatly reduced, 寒冰箭 added to all 镜像, and while your images are active, damage taken is reduced by 20%. 镜像 direct damage will cause one of your images to dissipate.
Developers' notes: The goal is to push 镜像 away from a DPS cooldown and give it a defensive component. Now, only taking direct damage will cause an image to dissipate and there is an ICD of 2 seconds to ensure at least a 6 second uptime when taking damage.
能量符文 has been reworked to cast at your location when you use one of either
燃烧,
奥术强化, or
冰冷血脉, depending on your spec.
- Developers' notes: This change is aimed to help with the cast time and GCD utilization at the beginning of an encounter, while remaining viable in your opener as a high burst window.
ArcaneThe following Arcane changes are focused on reducing ramp up time, as well as opening up more talent options based on the content you're running.
- 奥术强化 cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
- 大法师之触 now generates 4 Arcane Charges on cast.
- New Talent: 时间大师 – Reduces the cooldown of Alter Time by 30 seconds. Alter Time resets the cooldown of 闪现术 when you return to your original location.
- Alter Time has been moved to Level 24 for Arcane mages.
- 共鸣 damage per target hit with 弧光顺劈 increased to 15% (was 10%).
- 精力充沛 removed.
Developers' notes: 大法师之触 will now generate 4 charges baseline. This opens up the Level 35 tier for more viable options that focus heavily on dealing AoE damage.
New Level 35 Talent:
奥能回响 – Direct damage you deal to enemies affected by
大法师之触, causes an explosion that deals Arcane damage to 8 nearby enemies.
时间紊乱 now grants
时间扭曲 for 6 seconds.
- Developers' notes: A simple change, but this should make 时间紊乱 feel more satisfying as a talent since gaining 时间扭曲 is always a good thing, but gaining Arcane Charges isn't something you'd always necessarily want.
FireFire updates are centered around the change that saw
不死鸟之焰 baseline as the
点燃 spread.
- 不死鸟之焰 damage increased and recharge time reduced, but no longer guarantees critical hits.
Developers' notes: 不死鸟之焰 still interacts with 炽热连击, so it can benefit within the 燃烧 window, but outside of that, it will primarily function as a way to spread your 点燃.
阿莱克丝塔萨之怒 –
龙息术 now also gains a 50% increased critical strike damage bonus.
New talent:
涅槃重生 – Increases Mastery by 2% for each charge of Phoenix Flames off cooldown, and your direct-damage critical strikes reduce its cooldown by 1 second.