Feb 17 Hotfixes, Patch 6.1 PTR - Build 19634

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Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes - February 17
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Classes

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  Rogue (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
  • Subtlety
    • Refreshing or expiring Ruptures, Garrotes, Crimson Tempest, and Hemorrhages should no longer incorrectly remove other Rogues' Sanguinary Veins.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• Blackrock Foundry
  • Oregorger
    • Oregorger's health has been reduced by 10% on Normal difficulty.
    • Oregorger's Rolling Fury ability now deals less damage on Normal difficulty (135,000 damage) and on Heroic difficulty (200,000 damage).
  • The Blast Furnace
    • Heart of the Mountain should no longer spam raid warnings for Blast whenever it reaches 100 Energy.
    • Mind Controlled Firecallers should no longer be able to cast Reactive Earth Shield on injured Primal Elementalists.
  • Kromog
    • Kromog's Reverberations should now be easier to dodge with a 3-second delay before the ability starts dealing damage (up from 1.75 seconds) and the effect's radius has been decreased.
  • Beastlord Darmac
    • Beastlord Darmac's Call the Pack now has an increased cooldown of 40 seconds (up from 30 seconds) on Normal difficulty.
    • Fixed an issue where the doors to Beastlord Darmac may not always reopen after the encounter has been reset.
  • Operator Thogar
    • Enrage mechanic for the encounter is now more lethal.
  • Iron Maidens
    • Admiral Gar'an: Dominator Turret's Dominator Blast no longer deals damage to player pets, minions or guardians.
    • Enforcer Sorka's Convulsive and Lingering Shadows are no longer incorrectly removed when the targeted player dies.
    • Marak the Blooded's Blood Ritual still only targets a player within 45 yards but the damage cone now has a range of 100 yards.
    • Fixed an issue where Iron Maidens not on the Dreadnaught may instantly cast their spells and abilities at the end of the boat phase.
    • Fixed an issue where Marak the Blooded was incorrectly gaining Sanguine Strikes at 75 Iron Fury on Mythic difficulty.
  • Blackhand
    • Rubble Piles should no longer appear after the transition to stage two.
    • Fixed an issue where a player may not be correctly protected from Blackhand's Impaling Throw when multiple players were taking cover behind the same Rubble Pile.

Patch 6.1 PTR - Build 19634
Build 19634 will be deployed to the PTR realms soon.

Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

Druid (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Ferocious Bite: Damage dealt increased by approximately 5.3%.
• Thrash: Initial damage dealt and additional damage dealt over time both increased by approximately 20%.

Balance

• Starfall: Damage dealt decreased by approximately 16.6%.
• Sunfall: Damage dealt decreased by approximately 16.6%.

Feral

• Rake: Initial damage dealt and additional damage dealt over time both increased by approximately 5%.
• Rip: Damage dealt over time increased by approximately 4.2%.
• Swipe: Damage dealt increased by approximately 20.5%.

Hunter (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Perks

• Improved Focus Fire: Now grants an 8% AP increase per stack consumed, up from 5% AP.

Marksmanship

• Careful Aim: Now increases the critical strike chance of your Steady Shot, Focusing Shot, and Aimed Shot on specific targets by 50%, down from 60%.
• Mastery: Sniper Training: Now increases your damage, shot range, and critical strike damage by 5%, up from 4%.

Monk (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Windwalker & Mistweaver

• Rising Sun Kick: Enemies now take 20% increased damage from your abilities, up from 10%.

Priest (Forums, Talent Calculator)

• Power Word: Shield: Absorb amount decreased by 10%.

Talents

• Psychic Scream: Cooldown decreased from 45 seconds to 30 seconds.

Shaman (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Restoration

• Restorative Waves: Now increases all healing done by 40%, up from 30%.

Warlock (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Talents

• Demonbolt: Damage dealt decreased by 25%.

Warrior (Forums, Talent Calculator)
Perks

• Improved Defensive Stance: Damage reduction increased from 5% to 10%.

Arms

• Execute: Normal damage dealt decreased by approximately 14.3%.

Arms & Fury

• Shield Barrier: Absorb amount increased by approximately 24.4%.

Fury & Protection

• Execute: Damage dealt decreased by approximately 11.4%.

Raid & Dungeon Abilities

• Sanguine Strikes Marak the Blooded's melee attacks become so powerful as to corrupt the life essence of her target, causing their blood to erupt, duplicating a portion of damage dealt to her primary target to all players as Shadow damage. 100 Energy / 75 Energy. Instant. Instant.

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