World of Warcraft Patch 9.2.5 Hotfixes: August 8th – Additional Tuning and Dungeon Fixes

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Hotfixes

AUGUST 8, 2022

Classes

Hunter

Survival

[With realm restarts] (4) Set Bonus: Mad Bombardier damage bonus has been reduced to 50% (was 70%).

[With realm restarts] Mongoose Bite damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.

[With realm restarts] Raptor Strike damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.

[With realm restarts] Serpent Sting damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.

[With realm restarts] Kill Command damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.

[With realm restarts] Fixed an issue where Raptor Strike was dealing less damage than intended while Aspect of the Eagle was active.

Developers’ note: The Survival Hunter Mad Bombardier 4-piece set bonus is still causing Survival Hunters to over perform in multi-target situations. We’re lowering the effectiveness of the 4-piece bonus while also increasing the damage of your single target abilities to offset this loss of damage against a single target.

Warlock

Destruction

[With realm restarts] Rain of Fire damage reduced by 20%.

[With realm restarts] Infernal’s Immolation Aura reduced by 20%.

Developers’ note: We’re still seeing Destruction excel in multi-target situations. We’re applying additional changes here to stabilize their throughput when scaling with high target counts.

Dungeons and Raids

Mythic+

Fixed an issue that caused listed Grimrail Depot and Iron Docks keystones to not appear in the Group Finder UI when searching by keystone level.

Affixes

Shrouded

[With realm restarts] Zul’gamux now casts Blood Barrier less often.

[With realm restarts] Zul’gamux has found a new location to hide in Return to Karazhan: Upper.

Grimrail Depot

[With realm restarts] Grom’kar Far Seer’s Storm Shield can now be purged.

[With realm restarts] Grom’kar Cinderseer will no longer cast Lava Wreath.

Railmaster Rocketspark

[With realm restarts] Borka the Brute’s Mad Dash damage reduced by 30%.

Skylord Tovra

[With realm restarts] Thunderous Breath initial damage reduced by 25%.

Iron Docks

Fleshrender Nok’gar

[With realm restarts] Dreadfang’s Shredding Swipes should no longer hit players multiple times.

Oshir

[With realm restarts] Feeding Frenzy now requires Oshir to suffer 5% damage to be interrupted (was 8%).

Skulloc

[With realm restarts] Skulloc’s melee damage reduced by 15%.

[With realm restarts] Koramar will no longer cast Shattering Blade.

Return to Karazhan: Lower

[With realm restarts] Ghostly Philanthropist will no longer cast Throw Coin.

[With realm restarts] Gang Ruffian’s Poisonous Shank damage reduced by 30%.

The Opera Hall: Wikket

[With realm restarts] Winged Assistant health reduced by 30%.

Moroes

[With realm restarts] Moroes’ Garrote duration reduced to 1 minute (was permanent).

[With realm restarts] Moroes’ Dinner Party effect now increases the damage and attack speed of nearby dinner guests by 50% (was 100%).

Return to Karazhan: Upper

Shade of Medivh

[With realm restarts] Flame Wreath damage reduced by 30%.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue causing the Great Vault to display the wrong item level for upcoming rewards.