World of Warcraft's Latest Update Buffs Death Knights and Druids in PvE

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World of Warcraft received a new patch recently that buffed certain classes in PvE combat. Players who play either the Death Knight or Druid will surely love the changes made in the game's latest update.

More Powerful in PvE

Those who are new to World of Warcraft must know that each class in the game has three different talent specializations to choose from. Each of these specializations (aka specs) provides players with new abilities and enhancements that are tailored to specific playstyles.

The Death Knight's "Frost" spec, for example, is great for PvE because of its high burst damage and cleave. That said, the recent patch has buffed the Frost Death Knight's damage by 4% across the board. However, it is worth noting that this change is only implemented in PvE and not for PvP.

Aside from the Death Knight, Druids have received various improvements, particularly to the "Feral" specialization. For one, Rip and Primal Wrath's damage has increased by 10%. Rake and Feral Frenzy saw a 5% improvement in damage as well. Just like the Frost Death Knight, these buffs are not applied to PvP combat.

How about Paladins? Players who use Retribution Paladins will be happy to know that this spec also got some love in the game's most recent update. Truth's Wake and Seething Flames have their damage increased by a whopping 28%. Besides that, both Wake of Ashes and Blade of Justice receive a 20% damage buff too!

Highlights

CLASSES

Death Knight

Blood
- Bone Shield now grants armor based on 80% of Strength (was 70%).
Unholy
- All damage dealt by you and your pet's abilities increased by 4%. Not applied to PvP combat.

Druid

Restoration
- Swiftmend now costs 1.4% base mana (was 1.6%).
- Wild Growth now costs 3.8% base mana (was 4%).
- Regrowth now costs 2.8% base mana (was 3.2%).

Evoker

Preservation
- Dream Breath, Fire Breath, and Spiritbloom will no longer go on cooldown and fail to activate in circumstances where you are crowd controlled at the same time as completing the empower cast.

Paladin

Holy
- Shield of the Righteous damage increased by 30%.
- Consecration damage increased by 30%.

Priest

Holy
- Holy Word: Sanctify's healing increased by 25%.
- Heal's healing increased by 25%.
- Holy Word: Chastise's damage increased by 30%.
- Smite's damage increased by 30%.
Shadow
- Mind Blast damage increased by 10%.
- Devouring Plague damage increased by 10%.
- Shadowy Apparition damage increased by 20%.

Warrior

Arms
- Cleave damage increased by 10%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Dreadnaught damage increased by 30%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Deep Wounds damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Amirdrassil 4 set bonus - Bonus damage for the triggered Thunder Clap increased to 200% (was 100%). Not applied to PvP combat.

ITEMS

Fyr'alath the Dreamrender
- Mark of Fyr'alath is now correctly applied to all secondary targets of Obliterate and is additionally applied by Rage of Fyr'alath's final strike.
- Mark of Fyr'alath damage decreased by 20%.
- Rage of Fyr'alath duration is now affected by Haste.
- Rage of Fyr'alath damage increased by 15%.
The Manuscript of Endless Possibilities should now be the Vial of Endless Draconic Scales. If you had acquired the manuscript you should now be able to find the Vial waiting for you in your toybox.