As World of Warcraft heads into its big new content patch, WoW Dragonflight’s latest round of patches are giving some of the MMORPG’s less powerful classes some much-needed TLC, and yes, as a main shaman, I’m very happy .

Death Knight, Paladin, Shaman buffs

I’ve suffered a long time as an elemental shaman, struggling to deal damage while in turn embracing the seductive darkness that is Shadow Priest (which is also struggling to deal damage right now, but it’s a secondary problem).

There are a host of buffs for spells like Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst, but the biggest one is an 80% increase in Icefury damage. So a lotand when combined with the ability’s interaction with Frost Shock (also boasting a generous 15% buff), you’ll slow enemies left, right, and center and line them up to knock them back.

Aside from Shaman Reflections, Blood Death Knights will have all of their damage abilities buffed by 3%, and Holy Paladin will gain 10% more healing from Light of Dawn.

Protection Paladins’ Hammer of Rage and Hammer of Justice damage increased by 30% and 20% respectively, and Greater Judgment will grant your next Holy skill 40% more damage against affected targets (down from 20 %).

Of these changes, the Elemental Shaman tweaks are by far the most influential. Despite its popularity, the class has been at the bottom end of the high damage classes on our WoW Dragonflight tier list, but these buffs certainly feel like they’re going to kick mysterious spellcasters up a few notches. 80% to Icefury, damn it.

There are also a ton of changes to PvP, so if you’re a PvPer enthusiast, be sure to check them out.

WoW Dragonflight Feb 26 Reviews

Below are all of the WoW Dragonflight patches for February 26, courtesy of Blizzard.

Classes

Death Knight

Sangre

  • (With weekly restarts) All damage abilities increased by 3%.

Paladin

  • Fixed an issue where Superior Judgment was not dealing the correct amount of damage after its recent boost.

Holy

  • (With weekly reboots) Light of Dawn healing increased by 10%.

protection

  • (With weekly restarts) Superior Judgment bonus to your next Holy Power skill against the affected target increased to 40% (was 20%).
  • (With weekly restarts) Rage Hammer damage increased by 30%.
  • (With weekly restarts) Hammer of the Righteous damage increased by 20%.

Shaman

Elementary

  • (With weekly reboots) Lightning Bolt damage increased by 10% for elementals only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • (With weekly restarts) Lava Burst damage increased by 6% for Elemental only. Does not apply to PvP.
  • (With weekly restarts) Earth Shock damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP. Does not apply to PvP.
  • (With weekly restarts) Elemental explosion damage increased by 6% for elemental only. Does not apply to PvP. Does not apply to PvP.
  • (With weekly restarts) Ice Fury damage increased by 80%.
  • (With weekly reboots) Icefury causes Frost Shock to generate 14 Maelstrom (was 8).
  • (With weekly restarts) Frost Shock damage increased by 15% for elementals only.

Dungeons and Raids

mythical+

blue vault

  • Adjusted Crackling Vortexes to no longer chase players.
    Nokhud Offensive
  • Ohn’ahra now counts as a lower priority target for certain player healing spells.

player versus player

Elements

  • (With weekly reboots) Gladiator’s Distinction resistance provided by the buff increased by 40%

Classes

Hunter

  • (With weekly restarts) Improved Kill Shot now increases Kill Shot critical hit damage by 15% in PvP combat (down from 25%).

Aim

  • (With weekly restarts) Razor Fragments now increase Kill Shot damage by 40% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • (With weekly restarts) Arcane Shot damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
  • (With weekly restarts) Chimera Shot damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (down from 30%).

Monk

master brewer

  • (With weekly restarts) Breath of Fire (PvP Talent) now increases the radius and damage of Breath of Fire by 30% (down from 100%).

aerial walker

  • (With weekly restarts) Touch of Karma now redirects 105% of damage absorbed in PvP combat (down from 70%).

Thug

Murder

  • (With weekly restarts) Hemotoxin (PvP Talent) healing reduction effect reduced to 30% (was 35%).

proscribed

  • (With weekly restarts) Send damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Shaman

Improvement

  • (With weekly restarts) Converging Storms increases Stormstrike damage by 10% per stack in PvP combat (down from 25%).
  • (With weekly restarts) Lava Lash damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • (With weekly restarts) Stormstrike damage increased by 50% in PvP combat (increased by 30%).
  • (With weekly restarts) Wind Strike damage increased by 50% in PvP combat (increased by 30%).

Guerrero

Fury

  • (With weekly restarts) Rampage damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • (With weekly restarts) Execute damage increased by 10% in PvP. Weapon and protection damage have not changed.

With all of these benefits, it will be interesting to see how the meta plays out before the next WoW Dragonflight content patch, but until then we have a roundup of the best WoW addons to help free Dragon Isles from the Primals, as well as a practical guide. WoW Dragonflight Professions if you’re looking for something to do while we wait.

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