Ghosts of K’aresh Development Notes

Linxy · July 25, 2025, 11:04pm

Hello testers! The Ghosts of K’aresh PTR has been updated with the following class changes:

CLASSES

Hero Talents
- Rider of the Apocalypse
  - Undeath damage reduced by 20%.
  - Reaper’s Mark will no longer automatically explode below 5% health.
  - Reaper’s Mark will now instead travel to the nearest enemy when the affected target dies.
  - Unholy
    - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Whitemane’s Epidemic damage reduced by 25%.
  - Frost
    - Trollbane’s Icy Fury damage reduced by 30%.
    - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Trollbane’s Frostscythe damage reduced by 20%.
- San’layn
  - Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus – Now extends the duration of your disease on your main target by 4 additional seconds (was 3 seconds).
  - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Increases the damage of Infliction of Sorrow by 35% (was 50%).
Blood
- All ability damage increased by 8%.
Frost
- All ability damage reduced by 3%.
- Frostbane damage increased by 15%.
- Howling Blades damage now scales with Mastery.
- Murderous Efficiency now rolls for an additional time when consuming two Killing Machine procs with Killing Streak.
- Fixed an issue causing free Obliterates and Frostscythes consume 8 Runic Power under the effect of Empower Rune Weapon during Obliteration.
Unholy
- The War effect of Rune of the Apocalypse now correctly increases all damage taken from the Death Knight by 4% per stack.

Vengeance
- All damage increased by 8%.
- Mastery: Fel Blood effectiveness reduced by 17%.

Hero Talents
- Chronowarden
  - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Now additionally causes Temporal Burst to increase the damage and healing of Essence abilities by 30%.
- Scalecommander
  - Bombardments damage is now properly increased by Might of the Black Dragonflight, Melt Armor, and other damage buffs even when triggered by another player.
Augmentation
- All damage increased by 5%.
Devastation
- All damage increased by 3%.
- Pyre damage increased by 20%.
- Firestorm damage increased by 20%.

Hero Talents
- Dark Ranger
  - Beast Mastery
    - The Bell Tolls has been updated – Damage bonus increased to 6% (was 4%).
    - Phantom Pain has been updated - Damage bonus increased to 30% (was 20%).
  - Marksmanship
    - Black Arrow damage reduced by 8%.
- Pack Leader
  - Beast Mastery
    - Better Together has been updated – Dire Frenzy attack speed bonus reduced to 3% (was 4%) and pet damage bonus reduced to 3% (was 5%).
    - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Stampede damage reduced by 20%.
- Sentinel
  - Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus – Boon of Elune Aimed Shot damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 30%).
  - Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus – Sentinel damage bonus reduced to 20% (was 25%).
Beast Mastery
- Killer Instinct has been updated – Now increases Kill Command’s damage by 8/16% (was 5/10%).
- All damage dealt reduced by 5%.

Hero Talents
- Frostfire
  - Fire
    - Frostfire Burst damage increased by 50%.
    - Excess Frost now casts Ice Nova at 200% effectiveness (was 150%).
    - Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus – Ignite damage bonus increased to 75% (was 50%). Frostfire Bolt damage bonus increased to 8% (was 5%). Frostfire Burst, Ice Nova, and Comet Storm damage bonus increased to 15% (was 10%).
  - Frost
    - Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus – Ignite effectiveness reduced to 25% (was 30%).
Fire
- Developers’ notes: Fire, particularly Sunfury, has been overperforming since the last tuning pass. We’d like Fire’s damage spells to continue to hit hard, so we’re opting to reduce Ignite’s damage instead.
- All damage dealt decreased by 3%.
- Mastery: Ignite damage reduced by 10%.
- Controlled Destruction has been updated – Ignite damage bonus reduced to 0.3% per stack (was 0.5% per stack).
- Meteor damage increased by 20%.

Hero Talents
- Herald of the Sun
  - Fixed an issue that caused Dawnlight’s tooltip to display that it grants 6 stacks of Dawnlight instead of the intended 2.
Holy
- Pillars of Light Beacon of Virtue healing increased by 25%.

Shadow
- Mind Blast damage increased by 30%. Does not apply to Void Blast.
- Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 20%.
- Halo damage increased by 30%.
- Psychic Link now causes direct damage to inflict 40% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by Vampiric Touch (was 35%).
- Insidious Ire now increases damage dealt by 10%/20% (was 20%/40%).

Hero Talents
- Farseer
  - Elemental
    - Ancestor Chain Lightning damage increased by 40%.
- Totemic
  - Enhancement
    - Fixed an issue that caused the Manaforge Omega 4-set bonus to put Lava Lash on cooldown from the additional echo cast.
    - Fixed an issue that caused the Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus to cast Primordial Storm at 100% effectiveness instead of 200%.
    - Fixed an issue that caused the Primordial Storm cast by the Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus to benefit from Maelstrom Weapon.
Elemental
- Elemental Blast damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Lightning Bolt damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Lava Burst damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Frost Shock damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Earthen Rage damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Earth Shock damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Icefury damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
Enhancement
- Fixed an issue causing Thorim’s Invocation to sometimes cast Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning with 10 Maelstrom Weapon instead of 5 Maelstrom Weapon.

Hero Talents
- Diabolist
  - Demonology
    - The Manaforge Omega 2-set bonus has been adjusted – Eye Blast damage reduced by 45%.
    - Wicked Cleave damage reduced by 20%.
    - Chaos Salvo damage reduced by 20%.
    - Felseeker damage reduced by 20%.
Affliction
- Unstable Affliction damage increased by 35%.
- Summon Darkglare damage increased by 35%. Does not affect PvP combat.
- Focused Malignancy now causes Malefic Rapture to deal 80% increased damage to targets suffering from Unstable Affliction (was 40%). Does not affect PvP combat.

Holy
- Fixed an issue that caused Divine Plea to restore more mana than intended.