A third article on the official website informs about the changes made to the classes following patch 5.2 (which you can find in full here). We learn more about 3 classes: thief, shaman and warlock.
- General changes:
- Preparation for all thieves
- speed boost
- new talent Flying Daggers
- removed Versatility, replaced by Designated to Die
- Smoke Bomb provides damage reduction
- PvP-specific changes:
- changed the PvP set bonus to increase energy gain
- Modification of the Combat specialization:
- Blade Flurry deals less damage but hits more targets
- increase in Vitality to compensate
- Modification of the Finesse specialization:
- improvement of bloodthirsty veins
- General changes:
- Ancestral Swiftness now provides 10% melee haste
- Modification of the Elementary specialization:
- added Rage
- changed the interaction between Flame Shock and Lava Blast
- Chain Lightning no longer reduces damage when switching to other targets, increased damage when converting to Lava Beam
- Changed the Improvement specialization:
- increased Mental Swiftness mana generation
- reduced cooldown of Mind's Walk
- added 6 second cooldown to Purge with Glyph of Purge
- the effects of the Glyph of Flame Shock are given base
- General changes:
- Burning Rush offers resistance to slowdowns
- Removed active / passive mechanism from Ruse of Kil'jaeden
- removed Bloody Fear, replaced by Bloody Horror
- reduced the bonus due to the Fel Companion's sacrifice with Grimoire of Sacrifice
- added Stamina bonus to Dark Intent
- Glyph of Burning Embers and Glyph of Soul Shards are now base effects
- modified Glyph of Unstable Affliction
The interventions are all argued and explained, so I invite you to read the entire article!
