9.1.5 PTR Update October 26th: Class Tuning and Bugfixes

Hello everyone. /waves
Here are this week’s PTR notes:

Classes

• Phial of Serenity (Kyrian Ability) and healing potions no longer reset the melee swing timer.
• Death Knight
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Shackle the Unworthy (Kyrian Ability) from spreading to enemies behind the Death Knight.
  • Unholy
    • Unholy Assault’s (Talent) global cooldown (GCD) is now correctly reduced by Haste.
• Demon Hunter
  • The Hunt’s (Night Fae Ability) effect can now be removed with player immunities.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Lost in Darkness (Conduit) from improving with higher conduit ranks.
  • Havoc
    • Dancing with Fate (Conduit) damage effect increased by 300% (down from 650%).
    • Fixed an issue where the Dancing with Fate conduit did not increase the damage of the final slash from Death Sweep.
  • Vengeance
    • The Demon summoned from Fodder to the Flame (Necrolord Ability) no longer scales off the 50% maximum health increase from Metamorphosis.
• Druid
  • Fixed an issue where the Well Fed effect from Born Anew (Conduit) was not increased with the Epicurean racial ability when casting Rebirth on a Pandaren.
• Hunter
  • Binding Shot (Talent) root effect can now break upon receiving enough damage. Damage threshold to break is higher than other roots.
    • Developers’ note: We recognize that Binding Shot has become part of a Hunter’s utility package and want it to remain a powerful root that has a lower chance to break on damage than other effects.
  • Freezing Trap now removes active Murder of Crows debuffs on the target when it is applied.
  • Beast Mastery
    • Bestial Wrath’s tooltip has been updated to better match its functionality. No functional change has been made to Bestial Wrath.
  • Marksmanship
    • Fixed an issue that caused Marksman’s Advantage (Conduit) to remove stealth from targets when Hunter’s Mark was cast.
    • Fixed an issue that caused a player’s Marksman’s Advantage (Conduit) to be removed from targets when another Hunter applied Hunter’s Mark with the Marksman’s Advantage conduit.
  • Survival
    • Fixed an issue that caused Coordinated Assault to require line-of-sight to your Hunter pet.
• Mage
  • Frost
    • Icicles damage increased by 12%.
    • Frostbolt damage increased damage by 8%.
    • Flurry damage increased damage by 10%.
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Fixed an issue where Expel Harm would heal the caster twice when used while channeling Soothing Mist on themselves.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Resplendent Mists (Conduit) from increasing the healing of Bonedust Brew’s Gust of Mists.
  • Windwalker
    • Keefer’s Skyreach (Runecarving Power) now properly increases the critical strike chance of Bonedust Brew (Necrolord Ability).
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue where Bestow Faith (Talent) would reset the melee swing timer when cast.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Shadow Blades gained from Toxic Onslaught (Runecarving) to not affect certain off-spec abilities.
  • Subtlety
    • Fixed an issue where Flagellation (Venthyr Ability) would always critically strike with Symbols of Death.
• Warlock
  • Decaying Soul Satchel (Night Fae Runecarving Power) no longer generates stacks when targeting enemies that are immune to its damage.
• Warrior
  • Fury
    • Auto attack damage has been increased by 43%.

Covenants

• Soulbinds
  • Venthyr
    • Battlefield Presence (General Draven) no longer counts nearby Stealth enemies.

Player versus Player

• The following toys can no longer be used in battlegrounds and arenas:
  • Contender’s Costume
  • Fae Harp
  • Piccolo of the Flaming Fire
• The incapacitate from the Pandaren racial ability Quaking Palm now breaks to absorbed damage.
• Druid
  • Thorns (PvP Talent) can no longer reflect damage to enemies more than 10 yards away.
  • Restoration
    • Floral Recycling’s (Conduit) healing bonus to Swiftmend is reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue where Hunters could capture flags in Battlegrounds while under the effects of Feign Death.
  • Beast Mastery
    • Fixed an issue where Burrow Attack’s (Exotic Ability) cooldown was unintentionally reduced by Kindred Beasts (PvP Talent).
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue where Mana Gem could not be used in rated battlegrounds and rated arenas.
  • Fire
    • Fixed an issue where a Mage’s Ignite that was spread by Phoenix Flames could hit a Rogue while under the effect of Cloak of Shadows.
• Paladin
  • Auras are no longer removed when leaving battlegrounds or arenas.
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Fixed an issue where the target of Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent) would become invisible if the Rogue is under the effects of a Paladin’s Blessing of Protection when starting the duel.
• Warlock
  • Decimating Bolt’s (Necrolord Ability) damage bonus to Demonbolt, Shadow Bolt, or Incinerate can no longer be dispelled.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

• Anima Powers
  • Death Knight
    • Fixed an issue that was causing Rune Hunter to trigger too often.
  • Hunter
    • Petrified Pet Food damage now correctly increases with each stack of the Anima Power.