wow Dungeon and Mythic Changes Coming in Patch 9.1

[Staff 1,488]

Blizzard posted some dungeon tuning and changes to Keystone Affixes that will go live with Season 2. The following post also highlights the item level of rewards you can expect in Season 2, details about Keystone re-rolling, and more.

• Multiple Mythic+ Affixes will be adjusted in Patch 9.1 or the week after when Season 2 starts.
• The baseline item level of rewards goes up by 26. This includes Normal/Heroic/Mythic difficulty dungeons and the Great Vault.
• Dungeon Teleports will be available to those who complete each Mythic+ dungeon at Level 20 on time.
• Tah'sup in Oribos offers a Keystone to players who don't have one but completed at least 1 dungeon on Mythic difficulty. The NPC also offers 1 Keystone re-roll at the end of each dungeon and will deplete your Keystone if necessary.

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Dungeons and Raids

• Mythic and Mythic+ enemies auto attack damage reduced by 10%.
• The following changes go live with Season 2 on July 6:
  • Item levels of rewards from level 60 Normal, Heroic, and Mythic dungeons have been increased by 26. Baseline rewards are now item-level 184 from Normal, 197 from Heroic, and 210 from Mythic dungeons.
  • Mythic+ dungeon rewards have had their maximum item level increased by 26 item levels, and some interim Keystone level rewards have their item level rewards adjusted.
  • Great Vault rewards have been increased by 26 item levels.
  • Heroic dungeon's enemy damage has been increased by 6% and enemy health increased by 16%.
  • Mythic dungeon's enemy damage and health has been increased by 26%.
  • Mythic+ dungeon's enemy damage has been increased by 35% and enemy health increased by 39%.
• New Dungeon Teleports: Hero's Path: Shadowlands – Completing each Mythic+ dungeon at Level 20 on time will now grant an achievement and a teleport to the completed dungeon's entrance. The teleport has an 8 hour cooldown that resets after completing a Mythic+ dungeon.
• Ta'hsup in the Hall of Holding in Oribos will now offer a Keystone to players who don't have a Keystone, as long as they have completed at least 1 Shadowlands dungeon on Mythic+ difficulty.
• Ta'hsup now spawns at the end of Mythic+ dungeons that are completed before the time limit is reached. He will offer a one-time Keystone exchange to any player whose current Keystone is at or below the level of the dungeon that was recently completed on time. Keystones that are a higher level than the dungeon that was recently completed on time cannot be traded, including the Keystone that was used to start the run.
• Mythic+ Affixes
  • The weekly affix rotation has been updated.
  • Bolstering
    • Bolster now increases maximum health by 15% (was 20%) and damage done by 20% per stack.
  • Necrotic
    • Level 61 enemies now apply Necrotic Wound on every other auto attack (was every auto attack).
  • Raging
    • Enrage now increases damage done by 75% (was 100%).
  • Storming
    • Storming whirlwinds now always moves in the same direction and its movement speed reduced by 30%.
    • Storming whirlwinds now dissipate once a target is hit.
• De Other Side
  • Hakkar the Soulflayer
    • Hakkar's cooldowns and energy regeneration is now paused when Blood Barrier is applied and will resume once the barrier is removed.
    • Blood Barrier no longer grants Hakkar immunity to interrupts.
    • Blood Barrage is no longer interruptible and no longer has a duration. It now persists until Blood Barrier is destroyed.
  • Dealer Xy'exa
    • Arcane Lightning periodic damage reduced by 15% and jump damage reduced by 20%.
    • Arcane Vulnerability now only increases damage taken from Arcane Lightning.
• Halls of Atonement
  • Loyal Stoneborn melee and Stone Breath damage reduced by 10%.
  • Shard of Halkias Thrash damage reduced by 20% and range increased to 60 yards (was 40 yards).
  • Depraved Obliterator's Wicked Bolt damage increased by 27%.
• Mists of Tirna Scithe
  • Ingra Maloch
    • Ingra Maloch's health reduced by 10%.
    • Droman Oulfarran's health reduced by 5%.
  • Drust Boughbreaker health increased by 15%.
  • Mistveil Guardian's Bucking Rampage now triggers its cooldown on spell start.
  • Spinemaw Staghorn health increased by 30%.
• The Necrotic Wake
  • Amarth
    • Health reduced by 15%.
    • Tortured Echoes damage reduced by 15% per stack.
  • Nalthor the Rimebinder
    • Zolramas Siphoner health reduced by 15%.
    • Champion's Boon duration increased to 40 seconds (was 30 seconds).
• Plaguefall
  • Globgrog
    • Health reduced by 10%.
  • Rigged Plagueborer's that spawn during the gauntlet event now have limited spawns.
  • Rigged Plagueborer's located outside of the gauntlet event have been replaced with Wretched Plagueborer.
• Sanguine Depths
  • Kryxis the Voracious
    • Juggernaut Rush damage reduced by 15%.
    • Essence Absorption damage reduced by 15%.
  • Executor Tarvold
    • Fleeting Manifestation's Growing Pride damage reduced by 20%.
  • Chamber Sentinel's Severing Slice now only strikes the primary target.
  • Remnant of Fury's Explosive Anger damage reduced by 25%.
  • Vestige of Doubt no longer casts Growing Mistrust.
  • Research Scribe's Explosive Vellum now detonates after 3.5 seconds (was 3 seconds).
• Spires of Ascension
  • Ventunax
    • When the channel for Recharge completes, any active Shadowhirls will now despawn.
• Theater of Pain
  • Affront of Challengers
    • Xira the Underhanded has returned on Mythic difficulties only.
  • Xav the Unfallen
    • Oppressive Banner health reduced by 20%.

[Prophet001 598]

These are some nice changes. I especially like the key depleter guy.

[KrimzinOG 61]

Damn they seriously dumbed down the mechanics. KSM is gonna be a joke to get now, not that it was hard S1.

 

 

Edited June 28, 2021 by Krimzin

[Baharok 234]

59 minutes ago, Staff said:

Xira the Underhanded has returned on Mythic difficulties only.

Some time ago i was joking that he went away because the BIS did not drop, seems like it dropped lol. Jokes aside, i was happy that the rogue has gone, it made randomgroups alot less chaotic.

[Leithal130 0]

Has anything come out that's said what our first S2 key level will be based on what our last S1 key was?