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Here is a an overview of all class changes coming in Patch 10.2.6 later today. We see a lot of tier set bonus tuning ahead of Season 4, and more.

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  • Macros that use the non-healer versions of dispels will now override the ability with the healer dispel variant if the player is in a healer specialization. This applies to Discipline, Holy Priest, Holy Paladin, Restoration Druid, and Restoration Shaman. Mistweaver Monk and Preservation Evoker already had this functionality.
  • Developer's note: We've updated the power of many of the set bonuses that are returning for Season 4 to match the increased power of the rest of the new gear in Season 4. 
  • DEATH KNIGHT
    • Blood
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Heart Strike and Blood Boil damage increased by 20% (was 10%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Chance to gain Vampiric Blood increased to 10% (was 5%).
    • Frost
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: The damage of your next Frostwyrm's Fury is increased by 5% (was 4%). Stacks unchanged.
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: The effectiveness of Frostywrm's Fury increased to 30% (was 25%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Howling Blast damage increased to 20% (was 10%).
  • DRUID
    • Balance
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Starsurge and Starfall increase the damage of your next Wrath or Starfire by 30%, stacking up to 3 times (was 20%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: When you enter Eclipse, your next Starsurge or Starfall costs 15 less Astral Power (was 5 less Astral Power) and deals 40% (was 20%) increased damage.
  • EVOKER
    • Landslide costs 1.4% base mana (was 2.8%).
    • Sleep Walk costs 1% base mana (was 2.4%).
    • Devastation
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Causes Disintegrate and Pyre to pierce enemies for 18% of damage done (was 12%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Increases Empower spell damage by 12% (was 8%).
    • Preservation
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Increases the healing of Reversion by 50% (was 35%) for 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Increases healing and damage of Living Flame by 50% (was 20%).
      • Reversion critical heals now extend Reversion by 2 seconds regardless of Haste.
      • Emerald Communion will now give an error message and fail to cast if used while in Diamond Ice.
  • HUNTER
    • Survival
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Mongoose Bite/Raptor Strike, Carve, and Butchery damage increased by 18% (was 12%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Bonus damage to Mongoose Bite/Raptor Strike, Carve, and Butchery increased to 50% (was 40%).
  • MAGE
    • Fire
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Charring Embers now increases damage taken by 6% (was 5%) and lasts 2 additional seconds.
      • Added an activation overlay for Fury of the Sun King.
  • MONK
    • Mistweaver
      • New Talent: Dance of Chi-Ji – Your spells and abilities have a chance to make your next Spinning Crane Kick deal an additional 300% damage.
      • New Talent: Peer into Peace – 5% of your overhealing done onto targets with Soothing Mist is spread to 3 nearby injured allies. Soothing Mist now follows the target of your Enveloping Mist or Vivify and its channel time is increased by 4 seconds.
      • Resplendent Mist now causes Gust of Mists to have a 30% chance to do 75%/150% more healing (was 50%/100%).
      • Peaceful Mending is now a 1-point talent and increases the healing allies receive from Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist by 40% while Soothing Mist is active (was 25% per point).
    • Windwalker
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Fists of Fury now increases the damage dealt by your Rising Sun Kicks or Spinning Crane Kicks by 40% (was 30%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Fists of Fury now instead enhances your next 3 Rising Sun Kicks or Spinning Crane Kicks and enhanced kicks increase the damage of your next Fists of Fury by 7% (was 5%) stacking up to 3 times.
  • PALADIN
    • Holy
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Increases Holy Shock’s critical healing by 80% (was 60%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Increases Holy Prism’s healing by 40% (was 80%).
        • Developer’s note: Holy Prism’s healing was increased baseline in Guardians of the Dream, so this bonus is being decreased with that in mind. This will still be an overall gain in power compared to Embers of Neltharion.
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Light’s Hammer healing increased by 20%.
    • Protection
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Ally of the Light's Versatility increased to 8% (was 6%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Hammer of the Righteous, Blessed Hammer/Crusader Strike increases your Parry by 7% (was 5%).
  • PRIEST
    • Leap of Faith no longer interrupts spell casts from the ally it was used on. 
    • Holy
      • Empyreal Blaze has been redesigned – Holy Word: Chastise causes your next 2 casts of Holy Fire to be instant, cost no mana, and incur no cooldown. Refreshing Holy Fire on a target now extends its duration by 7 seconds.
      • Pontifex has been redesigned – Flash Heal, Heal, Prayer of Healing, and Circle of Healing increase the healing done by your next Holy Word spell by 6% stacking up to 5 times. Lasts 30 seconds.
      • Lightwell has been redesigned – Creates a Holy Lightwell. Every second the Lightwell will attempt to heal a nearby party or raid member within 40 yards that is lower than 50% health and apply a Renew to them for 6 seconds. Lightwell lasts for 2 minutes or until it heals 15 times. Cooldown reduced by 3 seconds when you cast Holy Word: Serenity or Holy Word: Sanctify.
      • All healing done reduced by 7%.
      • Holy Fire mana cost reduced to 0.4% of base mana (was 1%).
      • Holy Word: Chastise mana cost reduced to 0.6% of base mana (was 2%).
      • Resonant Words now causes Holy Words to increase the healing done by your next Flash Heal, Heal, Prayer of Healing, or Circle of Healing by 20%/40%. Lasts 30 seconds.
      • Divine Word now increases the effectiveness of your next Holy Word spell by 30% (was 50%).
      • Casting Holy Word: Chastise with Divine Word active now increases damage dealt by 20% and refunds 15 seconds from the cooldown of Holy Word: Chastise instead of its previous effect.
      • Casting Holy Word: Sanctify with Divine Word active now blesses the target area and heals 5 targets (was 6). Healing done increased by 25%.
      • Casting Holy Word: Serenity with Divine Word active no longer increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal, Heal, and Renew.
      • Healing Chorus now increases the healing of Circle of Healing by 5% stacking up to 20 times (was 2% stacking up to 50 times).
      • Prayerful Litany now heals for 100% more to the most injured ally it affects (was 30%).
      • Harmonious Apparatus has been renamed to Voice of Harmony and its icon has changed.
      • Voice of Harmony now causes Holy Nova to reduce the cooldown of Chastise in addition to Holy Fire.
      • Gales of Song is now a 1-point talent with the values of the previous 2-point version.
      • Orison now has a connection to Pontifex.
      • Divine Service now has a connection to Say Your Prayers.
      • Empowered Renew and Rapid Recovery have been removed.
      • The final 3 rows of the tree have been reorganized.
    • Shadow
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Increases the damage of Mind Blast by 40% when Shadowy Insight triggers (was 30%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Increases Devouring Plague damage by 18% (was 15%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Causes every 4 casts of Devouring Plague to increase Shadowy Apparition damage by 100% for 10 seconds (was 80%).
  • SHAMAN
    • Restoration
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Healing Stream Totem now increases critical strike by 15% (was 10%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Increases the effectiveness of critical heals to 220% (was 215%) instead of the usual 200%.
  • WARLOCK
    • Destruction
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Consuming Soul Shards has a chance to grant you Chaos Maelstrom, increasing your critical strike chance by 15% for 10 seconds (was 10%).
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Your critical strikes deal 212% (was 208%) damage instead of the usual 200%.
  • WARRIOR
    • Arms
      • Vault of the Incarnates (2) Set Bonus: Bonus damage to Mortal Strike and Cleave increased to 15% (was 10%). Critical Strike chance bonus unchanged.
      • Vault of the Incarnates (4) Set Bonus: Bonus damage and Critical Strike chance increased to 8% (was 5%).
    • Fury
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Bonus damage and Critical Strike chance to Rampage increased to 12% (was 10%).
      • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Bonus damage increased to 30% (was 25%) and Critical Strike chance increased to 12% (was 10%) to Bloodthirst.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

  • EVOKER
    • Preservation
      • Rewind heals for 50% of damage taken in the last 5 seconds in PvP combat (was 33%).

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Prot Paladin not #1 must be buffed 

 

BM and Prot Warrior have shared 5th and 6th place in the tierlist posted to this site for 39 weeks running 🙂

Prot warrior will be using season 3's tier set so their position wont improve without changes.

Edited by Cham79

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Massive, interesting changes.. and yeah, well. Nobody cares Prot Warrior, since it's like almost useless in any circumstances compared to the others. 

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