War Within 11.1 and Season of Discovery Hotfixes: April 15th

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Today’s hotfixes bring the raid nerfs, but also add a bit more on top.

We have a fix for Demonology as well as Brann now being able to damage an enemy in Mycomancer Cavern.

We also have many more changes to the Scarlet Enclave raid in SoD Phase 8, as well as some class adjustments, and more.


Classes

  • Warlock
    • Demonology
      • Fixed an issue where Grimoire: Felguard received 100% energy reduction while affected by Demonic Tyrant’s Demonic Power.

Delves

  • Fixed a bug preventing Brann from damaging Particularly Bad Guy.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Operation: Floodgate
    • Addressed an issue where Leaping Spark may fail to be consumed by Dam Water.
  • Theater of Pain
    • Whirling Blade and Death Spiral now have a rim visual to communicate the impact radius of the area effect.
    • Kul’tharok can no longer melee players.
  • Liberation of Undermine
    • Developers’ notes: We’ve adjusted the following encounters to ensure that tuning aimed at increasing parity between healer specializations does not also make current raid encounters more challenging.
    • Stix Bunkjunker
      • Toxic Fumes damage reduced by 17% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Incineration damage reduced by 25% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
    • Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
      • Unstable Explosion damage reduced by 10% on Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
      • Sonic Ba-Boom initial hit damage reduced by 4% on Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
    • One-Armed Bandit
      • Coin Magnet damage reduced by 10%.
    • Mug’Zee, Heads of Security
      • Elemental Calamity damage reduced by 12%.
      • Uncontrolled Burn damage reduced by 12%.
      • Searing Shrapnel damage reduced by 12%.
      • Surging Arc damage reduced by 12%.
    • Chrome King Gallywix
      • TOTAL DESTRUCTION!!! damage reduced by 10%.
      • Mechengineer’s Canisters healing absorb reduced by 10%.
      • Canister Detonation damage reduced by 10%.
      • Venting Heat damage reduced by 10%.
      • Mechmastermind’s Canisters healing absorb reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Mastermind’s Detonation damage reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.

 

Season of Discovery

  • Exquisite Spices from the Scarlet Junkbox are no longer Bind-on-Pickup. This does not retroactively apply to previously obtained Exquisite Spices.
  • Condemnation will now activate its effect when abilities such as Insect Swarm and Shadow Word: Pain are cast.
  • Classes
    • Priest
      • Spirit of Redemption will no longer prevent the use of Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether.
    • Shaman
      • For players to adjust to the set bonus change, the Naxxramas Tier vendor for Shamans will now offer an exchange from the Enhancement Tier to the Tank Tier. This is a one-way exchange and will no longer be available after April 28.
  • Scarlet Enclave
    • Alexei the Beastlord
      • Enervate and Enkindle can no longer target pets.
      • Enkindle and Enervate now ignore line-of-sight.
    • Balnazzar
      • Sleep now grants players damage immunity.
      • The carrier of Carrion Swarm now has a visible debuff.
    • Lillian Voss
      • Ambition no longer increases her casting speed.
      • Immolation Aura no longer targets pets.
      • Intoxicating Venom should no longer dispel anything other than itself.
      • Putress’ Poison Bolts during berserk now ignore line-of-sight.