Zekvir Weekly Rewards Change: War Within Hotfixes, October 14th

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More hotfixes arrive!

Today’s batch brings nerfs to Crest and Valorstone rewards from Zekvir, as they are now weekly per character. We also have the big Queen Ansurek nerfs, a lot of dungeon changes and a timewalking fix, and more.


Achievements

  • The achievements Vox Arachni, True Strength, and The Grand Tapestry should now trigger as expected.

Classes

  • Mage
    • Fire
      • Corrected an issue with Controlled Destruction’s damage bonus to Ignite.
  • Warlock
    • Demonology
      • Fixed an issue where Ruination and Infernal Bolt could not be interrupted.

Delves

  • Defeating Zekvir in his Lair now rewards Crests and Valorstones once per character per week.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking
    • Fixed an issue where Titan Prison Fragment cannot be looted if Yogg-Saron was already killed this week.
  • The Dawnbreaker
    • Rasha’nan will no longer continue fighting the player after being brought below 60% health.
    • Resolved an issue causing Encroaching Shadows to be removed by immunity effects.
  • Siege of Boralus
    • Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away.
    • Resolved an issue that caused Sighted Artillery to not target players farther away from Dread Captiain Lockwood.
  • Stonevault
    • Resolved an issue causing summons such as Auto-Hammers from destroying Volatile Spikes on E.D.N.A
  • Nerub-ar Palace
    • Queen Ansurek
      • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
      • When calculating applications of Frothy Toxin, only living players are now counted towards the maximum possible application amount on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • On Mythic difficulty:
        • Queen Ansurek’s health reduced by 5%.
        • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 26.7%.
        • Silken Tomb health reduced by 20%.
        • Wrest damage (Intermission) reduced by 25%.
        • Grasping Silk maximum size reduced by 10%.
        • Shadowgate cast time increased by 20%.
        • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 25%.
        • Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 15%.
        • Essence Scarred duration reduced by 50%.
        • Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 10%.
        • Summoned Acolyte health and Dark Barrier shield amount reduced by 15%.
        • Royal Shackle health reduced by 15%.

Player versus Player

  • Resolved an issue that allowed Battleground Blitz to grant progress towards the Vicious Skyflayer mount while below the required rating.