WoW Midnight 12.1.5 Tuning Buffs Druids and Mages, Nerfs Subtlety Rogues

Blizzard Entertainment has announced class tuning changes for World of Warcraft: Midnight patch 12.1.5 that will go live with weekly maintenance on Tuesday, October 27, according to PCGamesN. The adjustments cover PvE and PvP across several classes.

Feral Druids receive a 5% damage increase in PvE. Restoration Druid healing is raised in PvE only: Verdancy by 60%, Regrowth by 10%, and Improved Swiftmend from 30% to 40%. Fire Mages get a 5% damage increase across the board in PvE.

Marksmanship Hunters gain 10% boosts to Explosive Shot and Volley, while Trick Shots' damage increase to Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire rises from 75% to 85%. Affliction Warlocks deal 20% more damage with Unstable Affliction outside PvP, and Destruction Warlocks get 20% more Rain of Fire damage.

Subtlety Rogues are the main losers: all ability damage is reduced by 8%, and Trickster: Fazed drops from 7% to 5%. In PvP, buffs go to Devourer Demon Hunters, Preservation Evokers, Marksmanship Hunters, Frost Mages, Mistweaver Monks, Holy Paladins, Holy Priests, Assassination Rogues and Restoration Shamans, while Unholy Death Knights and Fire Mages are nerfed.

Separately, hotfixes make Enhancement Shaman's Surging Elements appear correctly in the Cooldown Manager and stop certain Warlock summons from targeting enemies out of combat.

Context

Patch 12.1.5 was released a little over a week before the tuning announcement. The 12.2 update, Eclipse, is upcoming, and the WoW Forever beta has wrapped up ahead of its full launch.