12.0.5 Content Update Notes
The 12.0.5 content update arrives to World of Warcraft on April 21.
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Death Knight
Frost
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- Chosen of Frostbrood (Rank 3) has been updated – When Frostwyrm's Fury is recalled, it now grants the full Haste bonus at 50% duration instead. The ability used to recall Frostwyrm’s Fury is no longer on the global cooldown.
- Deathbringer Echoing Fury secondary effect has been redesigned – Casting Reaper's Mark grants 1 stack of Exterminate with 100% first scythe and 100% second scythe effectiveness.
- Deathbringer Exterminate has been updated – After Reaper's Mark explodes, your next 2 Obliterates or Frostscythes cost 1 Rune and summon 2 scythes to strike the enemies. The rest of the effect remains the same.
Unholy
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- New Talent: Cycle of Death – Putrefy reduces the cooldown of Death and Decay by 1 second. Death and Decay reduces the cooldown of Putrefy by 0.3 seconds for each enemy it damages, up to 3 seconds.
- Raise Abomination has been updated – Disease Cloud no longer causes enemies to take increased damage from minions. Now deals Plague damage periodically to nearby enemies.
- Putrid Echoes has an additional effect – Putrefy now consumes up to 2 available charges on cast.
- Lesser Ghoul damage reduced by 17%.
- Scourge Strike now applies Virulent Plague in addition to spreading it.
- Pestilence renamed to Blightfall and now overrides Dark Transformation instead of Outbreak.
- Necrotic Coil's Shadowstrike damage now prefers the primary target.
- Some talents have changed locations in the talent tree.
- The following talents have been removed: Blightfall; March of Madness; Scythe of Decay
- Rider of the Apocalypse Unholy Armaments has an additional effect – Your Ghoul and skeletal archer deal 10% and Lesser Ghouls deal 20% increased damage.
- Rider of the Apocalypse A Feast of Souls has been updated – While you have 2 or more Horsemen aiding you, your Death Coil deals 20% and Epidemic deals 20% increased damage.
- San'layn Frenzied Bloodthirst has been updated – Essence of the Blood Queen increases the damage of your Death Coil and Death Strike by 3%, and Epidemic by 3% per stack.
- San'layn Thrill of Blood has an additional effect – Dread Plague deals 5% and Virulent Plague deals 5% increased damage.
- San'layn Desecrate has been updated – Death and Decay deals its damage 100% faster.
Demon Hunter
- Demon Hunters can now further customize their appearance with new eye options: a new void blue eye color and a flameless option for both fel green and void blue eyes.
Devourer
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- Spontaneous Immolation has been redesigned – Soul Immolation heals for an additional 6% of your maximum health over its duration and its cooldown is reset upon killing an enemy that yields experience or honor.
- Soul Immolation has been updated – No longer deals self-damage. Now heals for 24% of your maximum health over its duration.
- Sweet Suffering has been updated – Now increases the duration of Feast of Souls by 1 second/2 seconds (was 2 seconds/4 seconds).
- Eradicate now deals separate damage to its primary target and its area damage targets.
- Feast of Souls is no longer capped at 20 stacks.
- Removing Grim Focus via a macro or right-clicking the aura will prevent it from being reapplied for 10 seconds.
- Void-Scarred Burning Blades has been updated – Now affects Hungering Slash (was Reap) and now additionally increases Reap's damage by 20%.
- Void-Scarred Untethered Fury has been updated – Now increases Void Ray damage by 15%.
- Void-Scarred Monster Rising has been updated – Now increases Collapsing Star damage by 15%.
- Void-Scarred Violent Transformation has been updated – Now additionally causes the Hunt to deal 25% increased damage and reset the cooldown of Soul Immolation.
- Void-Scarred Student of Suffering increases Mastery by 4% (was 8%) and grants 2 Fury (was 5 Fury).
- Void-Scarred Blind Focus increases Cosmic damage dealt by 2% (was 3%).
Vengeance
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- Feast of Souls now heals instantly upon activating Soul Cleave (was heal over 6 seconds).
- Untethered Rage trigger effect now lasts 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
- Fracture base cooldown reduced to 5.5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Annihilator Celestial Echoes now causes Fracture to generate 3 additional Fury and deal 25% increased damage (was 5 Fury and 30% damage).
Druid
Balance
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- Meteorites has been updated – Every time Starfall drops a wave of stars, a meteorite also falls on up to 2 targets in its range, each dealing Astral damage.
- Meteorite projectile damage reduced by 30%.
Feral
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- Unseen Predator (Rank 1) now has an additional effect – Unseen Attack damage is reduced if less than 5 combo points and 50 Energy are spent on Ferocious Bite.
- Unseen Predator (Rank 2) has been updated – Unseen Attacks increase your damage done by 8%/15% for 1 second per combo point spent to trigger it. Additional applications extend this effect.
- Unseen Predator (Rank 3) has been updated – Tiger's Fury causes you to perform an Unseen Attack for maximum damage after your next 2 combo point generating attacks. Rip and Unseen Attack damage increased by 30%.
- Unseen Slash and Unseen Swipe base damage increased by 25%.
Guardian
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- Wild Guardian (Rank 2) now grants 1 charge/2 charges of Dream Guide or Dream of Cenarius.
- Wild Guardian (Rank 3) now empowers Maul, causing it to deal 40% additional damage over time.
- Galactic Guardian’s interaction with Red Moon has been updated – Stacks of Lunar Wrath are now consumed upon spending 20 Rage.
- Regrowths cast by Dream Guide now heal for an additional 100%.
Restoration
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- Everbloom (Rank 2) has been redesigned – When Lifebloom's final bloom occurs, it heals 6 allies within 40 yards for 25%/50% of its healing amount.
- Everbloom (Rank 3) Blooming Frenzy now triggers 3 times (was 5).
- Wrath damage increased by 40%.
- Starfire damage increased by 40%.
- Starsurge damage increased by 40%.
- Sunfire damage increased by 25%.
- Moonfire damage increased by 25%.