New in Forever · Snapshot 2026-09-30

WoW Forever New Talents

Browse talents marked new against Classic in the current data snapshot. See what each one does, where it sits in its tree, and open the class planner to try it in a build.

115new talents listed

9classes with additions

2026-09-30data snapshot

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Class additions

Warrior

Arms · Fury · Protection

10 newTry in Warrior planner ↗

Arms

3 additions

NewRank 1

Spearing Strike

A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.

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Bloodthrill

Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 4% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec.

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NewRank 5

Weaponmaster

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target.

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Fury

3 additions

NewRank 3

Boundless Rage

Increases your maximum Rage by 10.

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Raging Blows

Causes your Whirlwind to also strike with your off-hand weapon, and reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave ability by 2.

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Precision

Improves your chance to hit by 1%.

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Protection

4 additions

NewRank 2

Master of Defense

Grants you a 50% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped.

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Vanguard

Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

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NewRank 5

Bastion

Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped.

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NewRank 3

Focused Rage

Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1.

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Class additions

Paladin

Holy · Protection · Retribution

18 newTry in Paladin planner ↗

Holy

7 additions

NewRank 1

Voice of Truth

Grants you immunity to Silence and Interrupt effects. Lasts 6 sec.

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Reverence

Allows 10% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

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NewRank 2

Purifying Power

Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 10% and reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 17%.

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NewRank 2

Infusion of Light

Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light cast within 15 sec by 0.5 sec.

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NewRank 3

Divine Precision

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.

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NewRank 2

Consecrated Ground

Gives your Holy spells 5% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.

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Light's Vigil

Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost, or allied targets to heal their party for 325 to 343. The Paladin may only have one Light's Vigil active per party.

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Protection

5 additions

NewRank 1

Improved Seal of Fury

When Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed, restore 60 Mana, increased by 15% per level the attacker is above you, up to 45%.

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NewRank 2

Sacred Duty

Increases your total Stamina by 2% and reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 30 sec.

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NewRank 1

Swift Judgement

Finishes the remaining cooldown on your Judgement ability and reduces the Mana cost of your next Judgement by 100%.

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Templar's Bulwark

When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.

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NewRank 5

Iron Creed

Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability 5%. While Righteous Fury is active, Holy Strike also reduces your damage taken by 2% for 6 sec.

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Retribution

6 additions

NewRank 2

Holy Conduit

Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 20%.

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NewRank 3

Sanctified Judgement

Gives your Judgement ability a 33% chance to return 20% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.

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NewRank 1

Sacred Arbiter

Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.

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NewRank 3

Champion of the Light

Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your Intellect.

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NewRank 2

Instrument of Law

Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 0.5 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 10% while Righteous Fury is not active.

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NewRank 1

Twist of Light

Reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%, and when you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.

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Class additions

Hunter

Beast Mastery · Marksmanship · Survival

14 newTry in Hunter planner ↗

Beast Mastery

2 additions

NewRank 2

Focused Fire

Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active.

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NewRank 1

Summon Hawk

Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.

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Marksmanship

4 additions

NewRank 5

Careful Aim

Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect.

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NewRank 2

Rapid Killing

Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 10%.

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NewRank 1

Lone Wolf

You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.

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NewRank 2

Rapid Recuperation

Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 25% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 50% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.

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Survival

8 additions

NewRank 5

Improved Tracking

While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 1%.

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NewRank 2

Survival Tactics

Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 5%.

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NewRank 5

Predator's Edge

Increases your melee critical strike damage by 6% and your offhand weapon damage by 10%.

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NewRank 2

Resourcefulness

Reduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 30%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 30% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.

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NewRank 2

Expose Prey

Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 5% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 sec.

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NewRank 2

Survivalist's Discipline

Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 20%.

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NewRank 1

Strider Kick

A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.

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NewRank 1

Lacerating Strikes

Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage over 21 sec equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite.

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Class additions

Rogue

Assassination · Combat · Subtlety

9 newTry in Rogue planner ↗

Assassination

2 additions

NewRank 1

Mutilate

Instantly attacks with both weapons for 75% weapon damage plus an additional 13 with each weapon. Damage increased by 20% against Poisoned targets. Awards 2 Combo Points.

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NewRank 1

Venom

Finishing move that increases the damage of your Poisons by 30% and your chance to apply Poisons by 10%. Lasts longer per combo point: 1 point : 9 seconds 2 points: 12 seconds 3 points: 15 seconds 4 points: 18 seconds 5 points: 21 seconds

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Combat

2 additions

NewRank 1

Flawless Execution

Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 10.

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NewRank 5

Hack and Slash

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor.

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Subtlety

5 additions

NewRank 2

Dirty Tricks

Reduces the Energy cost of your Sap and Blind abilities by 25%.

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NewRank 2

Improved Distract

Increases the radius of your Distract ability by 3 yds, and further reduces the Stealth detection of distracted enemies as though they were an additional 1 level lower.

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NewRank 5

Quietus

Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause 2% more damage against targets below 35% health.

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NewRank 5

Cutthroat

Your Backstab has a 3% chance to cause your next Ambush within 10 sec to not require Stealth.

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NewRank 1

Thousand Cuts

When your Rupture ability deals periodic damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability within 10 sec is reduced by 3, stacking up to 5 times.

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Class additions

Priest

Discipline · Holy · Shadow

13 newTry in Priest planner ↗

Discipline

7 additions

NewRank 5

Power in Light

Your Smite and Penance spells deal 2% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.

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NewRank 5

Twin Disciplines

Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 1%.

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NewRank 3

Holy Precision

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.

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NewRank 1

Soul Warding

Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.

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NewRank 1

Penance

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

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Renewed Hope

Your heals from Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, and Penance gain 2% increased critical strike chance when cast on targets with Weakened Soul, and reduce the remaining duration of Weakened Soul on their target by 1 sec.

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NewRank 3

Divine Aegis

Your critical heals create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 5% of the amount healed. Lasts 12 sec.

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Holy

3 additions

NewRank 1

Binding Heal

Heals a friendly target and the caster for 236 to 284. Low threat.

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NewRank 2

Litany of Light

When you cast a healing spell, gain Mana equal to 5% of the base cost of the spell if your previous heal was a different spell.

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NewRank 1

Prayer of Mending

Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing. When the heal occurs, Prayer of Mending jumps to a party or raid member within 20 yards. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump. This spell can only be placed on one target at a time per caster.

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Shadow

3 additions

NewRank 2

Improved Mind Flay

Your Mind Flay now deals 10% more damage, gains 5 yards increased range, but slows the target's movement speed by 35%.

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NewRank 2

Devouring Contagion

Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 25%. Targets that die while Devouring Plague is active spreads it, jumping to a nearby enemy within 5 yards for the remaining duration.

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NewRank 2

Early Demise

Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15%.

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Class additions

Shaman

Elemental · Enhancement · Restoration

12 newTry in Shaman planner ↗

Elemental

3 additions

NewRank 3

Lightning Overload

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

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NewRank 1

Earthbound

Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

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Lava Burst

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 to 192 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

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Enhancement

6 additions

NewRank 3

Mental Dexterity

Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.

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Shamanistic Focus

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.

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NewRank 2

Mental Quickness

Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.

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NewRank 2

Improved Stormstrike

When you Stormstrike, you have a 50% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 50% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.

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NewRank 5

Maelstrom Weapon

When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 4%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

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NewRank 1

Rage of the Farseer

Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

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Restoration

3 additions

NewRank 3

Mindfulness

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

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NewRank 1

Water Shield

The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

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Riptide

Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

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Class additions

Mage

Arcane · Fire · Frost

6 newTry in Mage planner ↗

Arcane

3 additions

NewRank 2

Arcane Geometry

Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3 yards.

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Arcane Blast

Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 to 65 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.

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Missile Barrage

Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

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Fire

1 additions

NewRank 1

Hot Streak

Your non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch grant Hot Streak for 20 sec. Hot Streak reduces the cast time of Pyroblast by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.

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Frost

2 additions

NewRank 1

Ice Lance

Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.

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NewRank 2

Fingers of Frost

Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 1 spell cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec.

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Class additions

Warlock

Affliction · Demonology · Destruction

19 newTry in Warlock planner ↗

Affliction

7 additions

NewRank 5

Malediction

Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.

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Soul Harvesting

You gain Soul Harvest for 10 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Soul Harvest allows your Mana to regenerate at 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.

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NewRank 3

Improved Drains

Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.

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Pandemic

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 33%.

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NewRank 5

Malevolence

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

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Soul Siphon

Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.

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Wrack

Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.

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Demonology

7 additions

NewRank 2

Demonic Aegis

Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

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Demonic Energies

You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 50% of the Mana you gain.

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Decimation

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.

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NewRank 3

Demonic Brand

Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.

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Improved Felhunter

Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec.

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Demonic Knowledge

Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.

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NewRank 1

Demonic Pact

Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

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Destruction

5 additions

NewRank 5

Molten Skin

Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

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NewRank 1

Bane of Havoc

Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.

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NewRank 3

Fire and Brimstone

Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

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NewRank 5

Shadow and Flame

Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.

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NewRank 1

Incinerate

Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

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Class additions

Druid

Balance · Feral Combat · Restoration

14 newTry in Druid planner ↗

Balance

5 additions

NewRank 5

Genesis

Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 1%.

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NewRank 2

Nature's Majesty

Increases your critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks by 2%.

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NewRank 1

Nature's Splendor

Increases the duration of your Moonfire and Rejuvenation spells by 3 sec, your Regrowth spell by 6 sec, and your Insect Swarm spell by 2 sec.

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NewRank 2

Overgrowth

Increases the maximum number of targets you may have affected by Entangling Roots by 1.

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NewRank 3

Eclipse

Your Wrath spell reduces the cast time of your next 2 Starfire spells by 0.17 sec. Stores up to 4 charges. Lasts 15 sec.

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Feral Combat

6 additions

NewRank 1

Primal Bite

Bite the target for 100% normal damage plus 26.

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NewRank 2

Predatory Instincts

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 10%.

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NewRank 3

King of the Jungle

Tiger's Fury now instantly grants you 20 Energy.

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Natural Reaction

Increases your dodge chance by 1%, and gives you a 20% chance to gain 5 Rage each time you dodge.

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Rend and Tear

Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 2%.

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NewRank 1

Berserk

Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.

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Restoration

3 additions

NewRank 1

Gift of the Earthmother

Reduces the global cooldown by 0.5 seconds on your Rejuvenation, Swiftmend, and Wild Growth spells.

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NewRank 3

Living Spirit

Increases your Spirit by 5%.

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NewRank 1

Wild Growth

Heals the target and their party for 336 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.

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