World of Warcraft: Legion Patch 7.1 Released On PTR; Karazhan Returns & Patch Notes Inside

Globe of Warcraft: Legion Patch 7.one Released On PTR; Karazhan Returns & Patch Notes Within

Blizzard has released Earth of Warcraft: Legion patch 7.i on the Public Test Realm (PTR), which reintroduces Karazhan as a 5-homo dungeon.

Legion's first patch, titled "Render to Karazhan", was appear by Blizzard at this year's Gamescom. The patch brings back the 10-man Karazhan raid from "The Called-for Cause" expansion as a big v-man dungeon with all nine bosses. Blizzard later provided additional details on the first patch for the Legion expansion.

While the official patch notes for patch 7.one have non yet appeared on Blizzard'due south official WoW: Legion website, the changes were listed in the Globe of Warcraft launcher. Apart from the new Karazhan dungeon, new world quests, and a new world consequence area accept been added. Additionally, a large number of form and leveling changes take been made.

Dungeons and Raids

Karazhan Mythic Dungeon

New attunement questline in Deadwing Pass.

Trial of Valor Raid

Short questline leading into the raid.

New World Quests: Kvaldir landing sites.

The Nighthold Raid

New Nightfallen story quests, with new content every week leading upwards to the opening of The Nighthold.

New World Quests supporting the continued Nightfallen story.

New World Quests

Falcosaurs Swarm! – The coastline of the Broken Isles is under assault from an invasive, predatory species, and they're convenance out of control!

Falcosaurs drop Falcosaur Eggs and Falcosaur Feathers, reagents for new Commencement Assist and Cooking recipes bachelor from the Wardens faction at Honored and Revered.

Find and raise your Orphaned Falcosaur pet, leading to an sectional new mountain.

New World Consequence Area

Return to Alcaz Isle – Dr. Weavil and the Drudge Gnomes

Become to the bottom of Dr. Weavil's insidious plans on Alcaz Island.

Rewards include the Big Red Ray toy for anybody and tamable mechanical spiders for Hunters.

Class Changes

Death Knight

Frozen Pulse now triggers if you lot have fewer than 2 full Runes (was 1).

Frozen Pulse damage reduced to 60% of Attack ability (was 72%).

Glacial Accelerate now hits targets in melee range more reliably.

Demon Hunter

Abilities learned have been spaced out:

Sigil of Silence – Level 101

Empower Wards – Level 103

Sigil of Misery – Level 105

Druid

Mastery: Harmony now includes Frenzied Regeneration.

Ysera's Gift will only heal political party or raid members.

Living Seed now copies 25% of the crit heal (was 50%).

Seeds of the World Tree at present increases that amount by 8%/indicate (was 10%).

Swiftmend healing increased to 770% of Spell Power (was 700%).

(Rest, Guardian, Feral) Druids now take Regrowth in place of Healing Touch.

Regrowth is castable in Moonkin Form.

Talents, antiquity traits, and legendaries have been updated to bear on Regrowth where advisable.

(Restoration) Regrowth has 40% boosted take chances to crit (was 60%).

Activating Incarnation no longer triggers a global cooldown for any spec.

Incarnation: Chosen of Elune once a proceeds provides the armored Moonkin model.

Galactic Guardian:

Now causes Moonfire to generate 10 Rage (was xv).

Now increases its direct impairment by 300%.

Now has a ability aureola.

Hunter

Track Mechanicals granted to all gnome and goblin hunters, equally well every bit any hunter who uses the Mecha-Bond Imprint Matrix.

Vulnerable now increases damage past 50% (was 25%), stacking up to two times (was iii times).

New Hunter talent (replacing Dash):

Trailblazer: Your motion speed is increased by 25% anytime you have not attacked for 3 seconds.

(Survival) Animal Instincts has been redesigned: Flanking Strike now also reduces the remaining cooldown of a random 1 of the following abilities:

Flanking Strike

Mongoose Bite

Attribute of the Eagle

Harpoon

Mage

(Frost) Brain Freeze at present also increases the damage of your next Flurry by xxx%.

Monk

(Windwalker, Brewmaster) Crackling Jade Lightning now costs 20 Free energy, plus 20 Energy per second.

Paladin

Retribution Aura no longer ignores tanks (including self).

In talent trees, Divine Steed for Holy and Retribution, and Blessing of Salvation for Protection accept been replaced with a new talent:

Cavalier: Divine Steed now has two charges.

Retribution

Holy Wrath now deal 200% of your missing health in damage to iv nearby enemies, upward to 120% of your maximum health.

Blade of Wrath has been redesigned: (Passive) Your auto attacks have a chance to reset the cooldown of Blade of Justice.

Crusade has been redesigned: Replaces Avenging Wrath. (Instant – two minute cooldown) Profoundly empowers your Judgment for 20 seconds.

While empowered, Judgment generates i Holy Power, has a 75% reduced cooldown, and increases your impairment and healing past iii%, stacking upwardly to xv times.

Protection

First Avenger: Avenger's Shield now adds +50% impairment to the get-go target, and +ten% Grand Crusader proc hazard.

Breastwork of Light now has a two minute cooldown (was 3 minutes).

Crusader's Judgment now has ii charges, and Grand Crusader now also grants a charge of Judgment.

Priest

(Shadow) Arcane Torrent now generates 15 Insanity.

Rogue

Kingsbane at present generates 1 combo point.

Hemorrhage, Marked for Death, and Ghostly Strike show up on the caster'due south nameplates.

Shaman

Fire Elemental, Earth Elemental, and Feral Spirits now all have totem timers.

Earthquake Totem has been renamed to Earthquake and no longer summons a totem.

Warlock

Demon Skin and Demonic Circle have swapped talent locations.

Devour Magic has returned for Felhunters.

Unstable Affliction at present overlaps when bandage multiple times, rather than "rolling" any remaining harm into the new cast. This does not modify the total harm dealt by multiple casts, but makes it easier for players to encounter the strength of an Unstable Affliction on a given target.

Compounding Horror trait redesigned: its buff causes your next Unstable Disease to deal (32% Spell Power) Shadow damage instantly, stacking upwards to five times.

(Disease) Soul Effigy is now immune to AOE harm.

(Demonology) Demonic Empowerment now increases health by 20% (was 50%).

(Demonology) Thal'kiel's Consumption deals impairment equal to 8% of pet wellness (was 6%).

Warrior

Inspiring Presence now affects party and raid members simply.

Leveling

In this patch, a large number of changes are made to improve the order and flow of abilities gained while leveling all classes.

In many cases, the level ane-10 abilities that introduce the class have changed.

Many special bonuses and features for grade abilities are now granted by upgrades that are learned at a later level.

This applies to every spec for every class other than Death Knights and Demon Hunters.

Examples:

Druids beneath level 10 now employ Wrath and Moonfire as their primary damage abilities, rather than Shred and Ferocious Bite.

While Smite will nevertheless be the first spell given to Priests at level 1, the added blot shield effect will exist an upgrade learned by Discipline at level 36, as the purpose of that consequence is to add to healing in group content.

Rogues will starting time leveling with an ability that attacks with one weapon and generates one combo indicate. Rogues who cull Assassination specialization will replace that ability with Mutilate at level twoscore.

Pet Battles

Raiding with Leashes IV

Delve into Ulduar, Trial of the Crusader, and Icecrown Citadel in search of rare pets and the take a chance to exercise battle with a new Celestial foe!

Player Versus Player

Nagrand Arena has received a pregnant visual update.

Honor Organization

Laurels talents volition no longer be lost when a player chooses to Prestige.

Players will receive gold or artifact ability in lieu of honor talents at college Prestige levels.

Unrated Rewards

The quality of items rewarded from skirmish and random battlegrounds at present increases based on the player's Laurels Level.

Rated Rewards

Players will no longer receive a bonus slice of gear based on their rating for the offset 2 wins in each rated bracket (2v2, 3v3, 10v10).

Players will now receive a bonus slice of gear based on their best rating from the previous week for each rated bracket (2v2, 3v3, 10v10).

The World of Wacraft Legion expansion was received amazingly well among the WoW customs, and upon release, the expansion sold 3.3 million copies on its outset day, thereby matching the best record accomplished by previous expansions.