Beta Talent Calculator Changes

Posted 25th Jul 2008 07:16 PM by Maticus

Blizzard have changed their Talent Calculator on the official site. Here are the changes that have been noted so far:

[druid]Druid[/druid]

Balance

  • Moonkin Form mana cost is now 538 mana.
  • Typhoon now uses 645 mana and the range has been increased to 24 Yards.
  • Force of Nature uses costs 284 mana. The cooldown has been reduced to 2 minutes.

Feral

  • Faerie Fire range is now 36 yards.
  • Primal Tenacity: Increases your chance to resist Stun and Fear mechanics by 5/10/15%

Restoration

  • Tree of Life mana use reduced from 28% base mana to 978 mana.


[hunter]Hunter[/hunter]

Survival

  • Potent Venom: Increases the amount of damage done to targets afflicted by your Wyvern or Serpent Sting by 1% regardless of the rank.


[mage]Mage[/mage]

Arcane

  • New Talent: Student of the Mind: Increases your total spirit by 4/8/12%
  • New Talent: Spell Impact: Increases the critical strike chance of Arcane Explosion, Arcane Blast, Blast Wave, Fire Blast, Ice Lance, and Cone of Cold by 2/4/6%. Replaces Arcane Impact.
  • Arcane Potency now only requires 1 Point in Presence of Mind.
  • New Talent: Arcane Flows: Reduces the cooldown of your Presence of Mind, Arcane Power, and Invisibility spells by 30 secs.

Frost


    [paladin]Paladin[/paladin]

    Holy

    • The healing of Holy Shock has been greatly increased: Rank 1 = 481 - 519 healing, Rank 2 = 644 -696 Healing, Rank 3 = 845 - 915 Healing, Rank 4 = 1061 - 1149 Healing, Rank 5 = 1258 - 1362 Healing, Rank 6 = 2065 - 2235 Healing, Rank 7 = 2401 - 2599 healing.

    Protection

    • Holy Shield now has 6 charges.
    • Avenger’s Shield mana cost has been greatly reduced, but so has the damage.

    Retribution

    • Improved Blessing of Might: Increases the attack power bonus of your Blessing of Might by 10/20/30/40/50%.
    • Pursuit of Justice: Reduces the chance you’ll be hit by spells y 1/2% and increases movement and mounted movement speed by 8/15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
    • Vindication: Gives the Paladin’s damaging attacks a chance to reduce the target’s attributes by 10% for 15 sec.


    [rogue]Rogue[/rogue]

    Subtlety


      [shaman]Shaman[/shaman]

      Elemental

      • Concussion: Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 1%.
      • Convection: Reduces the mana cost of Shock, Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Thunder and Lava Burst spells by 4/8/12%.
      • Elemental Precision: Increases your chance to hit with Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 2/4/6% and reduces the threat caused by these spells by 4/7/10%.
      • Astral Shift: When stunned, feared or silenced you have a 33/66/100% chance to shift into the Astral Plane reducing all damage taken by 30%.

      Enhancement

      • Improved Shields now increases the amount of mana gained from your Mana Shield orbs by 10%.
      • Shamanistic Rage now gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 15% of your attack power.

      Restoration


        [warlock]Warlock[/warlock]

        Affliction

        • Death’s Embrace no longer affects Shadowburn.

        Demonology

        • Soul Link is no longer required for Unholy Power.

        Destruction

        • Aftermath: Gives your Destruction spells a 2/4% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.


        [warrior]Warrior[/warrior]

        Arms

        • Improved Rend: Increases the bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 25%. Replaces Bloodletting talent.

        Protection


          Death Knight

          Blood

          • Will of the Necropolis: Increases your expertise by 3/6/9% when you have less than 35% health, yout total armor increases by 10%.

          Frost

            Unholy

            • Corpse Explosion base damage has been increased to 216.
            • Improved Corpse Explosion: Exploded corpses cause 25/50% additional damage and have a 50/100% chance to cast a disease on enemy targets, that deals 36% of the explosion damage over 15 sec.




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