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Raid Testing Schedule - January 17
Originally Posted by Blizzard
(Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
On Thursday, January 17, we will be testing two more raid encounters in the Throne of Thunder.
Each encounter should be available at approximately the listed times below for all Public Test Realms.
Horridon - 10 Player Normal at 10:30 PST (13:30 EST, 19:30 CET)
Iron Qon - 10 Player Normal at 16:00 PST (19:00 EST, 01:00 CET)
As always, this testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a beta environment. We might have to change the time of a testing session, change the boss being tested, or cancel a test entirely, due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc. This is particularly true for these early tests as we are still nailing down overall patch stability. Keep an eye on this forum for the latest information, and thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.
Important Testing Notes
Q: How do I get into the raid zone?
A: At the northeastern edge of the swamp on the Thunder King's island, there is a Shado-Pan camp in a small cave. A sewer grate in this cave will take you directly to the zone-in point for the raid zone. (As more of the island unlocks, players will be able to access the main gate directly.)
Q: What gear do I use to test the raid?
A: As we did for Beta raid testing, we will be scaling players' gear inside the raid in order to facilitate testing. Gear will be scaled (up or down, as appropriate) to item Level 502 for the purposes of testing Normal modes.
New Strings
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
INVITE_TEAM_MEMBERS - Invite Team Members
PVP_BEST_RATING - Best Rating:
PVP_CURRENT_RATING - Current Rating:
PVP_INVITE_TEAM_TOOLTIP - Right-Click to invite team members
Achievement Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Feats of Strength
Cutting Edge: Grand Empress Shek'zeer - no longer mentions the Klaxxi Resonance buff, now mentions "before the discovery of the Throne of Thunder".
Cutting Edge: Sha of Fear - no longer mentions the Klaxxi Resonance buff, now mentions "before the discovery of the Throne of Thunder".
Cutting Edge: Will of the Emperor - no longer mentions the Klaxxi Resonance buff, now mentions "before the discovery of the Throne of Thunder".
I Thought He Was Supposed to Be Hard? (New) Defeat Ra-den in Throne of Thunder on the first attempt without letting any raid members die.
I've Got 9999 Problems but a Bone-White Primal Raptor Isn't One (New) Obtain the reins of the Bone-White Primal Raptor from Ku'ma, the Bone Collector. Account Wide.
Pandaria
Quests
Champions of Thunder Isle [NYI] (New) Defeat all of the summonable opponents on the Isle of the Thunder King.
Pandaria Raid
Dungeons & Raids
A Complete Circuit (New) Defeat Lei Shen in the Throne of Thunder on Normal or Heroic Difficulty after disabling each of the four Conduits first. Criteria: Static Shock Conduit Disabled First, Diffusion Chain Conduit Disabled First, Overcharge Conduit Disabled First, Bouncing Bolt Conduit Disabled First.
Can't Touch This (New) Survive the Iron Qon fight in the Throne of Thunder on Normal or Heroic difficulty without getting hit by any of the following abilities: 10 points. Criteria: Burning Cinders, Frozen Blood, Storm Cloud, Frozen Solid!, Rushing Winds.
From Dusk 'til Dawn (New) Defeat Lu'lin before Suen falls below 30% health, and then defeat Suen in Throne of Thunder on Normal or Heroic Difficulty. 10 points.
One-Up now is possible to earn in Normal or Heroic difficulty.
Player vs. Player
Glorious Conquest (New) Earn 27,000 Conquest Points in Season 13. 10 points.
Tier 15 Set Bonus Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Item - Mage T15 2P Bonus When Alter Time expires, you gain
5,100 Haste for 30 sec.
1,800 Haste, Crit, and Mastery for 30 sec.
Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Item - Shaman T15 Elemental 2P Bonus Your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lighting
spells have an
hits have a
10% chance to cause a Lightning Strike at the target’s location, dealing 70,000 Nature damage
to
divided among
all non-crowd controlled targets within 0 yards
.
Item - Shaman T15 Elemental 4P Bonus The cooldown of your
Ascendence
Ascendance
is reduced by 1 sec each time you cast Lava Burst.
Item - Shaman T15 Restoration 4P Bonus Your Ancestral
Wakening now has a 20%
Awakening now has a 50%
chance to trigger on non-critical heals.
Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
Item - Warrior T15 Protection 2P Bonus Your Shield Slam and Revenge have a 10% chance to activate Victory Rush
and increase the healing done by the next Impending Victory by 100%.
or Impending Victory as if you had killed your target.
New Items
You can see all of the new items on WoWDB!
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Level
Type
Slot
Name
1
Junk
Fortuitous Coffer
90
Junk
Intact Devilsaur Hide
90
Junk
Notes on Lightning Steel
90
Junk
Notes on Lightning Stabilization
20
Companion Pets
Ji-Kun Hatchling
20
Companion Pets
Spawn of G'nathus
20
Companion Pets
Direhorn Runt
20
Companion Pets
Pygmy Direhorn
500
Other
Secrets of the Empire
500
Other
Titan Runestone
1
Quest
Wild Thunder Pterrorwing Hatchling
476
Two-handed Axe
Two Hand
Drakkari Decapitator
476
Bow
Ranged
Mogu Sportsman's Bow
476
One-handed Mace
One Hand
Lightning Snare
476
Polearm
Two Hand
Teng's Reach
476
One-handed Sword
One Hand
Vengeance of Kor'dok
476
One-handed Sword
One Hand
Talonblade of Akil'amon
476
Staff
Two Hand
Gaze of Qi'nor
476
Dagger
One Hand
Cera's Impalers
476
Dagger
One Hand
Saurok Ritualist's Sacrificial Dagger
80
Consumable
Burning Seed
Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Companions
Direhorn Runt (New) Right Click to summon and dismiss your Pygmy Direhorn. Instant.
Ji-Kun Hatchling (New) Right Click to summon and dismiss your Ji-Kun Hatchling. Instant.
Pierre (New) Right Click to summon and dismiss Pierre. Instant.
Pygmy Direhorn (New) Right Click to summon and dismiss your Pygmy Direhorn. Instant.
Spawn of G'nathus (New) Right Click to summon and dismiss your Spawn of G'nathus. Instant.
Druid (Forums)
Cyclone now has a 30yd range, up from 20.
Wild Mushroom: Bloom - Bonus healing on the Wild Mushroom will be divided across all targets healed.
Balance & Restoration
Wild Mushroom (Restoration) now only gains from 25% of overhealing done by your Rejuvenation, up to a maximum of 33% (was 100%) of your health in bonus healing per mushroom.
Restoration
Naturalist (New) Increases all healing you deal by 10%. Druid - Restoration Spec.
Wild Mushroom: Bloom Causes all of your Wild Mushrooms to bloom, healing all allies within 8 yards for [ 2,233 + 20.7% of Spell Power ].
Bonus healing on the Wild Mushroom will be divided across all targets healed.
Druid - Restoration Spec. 10.2% of Base Mana. 40 yd range. Instant. 10 sec cooldown.
Hunter (Forums)
Marksmanship
Aimed Shot A powerful aimed shot that deals 320% ranged weapon damage plus 7,974. Hunter - Marksmanship Spec. 50 Focus. 40 yd range.
2.9 sec cast.
2.5 sec cast.
Monk (Forums)
Brewmaster
Elusive Brew Increases your chance to dodge melee and ranged attacks by 30% for 1 sec per stack of Elusive Brew active, consuming your Elusive Brew charges. Monk - Brewmaster Spec. Instant.
9 sec cooldown.
6 sec cooldown.
Summon Black Ox Statue Summons a Black Ox Statue at the target location. Lasts for 15 min. Only one Black Ox Statue can be summoned at any one time. The Black Ox Statue interacts with your Provoke and Leer of the Ox abilities. Sanctuary of the Ox (Passive) Everytime the Monk deals
[ 800%
[ 1,600%
of AP ] damage, the Black Ox statue will cast Guard on an injured party or raid member within 40 yards absorbing [ 197.1% of AP + 14,232 ] damage lasting 30 sec. This effect cannot be cast onto the Monk. Monk - Brewmaster Spec. 40 yd range. Instant. 30 sec cooldown.
Windwalker
Spinning Fire Blossom
Deals [ 766 + 66.5% of AP
Brewmaster: Deals [ 75.5% of Mainhand Min DPS + 37.8% of Offhand Min DPS + 19.1% of AP - 2 ] to [ 75.5% of Mainhand Max DPS + 37.8% of Offhand Max DPS + 19.1% of AP + 2 ] Fire damage to the first enemy target in front of you within 0 yards. If Spinning Fire Blossom travels further than 10 yards, the damage is increased by 50% and you root the target for 2 sec. Windwalker: Deals [ 188.8% of Mainhand Min DPS + 94.4% of Offhand Min DPS + 15% of AP - 2 ] to [ 188.8% of Mainhand Max DPS + 94.4% of Offhand Max DPS + 15% of AP + 2 ] Fire damage to the first enemy target in front of you within 0 yards. If Spinning Fire Blossom travels further than 10 yards, the damage is increased by 50% and you root the target for 2 sec. Mistweaver: Deals [ 283.1% of Mainhand Min DPS + 15% of AP - 2 ] to [ 283.1% of Mainhand Max DPS + 15% of AP + 2
;] Fire damage to the first enemy target in front of you within 0 yards. If Spinning Fire Blossom travels further than 10 yards, the damage is increased by 50% and you root the target for 2 sec. Monk - Windwalker Spec. 1 Chi. 50 yd range. Instant.
Paladin (Forums)
Blinding Light Emits a dazzling light in all directions, blinding enemies within 10 yards, causing them to wander disoriented for 6 sec. 8% of Base Mana.
Instant. 2 min cooldown.
1.8 sec cast. 2 min cooldown.
Priest (Forums)
Talents
Solace and Insanity (New) Discipline, Holy: You gain the Power Word: Solace ability. Shadow: When cast on a target that has three of your Shadow damage-over-time spells applied, your Mind Flay gains the insanity effect. Strike an enemy with the power of the heavens, dealing [ 1,136 + 111% of Spell Power ] Holy damage and an additional [ 7 + 3.12% of Spell Power ] Holy damage over 7 sec and restoring 1% of maximum mana. Replaces Holy Fire. Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 6,294 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%. Priest - LvL 45 Talent.
Discipline
Divine Aegis Critical heals
and all heals from Prayer of Healing
create a protective shield on the target, absorbing 50% of the amount healed. Lasts 15 sec. Priest - Discipline Spec.
Rapture Removes the cooldown on Power Word: Shield
and reduces its mana cost by 50%
. In addition, when your Power Word: Shield is completely absorbed or dispelled you are instantly energized with mana equal to
250%
100%
of your Spirit (excluding short-duration Spirit bonuses). This effect can only occur once every 12 sec. Priest - Discipline Spec.
Discipline & Holy
Focused Will Whenever you are victim of any damage greater than 10% of your total health or critically hit by any non-periodic attack, you gain Focused Will reducing all damage taken by 15% lasting for 8 sec. Stacks up to 2 times. Priest - Discipline
Spec.
Holy Spec.
Rogue (Forums)
Blade Flurry While active, your attacks strike up to 4 additional nearby opponents for
25%
40%
of normal damage, but Energy regeneration is reduced by 20%. Lasts until canceled. 100 yd range. Instant.
Smoke Bomb Creates a cloud of thick smoke in an 8 yard radius around the Rogue for 5 sec. Enemies are unable to target into or out of the smoke cloud.
Instant. 3 min cooldown.
Allies take 20% less damage while within the cloud. Instant. 3 min cooldown.
Talents
Marked for Death Mark the target, instantly generating 5 combo points on them.
When the target dies
If the target dies within 60 sec
, Marked for Death's cooldown is reset. Rogue - LvL 90 Talent. 30 yd range. Instant. 60 sec cooldown.
Combat
Blade Flurry While active, your attacks strike up to 4 additional nearby opponents for
25%
40%
of normal damage, but Energy regeneration is reduced by 20%. Lasts until canceled. Rogue - Combat Spec. Instant. 10 sec cooldown.
Minor Glyphs
Glyph of Detection Teaches you the ability Detection. Focus intently on trying to detect
something. Minor Glyph.
certain creatures. Minor Glyph.
Shaman (Forums)
Talents
Elemental Mastery Call upon elemental forces, empowering you with 30% haste for 20 sec. Shaman - LvL 60 Talent. Instant.
60 sec cooldown.
1.5 min cooldown.
Major Glyphs
Flame Shock
When you
When your
Flame Shock deals damage, it heals you for 30% of the damage dealt. Major Glyph. Instant.
Glyph of Flame Shock
When you
When your
Flame Shock deals damage, it heals you for 30% of the damage dealt. Major Glyph.
Warlock (Forums)
Dark Intent Infuses all party and raid members with shadow, increasing their spell power
by 10% and Stamina
by 10% for 60 min. If the target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected. 4% of Base Mana. 30 yd range. Instant.
Fel Armor Reduces damage taken by 10%
. Increases
, total health by 10% and the amount of health generated through spells and effects by 10%. Passive.
Warrior (Forums)
Opportunity Strike
Deals 55%
Deals 75%
main hand weapon damage. 10 yd range. Instant.
Arms
Mastery: Strikes of Opportunity Grants a 17.6% chance for your melee attacks to instantly trigger an additional melee attack for
55%
75%
normal damage. Warrior - Arms Spec.
Overpower Instantly overpower the enemy causing 105% weapon damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged or parried. Overpower has a 60% increased chance to be a critical strike. Overpower is activated by Taste for Blood. Warrior - Arms Spec.
Melee range. Instant.
10 Rage. Melee range. Instant.
Fury
Bloodsurge Your Bloodthirst hits have a
0%
20%
chance of lowering the global cooldown to 1 sec and reducing the Rage cost by 30 of your next 3 Wild Strikes. Warrior - Fury Spec.
Professions
Blacksmithing
Lightning Steel Ingot
Combine Trillium and Ghost Iron to create a Lightning Steel Ingot. In the process, you may
Create a Lightning Steel Ingot from Ghost Iron Bars. In the process, you may gain additional knowledge of Ghost Iron, and
discover a Blacksmithing plan you have yet to learn.
Materials.
2 sec cast. 1 sec cooldown. Reagents:
Trillium Bar, Ghost Iron Bar (3).
Ghost Iron Bar (10).
Raid & Dungeon Abilities
Amplifier Increases damage dealt by
25% and attack speed by 25%. Instant.
10% and attack speed by 10%. Instant.
Animus Font (New) Further corrupts a target already afflicted by Touch of the Animus, causing them to spew Animus bolts at nearby locations every 1 sec. Enemies struck by the bolts suffer 0 Fire damage. Unlimited range. Instant.
Animus Ring Forms several spheres in a circle around the target. The spheres move toward the center of the circle. Enemy targets that touch a sphere will consume it,
inflicting 70,000 Physical damage over 8 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
increasing the damage they take from melee attacks by 100%. This effect stacks. In normal and heroic difficulties, touching a sphere also inflicts 0 Fire damage over 15 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
Biting Cold Inflicting 110,500 Frost damage to all allies within 4 yards every
136,992t1
2
sec. for 30 sec. Instant.
Bloodletting (New) Evicerates an enemy, inflicting 6% of their maximum health in Physical damage every 2 sec. for 15 sec. Melee range. Instant. 5 sec cooldown.
Burning Cinders Inflicts 50,000 Fire damage initially and then 10,000 Fire damage
every
1 second while standing in the area of effect.. Unlimited range. Instant.
Chain Lightning
Inflicts 50,000
Inflicts 30,000
Nature damage, chaining to nearby targets. 20 yd range. Instant.
Choking Sands (New) Conjures sand to suffocate an enemy, silencing and pacifying them for 8 sec and inflicting 25,000 Nature damage every second. 2.5 sec cast.
Crimson Wake
Animus explodes upward from the floor, inflicting 150,000 Physical damage to enemies within 0 yds. Instant.
Animus repeatedly explodes upward from the ground in a line that accelerates toward a random target. Crimson Wake will pursue the target for up to 30 seconds. Enemy targets hit by the explosions suffer 200,000 Fire damage. Instant.
Discharge Kazra'jin becomes electrified, stunning himself for 20 sec and reflectings
10%
14%
of all damage taken as Nature damage to all players. Instant.
Electro Pulse
Inflicts 50,000
Inflicts 30,000
Nature damage to allies within 6 yards. Instant.
Electro Wave
Inflicts 150,000
Inflicts 100,000
Nature damage to allies within 20 yards. Instant.
Explosive Slam The golem slams the ground, inflicting
200,000
300,000
Fire damage to enemies within
15
12
yds. of his target. Enemies struck are seared, increasing the damage of subsequent Explosive Slams for 25 sec. Melee range. 2.5 sec cast.
Fire Blast Blasts the target, inflicting
90,000
49,500
Fire damage. 60 yd range. Instant.
FULL POWER (New) Unleashes a torrent of Animus bolts that strike at random targets. Each bolt inflicts 500,000 Fire damage to enemies within 5 yds. of the impact point. Unlimited range. Instant.
Fusion Slash Lei Shen slashes at the target with his polearm, inflicting 550,000 Nature damage and
causing a Meltdown. Meltdown inflicts 500,000 Nature damage to friends within 8 yards
increases damage taken by Fusion Slash by 50% for 45 sec
. Unlimited range. 1.5 sec cast.
Glacial Freeze (New) Inflicts 42,000 Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards for 5 sec. Instant.
Interrupting Jolt (New) The Animus releases a burst of energy, inflicting 270,000 Nature damage and interrupting the spellcasts of all players. Unlimited range. 1.5 sec cast.
Lightning Bolt
Inflicts 25,000
Inflicts 30,000
Nature damage every 0.25 sec.
500 yd range. Instant.
the Lightning Bolt can be avoided by jumping over it. 500 yd range. Instant.
Lightning Crash
Inflicts 200,000
Inflicts 130,000
Nature damage to enemies within 6 yards. 1,000 yd range. Instant.
Lightning Whip Lei Shen cracks a Lightning Whip across the floor, inflicting
250,000
750,000
Nature damage to enemies within 80 yards infront of him, leaving a lightning bolt behind on the ground.
that can be avoided by jumping over it.
500 yd range. 4 sec cast.
Overcharge Inflicts 150,000 Nature damage, stunning the target for
5 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
3 sec. Unlimited range. Instant.
Overloaded Circuits The Conduit was the highest power after becoming Supercharged, causing Overloaded Circuits, disabling the Conduit. Inflicts
50,000
75,000
Nature damage every 1 sec. Instant.
Quicksand Inflicts 162,500 Nature damage every second.
Instant.
Unlimited range. Instant.
Rushing Winds
Inflicts 50,000
Inflicts 100,000
Nature damage and captures the target for 3 sec. 150 yd range. Instant.
Sand Bolt (New) Hurls a bolt of sand at an enemy, inflicting 55,000 Nature damage to them and all enemies within 5 yards. 100 yd range. Instant.
Sand Bolt Hurls a bolt of sand at an enemy, inflicting 195,000 Nature damage to them and all enemies within 5 yards.
100 yd range. Instant.
300 yd range. Instant.
Serpent's Vitality Breathes life and vitality into players, causing them to regenerate
5,000 health and 5,000
20,000 health and 20,000
mana every 1 sec. Instant.
Shadow Bolt (New) Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 65,000 Shadow damage. 200 yd range. 2 sec cast.
Static Shock
Inflicts 700,000
Inflicts 1,000,000
Nature damage divided among all players within 8 yards. Unlimited range. Instant.
Swipe
Inflicts 90,000
Inflicts 180,000
Physical damage to targets in a 5-yard cone in front of the caster. Instant.
Touch of the Animus
Corrupts the
The Dark Animus periodically corrupts a random
target, inflicting 60,000 Fire damage every
10
5
for the remainder of the encounter. Unlimited range. Instant.
Violent Gale Winds The Violent Gale Winds from the outdoors push the players in a direction, inflicting
30,000
40,000
Nature damage every 1 sec. 500 yd range. Instant.