Welcome to Reset Day, Parsers.
The 12.0.5 patch notes have arrived with significant class tuning and complete talent reworks. Here is the breakdown.
The Winners: Targeted Buffs
Restoration Shaman: Received a flat 8% healing increase and a 30% damage increase.
Marksmanship Hunter: Steady Shot damage increased by 100%. Arcane and Multi-Shot increased by 33%.
Holy Paladin: Core rotational healing (Word of Glory, Light of Dawn, Eternal Flame) increased by 20%.
The Losers: Healing Reductions
Discipline Priest: Atonement healing reduced from 35% to 28%. This was offset by a 25% increase to base absorbs and direct heals.
Preservation Evoker: Received a flat 5% reduction to all healing done.
Mistweaver Monk: Received a flat 5% reduction to all healing done.
The Reworks: Core Changes
Brewmaster Monk: Master of Harmony hero talent tree completely redesigned, changing how Potential Energy and Harmonic Surge function.
Death Knight: Unholy had the Rider of the Apocalypse talent removed. Frost Deathbringer received an overhaul to Exterminate mechanics.
Rogue: Deathstalker was redesigned to require manual application of Mark for Death via combo points.
Update your addons, and we will see you on Saturday to review how these changes impact the logs.