World of Warcraft Hotfixes: Nov9 Patch Notes

Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied. The original text from Blizzard.

Hotfixes

November 9, 2020

Classes

• General
  • [With regional restarts] All tank specializations passive threat generation has increased.
• Druid
  • Feral
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 8%.
  • Restoration
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • [With regional restarts] The damage of all abilities except Cobra Shot and Barbed Shot have been reduced by 5%.
  • Marksmanship
    • [With regional restarts] Volley (Talent) damage reduced by 30%.
• Mage
  • General
    • [With regional restarts] Arcane Explosion damage reduced by 8%.
  • Frost
    • [With regional restarts] Splitting Ice’s Ice Lance damage to secondary targets reduced to 65% (was 80%).
    • [With regional restarts] Ice Lance damage reduced by 10%.
    • [With regional restarts] Freezing Rain’s Blizzard damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
    • [With regional restarts] Comet Storm damage increased by 5%.

• Monk
  • Windwalker
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
• Paladin
  • General
    • [With regional restarts] Crusader Strike mana cost reduced to 9% base mana (was 14%).
    • [With regional restarts] Shield of the Righteous damage reduced by 15%.
  • Holy
    • [With regional restarts] Holy Shock healing increased by 10%.
    • [With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9%.
    • [With regional restarts] Glimmer of Light (Talent) healing reduced by 10%.
  • Protection
    • [With regional restarts] Protection Paladin passive Armor bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
    • [With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9% and healing when casting Word of Glory (Rank 2) on yourself reduced to 250% based on your missing health (was 300%).
  • Retribution
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 4%.
    • [With regional restarts] Execution Sentence (Talent) no longer has a chance to critically strike and initial damage reduced by 25%.
    • [With regional restarts] Final Reckoning (Talent) increased damage taken reduced to 35% (was 50%).
    • [With regional restarts] Sanctified Wrath (Talent) damage increased by 50%.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • [With regional restarts] Power Word: Shield absorb reduced by 8%.
    • [With regional restarts] Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 10%.
    • [With regional restarts] Purge the Wicked (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Resolved an issue that allowed Subtlety Rogue’s Eviscerate to deal additional damage to targets that have another Rogue’s Find Weakness active.
• Shaman
  • General
    • [With regional restarts] Chain Heal healing reduced by 7%.
  • Restoration
    • [With regional restarts] The bonus damage for choosing the Restoration Shaman specialization has been lowered to 15% (was 40%). At level 37, this value increases back to 40%.
• Warrior
  • Arms
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 6%.
    • [With regional restarts] Cleave (Talent) no longer replaces Sweeping Strikes.
  • Fury
    • [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 10%.
    • [With regional restarts] Whirlwind additional target damage reduced to 45% (was 50%).
    • [With regional restarts] Bladestorm (Talent) damage increased by 8%.
    • [With regional restarts] Frenzy (Talent) Haste reduced to 2% (was 3%) and max stacks increased to 4 (was 3).