Beta build 1.60.1.70291

This build matters most if you level through dungeons. 87 blue drops and quest rewards between item level 20 and 43 are green now, with stats about 30% lower. On the class side, Penance lost much of its power, and mages and shamans hit harder.

Classes

• Priest: Penance
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    Penance

    Talent · Ranks 1, 2, 3 and 4
    100 150 Mana40 yd range
    Channeled12 sec cooldown
    Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 81 44 Holy damage to an enemy, or 184 133 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
  deals 44 damage or heals for 133 per hit, down from 81 and 184, and costs 150 mana instead of 100. Heal
  • 

    Heal

    Ranks 1 and 2
    205 Mana40 yd range
    3 sec cast
    Heal your target for 394 364 to 448 414.
  is a little weaker and Lesser Heal
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    Lesser Heal

    Ranks 1, 2 and 3
    75 Mana40 yd range
    2.5 sec cast
    Heal your target for 138 157 to 160 181.
  a little stronger.
• Mage: Fireball
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    Fireball

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    140 Mana35 yd range
    3.5 sec cast
    Hurls a fiery ball that causes 98 107 to 130 143 Fire damage and an additional 16 Fire damage over 8 sec.
  , Frostbolt
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    Frostbolt

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    100 Mana30 yd range
    3 sec cast
    Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 97 104 to 105 114 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 7 sec.
  and Arcane Missiles
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    Arcane Missiles

    Ranks 1, 2 and 3
    235 Mana30 yd range
    Channeled
    Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 46 48 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
  hit harder.
• Shaman: Lightning Bolt
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    Lightning Bolt

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    85 Mana30 yd range
    2.5 sec cast
    Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 70 78 to 80 90 Nature damage.
  hits harder, and Water Shield
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    Water Shield

    Talent
    Instant15 sec cooldown
    The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
  no longer has a cooldown.
• Druid: Predatory Instincts
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    Natural Instinct

    Talent · Rank 2
    Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect.
  is now Natural Instinct
  • 

    Natural Instinct

    Talent · Rank 2
    Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 20% and increases your spell healing by 25% of your Intellect.
  , which also adds healing from your Intellect. Thorns
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    Thorns

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
    320 Mana30 yd range
    Instant
    Thorns sprout from the friendly target causing 22 18 Nature damage to attackers when hit. Lasts 10 min.
  and Wrath
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    Wrath

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    70 Mana30 yd range
    2 sec cast
    Causes 47 46 to 53 52 Nature damage to the target.
  are slightly weaker.
• Paladin: Retribution Aura
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    Retribution Aura

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    Instant
    Causes 30 20 Holy damage to any creature that strikes a party member within 30 yards. Players may only have one Aura on them per Paladin at any one time.
  deals 20 damage instead of 30, and Reckoning
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    Reckoning

    Talent · Rank 5
    Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
  can't trigger more than once every 1.5 seconds.
• Hunter: Expose Prey
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    Expose Prey

    Talent · Rank 2
    Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 10% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 5 10 sec.
  keeps Mongoose Bite
  • 

    Mongoose Bite

    Rank 4
    65 ManaMelee Range
    Instant5 sec cooldown
    Counterattack the enemy for melee weapon damage plus 57. Can only be performed after you dodge.
  available for 10 seconds instead of 5.
• Warlock: Demonic Brand
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    Demonic Brand

    Talent · Rank 3
    Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 1 to 1 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
  's pet attacks only draw extra threat when they deal Shadow damage.
• Warrior: Spearing Strike
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    Spearing Strike

    Talent
    15 RageMelee Range
    Instant20 sec cooldown
    A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage, plus . Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted.
  now pulls mounted targets off their mounts.

Thick Hide

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  Thick Hide

  Passive
  While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 180 additional base Armor per level and another 1.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

's tooltip now says 180 Armor per level instead of 3. The client scales the number with your level now but kept the old wording, so it most likely still means 3 per level.

Items

• 87 blue items became green, with lower stats. Among them are Doomsayer's Robe, Vorrel's Boots, Repairman's Cape and Monkey Ring.
• 32 items around item level 40 lost item levels, most of them one or two.
• Truthseeker's Bow, the reward for 25 library books, needs level 40 now.
• Hornbeam Heft is a caster mace now: its weapon damage is nearly halved, and it gained 26 spell damage and healing.
• The Glory set is for warriors only now, and the Spiritcaller set for shamans only.
• The 24 pieces of Al'Aketh gear bind when equipped instead of when picked up, so you can trade them.
• The cosmetic ensembles (Shen'dorei, Al'Aketh and Veteran Adventurer's) dropped from epic or rare to common.
• Some starter boots and pants are leather instead of cloth.
• 17 items were added, mostly potions, food and sharpening stones.

The BiS at 30 lists follow the new stats: 57 of the 432 top picks changed.