Beta build 1.60.1.70425

The biggest class build of the beta so far. Eight buffs that used to reach only your own group now cover the whole raid, nine races had their racials reworked, and mages, shadow priests and elemental shamans got deep talent reworks. On the item side, fifteen epics dropped from item level 65 to 60.

Raid-wide buffs

Battle Shout

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  Battle Shout

  Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
  10 Rage
  Instant
  The warrior shouts, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 20 yards by 139. Lasts 3 min.

, Trueshot Aura

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  Trueshot Aura

  Talent · Ranks 2, 3, 4 and 5
  180 Mana
  Instant
  Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 30.

, Leader of the Pack

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  Leader of the Pack

  Talent
  While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the critical strike melee and ranged Critical Strike chance of all party or raid members within 45 yards by 3%, exclusive with Moonkin Aura.

, Moonkin Form

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  Moonkin Form

  Talent
  35% of base mana
  Instant
  Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their spell Critical Strike chance increased by 3%, exclusive with Leader of the Pack. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and prevents the use of healing spells. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

's aura, Windfury Totem

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  Windfury Totem

  Ranks 1, 2 and 3
  250 Mana
  Instant
  Summons a Windfury Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party or raid members within 30 yards. Each main hand hit has a 20% chance of granting the attacker 1 extra attack with 246 extra melee attack power. Lasts 5 min.

, Flametongue Totem

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  Flametongue Totem

  Ranks 1, 2, 3 and 4
  275 Mana
  Instant
  Summons a Flametongue Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party or raid members within 30 yards. Each main hand hit causes 16 to 54 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 5 min.

, Grace of Air Totem

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  Grace of Air Totem

  Ranks 1, 2 and 3
  310 Mana
  Instant
  Summons a Grace of Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the agility of party or raid members within 30 yards by 89. Lasts 5 min.

and Strength of Earth Totem

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  Strength of Earth Totem

  Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
  275 Mana
  Instant
  Summons a Strength of Earth Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the strength of party or raid members within 30 yards by 53. Lasts 5 min.

now reach party or raid members, not just your party. Leader of the Pack

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  Leader of the Pack

  Talent
  While in Cat Form, Bear Form, or Dire Bear Form, the Leader of the Pack increases the critical strike melee and ranged Critical Strike chance of all party or raid members within 45 yards by 3%, exclusive with Moonkin Aura.

now raises melee and ranged critical strike chance only and Moonkin Aura spell critical strike chance only, so the two stack. The raid comp planner counts them as raid buffs now.

Classes

• Mage: Arcane Blast
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    Arcane Blast

    Talent · Ranks 2, 3, 4 and 5
    15% of base mana30 yd range
    2 1.5 sec cast
    Blasts the target with energy, dealing 57 34 to 65 38 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all you gain 15% of your other spells is increased by 10% Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 15 sec or until any other damage spell is cast from time of initial application.
  is a 1.5 second cast that deals about 40% less damage, but each cast gives you 15% of your Intellect as spell damage for 15 seconds, up to 4 times. Arcane Wrath
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    Arcane Wrath

    Talent · Ranks 2, 3 and 4

    New
    140 Mana30 yd range
    3.5 sec cast6 sec cooldown
    Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 121 to 145 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.
  is a new talent and Frost Blast
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    Frost Blast

    Ranks 1, 2 and 3

    New
    90 Mana30 yd range
    1.5 sec cast
    Quickly launch a weak blast of frost at the enemy, causing 80 to 88 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec.
  a new spell. Winter's Chill
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    Winter's Chill

    Talent · Rank 5
    Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit damage done by your Cone of Cold spell to the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks 40%, stacking up to 5 times.
  now makes Cone of Cold
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    Cone of Cold

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    555 Mana
    Instant10 sec cooldown
    Targets in a cone in front of the caster take 328 to 358 Frost damage and are slowed by 40% for 6 sec. The first 4 targets hit by this cone are slowed by an additional 10% for an additional 3 sec.
  deal 40% more damage per stack instead of adding critical strike chance, and Ice Lance
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    Ice Lance

    Talent · Ranks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
    45 Mana30 yd range
    Instant
    Deals 28 to 32 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% 200% increased damage to Frozen targets.
  does 200% more damage to frozen targets, down from 300%. Fire Power
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    Fire Power

    Talent · Rank 3
    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10% 3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify.
  gives 3% per Fire effect on the target, up to 12%, instead of a flat 10%, and Critical Mass
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    Critical Mass

    Talent · Rank 5
    Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 6% 10%.
  goes to 10%.
• Priest: Devouring Plague
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    Devouring Plague

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
    985 Mana30 yd range
    Instant1 min 24 sec cooldown
    Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
  's cooldown drops from 1 minute to 24 seconds, Vampiric Embrace
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    Vampiric Embrace

    Talent
    40 Mana30 yd range
    Instant1 min 30 sec cooldown
    Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec.
  's from 1 minute to 30 seconds, and Shadow Word: Death
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    Shadow Word: Death

    Ranks 1, 2, 3 and 4
    340 Mana30 yd range
    Instant15 18 sec cooldown
    A word of dark binding that inflicts 444 to 472 Shadow damage to the target. If your target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, you take backlash damage equal to 10% of your maximum health.
  's rises from 15 to 18 seconds. Dark Inspiration
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    Dark Inspiration

    Talent · Rank 5

    New
    Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 15% for 10 sec.
  is a new Shadow talent that raises your party's Spirit, Improved Mind Flay
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    Improved Mind Flay

    Talent · Rank 2
    Your Each instance of damage of Mind Flay now deals 20% more damage, gains 10 yards increased range, but slows the target's movement speed by 20% than its previous instance of damage.
  now ramps up with each tick, and Improved Fade
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    Improved Fade

    Talent · Rank 2

    Removed
    Decreases the cooldown of your Fade ability by 6 sec.
  and Shadow Affinity
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    Shadow Affinity

    Talent · Rank 3

    Removed
    Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 30%.
  are gone. Mental Strength
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    Mental Strength

    Talent · Rank 5
    Increases your total Intellect by 15% 10%.
  tops out at 10% Intellect instead of 15%.
• Shaman: Elemental Mastery
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    Elemental Mastery

    Talent

    New
    Instant3 min cooldown
    Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.
  is back as a talent, Lava Burst
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    Lava Burst

    Talent · Ranks 2 and 3
    165 135 Mana30 yd range
    2.5 sec cast10 sec cooldown
    You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 113 to 192 145 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
  moved up the tree, and Call of Thunder
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    Call of Thunder

    Talent

    Removed
    Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.
  is gone. Chain Lightning
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    Chain Lightning

    Ranks 1, 2, 3 and 4
    485 315 Mana30 yd range
    2 sec cast6 sec cooldown
    Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing 119 to 133 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces the damage by 30%. Affects 3 total targets.
  costs about a third less mana, Fire Nova
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    Fire Nova

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    520 375 Mana30 yd range
    Instant10 sec cooldown
    Instantly inflicts 413 232 to 459 258 fire damage to enemies within 10 yd of your active Fire totem.
  deals and costs much less, and Stormstrike
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    Stormstrike

    Talent
    125 Mana 8% of base manaMelee Range
    Instant8 sec cooldown
    Instantly strike for normal weapon damage and increase the damage you deal to the target with your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Earth Shock spell by 20% for 12 sec.
  costs 8% of base mana instead of 125. Mana Tide Totem
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    Mana Tide Totem

    Ranks 2 and 3
    60 30 Mana
    Instant5 min cooldown
    Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 290 197 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards.
  has a new rank at level 38.
• Paladin: Blessing of Salvation is now Salvation
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    Salvation
    8% of base mana30 yd range
    Instant
    Places a Blessing on the Reduces all threat generated by target party member, reducing the amount of all threat generated by 30% for 1 hour. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
  and Mass Salvation
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    Mass Salvation
    16% of base mana40 yd range
    Instant
    Gives all members of the raid or group that share the same class with the target the Greater Blessing of Salvation, reducing the amount of a reduction to all threat generated by 30% for 1 hour. Players may only have one Blessing on them per Paladin at any one time.
  , which stack with your Blessings, and Revoke
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    Revoke

    New
    40 yd range
    Instant
    Remove target party or raid member's Salvation or Mass Salvation.
  takes them off again. Champion of the Light
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    Champion of the Light

    Talent · Rank 3
    Increases your spell damage by up to 60% 30% of your Intellect.
  gives 30% of your Intellect as spell damage instead of 60%, Shield Specialization
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    Shield Specialization

    Talent · Rank 3
    Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your shield by 30%, and gives your blocks a 100% chance to restore 6% 4% of your maximum Mana. May only occur once every 3 sec.
  restores 4% mana instead of 6%, Righteous Fury
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    Righteous Fury
    30% of base mana
    Instant
    Increases the threat generated by your Holy attacks by 60% 90%. Lasts 30 min.
  adds 90% threat instead of 60%, and Reckoning
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    Reckoning

    Talent · Rank 5
    Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking and a melee attack and 100% chance after receiving a 100% chance non-periodic critical strike to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike . Stores up to 4 extra attacks. Cannot occur more often from Blocks more than once every 1.5 sec.
  stores up to 4 extra attacks.
• Warlock: Malediction
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    Malediction

    Talent · Rank 5

    Removed
    Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
  is replaced by Grim Reach
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    Grim Reach

    Talent · Rank 2

    New
    Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.
  , which adds 20% range to Affliction spells. Shadow Mastery
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    Shadow Mastery

    Talent · Rank 5
    Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5% 10%.
  goes from 5% to 10%. Portal of Summoning
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    Portal of Summoning
    12% 100% of base mana30 yd range
    Channeled2 min 1 hour cooldown
    Begins a ritual that creates a summoning portal. The summoning portal can be used by 2 party or raid members to summon a targeted party or raid member. The ritual portal requires the caster and 2 additional party or raid members to complete. In order to participate, all players must be out of combat and right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.
  now costs all of your base mana and has a 1 hour cooldown, up from 2 minutes.
• Hunter: Multi-Shot
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    Multi-Shot
    13.9% of base mana8-35 yd range
    0.5 sec cast Instant6 sec cooldown
    Fires several missiles, hitting 3 targets. Multi-Shot shares its cooldown with Aimed Shot.
  is instant instead of a 0.5 second cast. Resourcefulness
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    Resourcefulness

    Talent · Rank 2
    Reduces the mana Mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 60%. In addition, , and grants your critical strikes have melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 100% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
  only triggers on melee and ranged ability critical strikes.
• Druid: Furor
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    Furor

    Talent · Rank 5
    Gives you a 100% chance to gain 10 Rage when shapeshifting into Bear Form or Dire Bear Form. Shapeshifting into Cat Form restores 100% of the Energy you had when last in Cat Form, plus 10 Energy per sec second spent outside Cat Form, up to 100 Energy. Bear Form and or Dire Bear Form forfeit this Energy and halt its restoration while active , up to 100 Energy.
  keeps your Energy while you are in bear form. Shred
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    Shred

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
    60 EnergyMelee Range
    Instant
    Shred the target, causing 155% damage plus 180 80 to the target. Must be behind the target. Awards 1 combo point.
  's tooltip reads 80 extra damage instead of 180; Blizzard says only the tooltip changed.
• Warrior: besides Battle Shout
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    Battle Shout

    Ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
    10 Rage
    Instant
    The warrior shouts, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 20 yards by 139. Lasts 3 min.
  , only the wording of Bloodthrill
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    Bloodthrill

    Talent · Rank 5
    Your Grants your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 20% chance to allow the use an activation of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec.
  changed.

Races

• Human: Sword Specialization is now Ruthless
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    Ruthless

    Racial Passive
    Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2% while you have a sword or two-handed sword equipped.
  , 2% critical strike chance with any weapon.
• Dwarf: Mace Specialization is now Earth Fury
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    Earth Fury

    Racial Passive
    Increases your critical strike chance with all spells bonus to damage and attacks healing by 1% while you have a mace or two-handed mace equipped 2%.
  : critical strikes deal 2% more damage and healing.
• Orc: Axe Specialization is now Savage
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    Savage

    Racial Passive
    Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and abilities by 1% while you have an axe or a two-handed axe equipped.
  , 1% critical strike chance with any weapon. Blood Fury
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    Blood Fury

    Racial
    Instant2 3 min cooldown
    Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.
  's cooldown goes from 2 to 3 minutes, and Shatter Curse
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    Shatter Curse

    Racial
    Instant3 min cooldown
    Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 15% 5% for 8 sec.
  removes curses instead of granting immunity, with 5% less magic damage taken instead of 15%.
• Tauren: Endurance
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    Endurance

    Racial Passive
    Total Health increased by 5% and chance critical strike bonus to hit damage and healing increased by 1% 2%.
  trades 1% hit for 2% critical strike damage and healing. Plainsrunning
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    Plainsrunning

    Racial Passive
    Gain 1% increased movement speed every 5 sec spent moving, up to a maximum of 30% increase. Taking damage or standing still will reduce this effect. In addition, you move 3% faster while mounted.
  adds 3% mounted speed, and War Stomp
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    War Stomp

    Racial
    0.5 sec cast2 1.5 min cooldown
    Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec.
  's cooldown drops to 1.5 minutes.
• Undead: Touch of the Grave
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    Touch of the Grave

    Mage, Priest, Warlock
    Your spells and attacks have a 10% 30% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.
  triggers far more often: 20% of the time for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors (was 5%) and 30% for casters (was 10%).
• Troll: Regeneration
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    Regeneration

    Racial Passive
    Health regeneration rate increased by 10% 20%. In addition, 10% 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.
  doubles to 20%.
• Gnome: Eureka!
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    Eureka!

    Racial
    Instant2 min cooldown
    Your next 3 non-periodic damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage.
  is now an 8 second buff instead of 3 charges.
• Night Elf: Quickness's run speed now stacks with other speed increases. Blizzard's notes say so; the tooltip is unchanged.
• Skyborne: Wind Blessed
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    Wind Blessed

    Racial Passive
    Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 1% 3%.
  gives 3% haste instead of 1%, Walk on Air
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    Walk on Air

    Racial
    Instant2 1.5 min cooldown
    Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
  's cooldown drops to 1.5 minutes, and Read Leyline
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    Read Leyline

    Racial
    2 sec cast2 min cooldown
    Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby ley line leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 15 30 sec if no ley line leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
  lasts 30 seconds away from a leyline instead of 15.

Items

• Fifteen epics went from item level 65 to 60 and now need level 55, with slightly lower stats: among them The Unstoppable Force, The Immovable Object, Don Julio's Band and the four tomes such as Tome of Fiery Arcana.
• 28 items changed quality. Nogg's Gold Ring, Talvash's Gold Ring, Outlaw Sabre and Witch's Finger are blue now, while Scoutmaster's Eyepatch and Rot-Covered Harpoon dropped to green.
• 16 Magram and Kolkar centaur rewards from Desolace now need level 35.
• Battleground Marks of Honor stack to 30 instead of 20.
• Draught of Predatory Senses is now Potion of Predatory Senses, and every "Shoulder" from leatherworking is now "Shoulders".
• Blade of Hanna gained an effect that builds up with each hit.

The BiS at 30 lists barely moved: Protection Paladins and Protection Warriors now wear Talvash's Gold Ring.