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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 18, 2026

Official Blizzard notes

152 entries posted by Blizzard Entertainment for this date, shown in full.

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August 18, 2026

4 entries

Source Hotfixes: October 15, 2026, by Blizzard Entertainment (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)

Classes

Warrior

Class page

Fury

  • All damage increased by 6%.
  • Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus updated - Bloodthirst damage increased by 10%, and during Recklessness, Bloodthirst increases the critical strike bonus of Recklessness by 3%, up to 6% (was 5%, up to 10%).

Protection

  • Mountain Thane: Fixed an issue that would sometimes disable the bonus Thunder Clap damage from Crashing Thunder.

Classes in these notes

4 of the day's lines are scoped to a class: Warrior (4).

Named in these notes

Blizzard's notes for August 18, 2026 name 1 spell. Each opens its page here; the count is how many lines mention it.

Spells (1)

The Spells in These Notes, as the Game Data Has Them

Each spell the notes name, read from the current game build: school, cast time, duration, the skill line that teaches it and its tooltip with amounts left out.

  • Executioner Named in 1 of these notes (Warrior). Physical, 2 sec cast. Taught through the Enchanting skill line. Current tooltip: “Permanently enchant a melee weapon to occasionally grant you critical strike. Only one instance of this effect can be active at a time. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.”

How this page is built

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