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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 18, 2026

Official Blizzard notes

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August 18, 2026

8 entries

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

Classes

Warlock

Class page
  • Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul would not function with mouse-over casting.

Affliction

  • Fixed an issue where Withering Bolt would not account for Wither.

Demonology

  • Burning Cleave (granted by Antoran Armaments) now strikes enemies in a circular area, rather than a cone. The tooltip for Burning Cleave will be updated in a future patch.
  • Venomous Abyss 2-piece set bonus updated - Wild Imps now Implode at 350% effectiveness to their main target (was 250%) and 315% effectiveness to other targets (was 225%).

Destruction

  • Fixed an issue where Conflagration of Chaos would not guarantee a Conflagrate or Shadowburn to critically strike.
  • Fixed an issue where Shadowburn would not apply its debuff after dealing damage to a Havoc target.

Player versus Player

Warlock

Class page

Destruction

  • Soul Fire damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

Classes in these notes

8 of the day's lines are scoped to a class: Warlock (8).

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