August 25, 2026 26 entries Source Hotfixes: September 4, 2026 , by Blizzard Entertainment (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)
Classes Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the throughput of Affliction and Demonology by primarily focusing on their single-target tools with a secondary focus on their multi-target kit. Additionally, we’re considerably increasing the damage of Warlock demons so that they have a larger contribution to overall throughput. This should also help a bit more with aggro concerns during solo play.Imp, Voidwalker, Sayaad, and Felhunter damage increased by 350%. Affliction Unstable Affliction damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat. Hellcaller - Blackened Soul damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat. Wrath of Nathreza damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.Shadow of Nathreza damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.Agony damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat. Corruption damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.Hellcaller - Wither damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat. Demonology Shadow Bolt damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.Demonbolt damage increased by 30%. Wild Imp damage increased by 20%.Summon Felguard damage increased by 20%. Demons summoned by Dominion of Argus damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat. Call Dreadstalkers damage increased by 30%. Destruction Rain of Fire damage increased by 30%. Player versus Player Affliction Developers’ notes: We’re increasing Affliction’s ability to maintain spread pressure by adjusting Agony’s damage and making a small adjustment to Unstable Affliction’s backlash damage to make dispelling all their damage over time effects more punishing.Agony damage increased by 50% in PvP combat. Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 20%. Demonology Developers’ notes: We feel too much of Demonology’s damage is focused on Wicked Reaping and Power Siphon, so we’re reducing the power of these effects and increasing overall damage through our game-wide Demonology changes above.Soul Harvester : Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.Soul Harvester : Necrolyte Teachings now causes Power Siphon to increase the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).Power Siphon now increases the damage of your next 2 Demonbolts by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%). Destruction Developers’ notes: Destruction is lacking in finishing power, so we’re increasing the damage of their primary nuke spells to allow for more burst potential.Chaos Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.Shadowburn damage increased by 30% in PvP combat. ← August 21, 2026 August 26, 2026 →
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