Changes to Existing Runes in Phase 3 Datamining for Season of Discovery

Datamining has begun for Phase 3 of Season of Discovery, which launches April 4th. Along with all of the new runes and abilities that are being added to the game, here’s a look at the changes to existing runes.

Druid Runes:

• Berserk now also causes Lacerate to cost no Rage.
• Living Seed now only procs from non-periodic healing spells.

Hunter Runes:

• Sniper Training now increases crit chance by 2% (down from 10%), but stacks up to 5 times with stacks gained every 2 sec (down from 6 sec).
• Steady Shot causes 75% ranged weapon damage (up from 60%).

The Trueshot Aura spell has also been modified to increase party members’ ranged attack power as well as their melee attack power.

Mage Runes:

• Missile Barrage now also procs from Frostfire Bolt and Spellfrost Bolt.
• Living Flame had its tooltip corrected to show its current 10 sec duration.

Paladin Runes:

• No changes

Priest Runes:

• No changes

Rogue Runes:

• No changes

Shaman Runes:

• Lava Lash now deals 100% off-hand weapon damage (down from 150%), increased by 125% (up from 50%) if your off-hand is enchanted with Flametongue.
• Spirit of the Alpha no longer increases the casting shaman’s Attack Power. Instead, it increases their physical damage done by 5% and reduces their threat generation by 30%.
• Way of Earth now requires an equipped shield.

Warlock Runes:

• Lake of Fire now requires the caster to channel Rain of Fire for its full duration, but also increases the fire damage you deal by 50% (up from 40%).

Warrior Runes:

• No changes