World of Warcraft Buffing Several Racial Abilities in Patch 11.0.7

World of Warcraft is buffing several underpowered racial abilities in Patch 11.0.7, including those of the Draenei, Worgen, and over half of the Allied Races. These buffs target many skills and passives that have fallen behind compared to other World of Warcraft racials, and will be added to the game as a part of the next content update for The War Within.

Recently, World of Warcraft gave players a first look at Patch 11.0.7, the second content update to be released after The War Within. The patch brings fans to the Siren Isle, a former Kul Tiran Azerite mine that hides mystery and treasure – both of which allied Arathi, Earthen, and Goblins and hostile pirates, Naga, and Vrykul hope to uncover.

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This content update will bring tons of other changes to the game as well, including buffs to several racial abilities. According to the World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.7 Public Test Realm patch notes, these updates target underperforming active and passive abilities across nine different races in the hope of making them more viable. Draenei, Worgen, and over half the Allied Races in World of Warcraft received these buffs: Lightforged Draenei and Void Elves for the Alliance, and Highmountain Tauren, Mag’har Orcs, Nightborne, Vulpera, and Zandalari Trolls for the Horde.

Some of these buffs, such as those for the Highmountain Tauren and Mag’har Orcs, are raw increases to the numerical values of the abilities. Others, like the Draenei and Zandalari Trolls, had their cooldowns adjusted, with the former’s being reduced, and the latter’s being increased to compensate for other buffs to the reworked Regeneratin’ ability. The Void Elf’s Spacial Rift and Lightforged Draenei’s Light’s Judgement abilities also receive updates to their visuals to go with these changes.

These buffs aren’t the only things coming to races in this new patch. Humans and Kul Tirans are getting Arathi ear customizations in World of Warcraft Patch 11.0.7. What’s more, because the non-wolven form for Worgen uses the same character creation options as their Human cousins, the resident Werewolves of World of Warcraft will be able to use these pointed ear options as well.

Patch 11.0.7 does not have a release date yet, but fans have found evidence it could arrive sooner than one might have thought. Description text used for the patch splash screen was discovered referencing Winter Veil coming to the game “soon,” implying the new World of Warcraft patch could be released as early as December 10. Players will have to wait for an official confirmation to find out when the update, along with these racial ability buffs, will hit the live servers.

Patch 11.0.7 Public Test Realm Notes – Racial Updates

• Developer’s note: We’re making updates to several racial abilities with the goal of increasing the viability of some underrepresented races. Many of these abilities have fallen behind naturally within the game’s ecosystem and our hope is that targeted tweaks will help promote increased diversity of racials across all content types.
• Draenei
  • Gift of the Naaru cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
• Highmountain Tauren
  • Rugged Tenacity’s effect increased by 50%.
• Lightforged Draenei
  • Light’s Judgment radius increased to 10 yards (was 5 yards) and its visual size increased.
  • Light’s Judgment’s damage increased by 40%, and it now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  • Holy Resistance has been renamed to Holy Providence and now increases healing done by 1%.
• Mag’har Orc
  • Stats granted from Ancestral Call increased by 30% and now increases one of your two highest secondary stats.
• Nightborne
  • Arcane Pulse damage increased by 300% and now reduces movement speed by 80% (was 50%). Duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 12 seconds).
• Void Elf
  • Spatial Rift movement speed of the rift increased by 80%, duration is increased to 8 seconds (was 6 seconds), and maximum range increased to 35 yards. The visual effect has been updated and no longer appears for party members.
  • Entropic Embrace: Proc activation rate adjusted, now increases healing and damage by 5% for 12 seconds (was duplicate healing/damage). Now functions with absorbs.
• Vulpera
  • Bag of Tricks healing and damage increased by 40%.
  • Bag of Tricks now decreases enemy movement speed by 80% for 4 seconds and increases ally movement speed by 20% for 4 seconds. Now only affects a single target.
• Worgen
  • Darkflight now stacks its speed bonus with other movement-increasing effects.
• Zandalari Troll
  • Regeneratin’ no longer cancels from periodic damage effects, its cooldown is now 3 minutes (was 2.5 minutes), and heals for 50% of your maximum health (was 100%).
  • Embrace of Akuna healing increased by 300% and chance to trigger increased by 250%.
  • Embrace of Bwonsamdi effect increased by 50%.
  • Embrace of Kimbul chance to trigger increased by 400%.

In this opening chapter of The Worldsoul Saga, you’ll journey through never-before-seen subterranean worlds filled with hidden wonders and lurking perils, down to the dark depths of the Nerubian empire, where the inscrutable Harbinger of the Void has gathered her arachnid forces to bring Azeroth to its knees.

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