Posts with tag 4.0.6-patch-notes

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental, enhancement, and restoration shaman. On Saturdays, Josh Myers tackles the hard questions about enhancement. Can we tank? Can we DPS with a two-hander? How does one shoot web? The answer to the first two is "no," and I have no idea about the third.

Last week, I posted a view of the first three bosses of Blackwing Descent from an enhancement perspective. My plan was to continue that trend this week and look at Chimaeron, Atramedes, and Nefarian. However, our long-anticipated patch 4.0.6 was released this week, and along with it came a slew of buffs! At least, to fury warriors.

For our part, enhancement shaman didn't receive the short end of the stick in PvE. For PvP, we saw some huge hits: Purge was removed from Mental Quickness and now only removes one buff from the target, glyphed Hex's cooldown is 5 seconds longer and its duration is 2 seconds shorter, and Tremor Totem has received an entire design overhaul. Oh, and Bloodlust was removed from the entire arena game. I don't PvP at anywhere near a competitive enough level to offer opinion on these changes, so I'm just reporting them as fact.

To move into an area I do know, we're going to take a look at the positive changes for PvE enhancement shaman that came in patch 4.0.6. More after the break!

Just about everybody is preparing to see patch 4.0.6 on live realms tomorrow. The patch 4.0.6 patch notes have come a very long way from what they looked like when the patch first appeared on the PTR at the beginning of January. This is not a content patch, so it isn't heralding any new raids or instances, but the patch notes are quite long -- it's the first significant balancing pass since Cataclysm went live.

This patch contains numerous class balance changes, heroic dungeon balance changes, and endless bug fixes. If you want to be well-prepared for the patch and know exactly what's coming your way, check out the current patch notes just past the break below. Enjoy!