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Shadowlands Class Changes - Target Capping AoE Abilities
With the recent massive list of spell changes coming in Shadowlands, one easily overlooked but very important change is that many AoE abilities are being capped between 5 and 8 targets, seemingly intended to cut back on using cooldowns to burst down inordinately large pulls in Mythic+ dungeons and raids.
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Shadowlands Alpha Spell Density Options and Gamepad Support Strings Found
With all the exciting new things already uncovered in today's Shadowlands datamining, a few interesting settings seem to have also been snuck in, including spell density options and gamepad support!
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Two-handed Frost Death Knights, Windwalker Monks, and Dual Wield Brewmaster Monks in Shadowlands
Blizzard has announced that Frost Death Knights, Windwalker Monks, and Brewmaster Monks in Shadowlands can once again choose between dual wielding one-handed weapons or using a single two-handed weapon!
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BFA and Shadowlands Lore Interview with Steve Danuser and Windows Central
Windows Central interviewed World of Warcraft Lead Narrative designer Steve Danuser, sharing several insights gleaned from the Battle for Azeroth as well as insight on future storytelling coming in Shadowlands. Highlights include a lot of discussion on the intent behind the way Battle for Azeroth told it's story, the lessons learned, and ideas moving forward. It's quite a long interview, and although we highly recommend reading it in full, you can catch our recap below, along with some thoughts on the big talking points.
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Echoes of Ny'alotha removed from Emissary Quests
The recently added Echoes of Ny'alotha currency has caused a bug which prevents players from turning in the Unshackled Emissary quest today, leading Blizzard to remove the extra currency rewarded from Emissary Quests in order to restore functionality. No word yet on whether this is permanent, though it would stand to reason that it is likely a temporary solution until a proper fix is found.
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Acquiring your Visions of N'Zoth Legendary Cloak - Blizzard Blog
Blizzard has a new blog post detailing the steps required to get your legendary cloak and start your corruption-filled adventure in Patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth.
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Best Healer Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair
Rounding out our Phase 3 tier lists, we're looking at healers in Blackwing Lair. Just like our previous article for
Molten Core
, we're using the parses record on WarcraftLogs in order to see what healers are being used in Blackwing Lair and how they're performing against one another.
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Best Tank Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair
Today we're taking a look at the best tanking classes in Phase 3 of Classic WoW, based on Warcraft Logs analytics, and how the community utilizes them. With nearly 140,000 parses in only the second week of Phase 3, we've got a lot to look at!
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Best DPS Tier List / Rankings for WoW Classic - Phase 3 Blackwing Lair
Blackwing Lair has been live for over a week now, so we're diving back into the data recorded on Warcraft Logs in order to see how the different Classic WoW DPS classes are doing. With several thousand boss kill logs in the second raid tier of Classic WoW, we want to see how each class ranks up against one another and how they've changed since Molten Core.
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Addon Spotlight - See Corruption Names and Ranks with Corruption Tooltips
It's been a while since we've done a retail Addon Spotlight, but we have a special case today. In these articles, we try to highlight new, interesting, or otherwise helpful addons to ensure the best experience for players, and
Corruption Tooltips
is the best kind of addon - one that adds a helpful feature without any setup or management on your part!
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World First Classic Blackwing Lair Clear by Progress and Calamity
With Blackwing Lair opening just a single hour ago, we've already seen Classic World First clears, with <Calamity> of Mograine-EU and <Progress> from Firemaw-EU defeating Nefarian and clearing the highly anticipated raid only 42 minutes after launch!
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The Best Items in WoW Classic Blackwing Lair Phase 3
Blackwing Lair is right around the corner, and with the new raid instance comes the availability of several new items which aren't just Best in Slot for various classes, but offer advantages beyond Phase 3. Although there are many highly sought after items in the new raid and everyone has updated BiS lists, some of the gear drops stand out more than others, capable of lasting well into Naxxramas or even the rest of Classic WoW.
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Speedrunning in Classic WoW - No Invisibility Potions for Blackwing Lair and World's Fastest Molten Core
Speedrunning is a competitive meta which has gripped the gaming world for decades. Seeing who can complete a game or objective within a game the fastest is a source of great pride and competition for many players, as it displays mastery over the game, personal skill, and coordination, particularly when groups of players are involved. World of Warcraft Classic is one of many games in which players compete with one another. With Phase 3 right around the corner, we're taking a moment to congratulate the World's Fastest clear of Molten Core and look at changes coming with Blackwing Lair.
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Method Claims World Second Mythic N'Zoth the Corruptor Kill
Method has claimed World Second/EU first Mythic N'Zoth, the Corruptor, defeating the final boss of Ny'alotha just under two days after
Complexity-Limit achieved the first kill
. While this kill finishes the Race to World First events for both guilds, there are still many more working toward defeating N'Zoth and bringing the final raid tier of
Battle for Azeroth
to a close.
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Mythic Ny'alotha Progression Race to World First Livestreams
With the Ny'alotha raid now open on Mythic difficulty, the race is on to see which guild will defeat N'Zoth first and clear the raid! While many guilds will be involved, the front runners Method and Complexity-Limit are both hosting Race to World First events with several streams and casters on both sides of the world.
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Simulating Corruption in Patch 8.3 with Raidbots
Corruption effects are extremely powerful new bonuses in Patch 8.3, which have left a lot of players uncertain just what pieces of gear are best for them anymore. Luckily,
Raidbots
has been updated with several new features to help you evaluate Corruption, set limits to avoid the nasty negative effects, and figure out just which of the bonuses you may have been lucky enough to acquire so far are worth using!
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Ny'alotha Raid Strategy Guides and Top Builds
We've updated our class guides with Raid Tips and Top Builds for the final raid tier of
Battle for Azeroth
: Ny'alotha, the Waking City. To go along with the detailed strategy guides written by FatbossTV, our class authors compiled tips, tricks, talent and essence recommendations for each and every encounter within the raid. In addition, all of our class guide pages have been revamped, reviewed, and updated for Season 4 to include new BiS lists from the new raid, Corruption information, new Azerite and Essence recommendations, updated rotations, and much more.
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Millenium Interview with Ion Hazzikostas - No Patch 8.3.5
Gaming website Millenium recently
interviewed Ion Hazzikostas
, Game Director for World of Warcraft, talking about Patch 8.3, N'Zoth, Shadowlands, and a big reveal in that there are currently no plans for a Patch 8.3.5 between now and
Shadowlands
. Although we highly recommend reading the
full interview
, you can catch our recap with questions bolded and answers italicized below, along with our thoughts on the big talking points.
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Find Your Best Corruptions - Class Guides Updated for Visions of N'Zoth
Patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth launches tomorrow, and in preparation of its arrival we're releasing our Class Corruption guides! Each of our class authors have added a new page to their guides, detailing the Corruptions available in patch 8.3, how they work, which ones you should prioritize, and how they compare to one another. If you're wondering which Corruptions are good, bad, or currently overtuned, then these guides are for you!
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Guide to Corrupted Mementos in Patch 8.3 Now Live
With Visions of N'Zoth releasing next week, we're highlighting some of the guides that have been put together to help players understand the new systems, currencies, and activities in Patch 8.3. Today's spotlight is
Corrupted Mementos
- a currency obtained from
Horrific Visions
, used for
Titanic Research
upgrades, and eventually buying special items from Wrathion such as the
Gouged Eye of N'Zoth
and
Wicked Swarmer
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