It seems that Survival Hunters in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands are still able to deal significant amounts of multi-target damage thanks to Mad Bombardier. Blizzard is aware of this, which prompted the company to release a new patch.
The four-piece set bonus of the Godstalker’s Battlegear gives Survival Hunters a buff that makes Wildfire Bombs deal 20% additional damage. This bonus is increased to 70% for bombs empowered by Mad Bombardier. That said, Blizzard thinks that 70% is too much, especially in multi-target situations. Thus, the damage bonus of Mad Bombardier is reduced to 50% in the August 8 hotfix.
While Survival Hunters may not be as effective now in multi-target scenarios due to the nerf, Blizzard is compensating by buffing the damage of Mongoose Bite, Raptor Strike, Serpent Sting, and Kill Command by 20%. Keep in mind that the increase in damage on these single-target abilities does not apply to PvP.
This patch also brings other changes, which you can read below:
- Destruction
- Rain of Fire damage reduced by 20%
- Infernal’s Immolation Aura reduced by 20%
- Fixed an issue that caused listed Grimrail Depot and Iron Docks keystones to not appear in the Group Finder UI when searching by keystone level.
- Shrouded
- Zul'gamux now casts Blood Barrier less often.
- Zul'gamux has found a new location to hide in Return to Karazhan: Upper.
- Grom'kar Far Seer's Storm Shield can now be purged.
- Grom'kar Cinderseer will no longer cast Lava Wreath.
- Railmaster Rocketspark
- Borka the Brute's Mad Dash damage reduced by 30%.
- Skylord Tovra
- Thunderous Breath initial damage reduced by 25%.
- Fleshrender Nok’gar
- Dreadfang's Shredding Swipes should no longer hit players multiple times.
- Oshir
- Feeding Frenzy now requires Oshir to suffer 5% damage to be interrupted (was 8%).
- Skulloc
- Skulloc's melee damage reduced by 15%.
- Koramar will no longer cast Shattering Blade.
- Ghostly Philanthropist will no longer cast Throw Coin.
- Gang Ruffian's Poisonous Shank damage reduced by 30%.
- The Opera Hall: Wikket
- Winged Assistant health reduced by 30%.
- Moroes
- Moroes' Garrote duration reduced to 1 minute (was permanent).
- Moroes’ Dinner Party effect now increases the damage and attack speed of nearby dinner guests by 50% (was 100%).
- Shade of Medivh
- Flame Wreath damage reduced by 30%.
- Fixed an issue causing the Great Vault to display the wrong item level for upcoming rewards.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands August 8 Hotfix is available on PC.
