New Ability
Crusader Strike
An instant melee strike that deals Holy damage and applies Crusader's Inquest, creating a more active Retribution rotation.
Live Release — Patch 1.12.3
Project Legacy does not redesign classes simply for the sake of change. Strong specializations remain largely familiar, while weaker builds receive new tools, improved talent progression and carefully targeted quality-of-life changes.
The changes below include all currently live class updates, including the Arms Warrior and Assassination Rogue changes introduced in Patch 1.12.3.
Patch 1.12.5, releasing September 18, adds the Affliction Warlock changes shown below.
Further class and specialization changes are planned for future updates.
Paladin
Paladin changes give Retribution a more active damage rotation and provide Protection with the tools needed to function more reliably as a dungeon and raid tank, while preserving the class's support-focused identity.
Stacking Effect
Crusader's Inquest
A Holy damage-over-time effect applied by Crusader Strike. The effect stacks up to five times.
New Taunt
Protector's Command
Compels the target to attack the Paladin, giving Protection a reliable dedicated taunt.
Baseline Ability
Consecration
Consecration is now learned as a baseline Paladin spell at level 20 instead of being locked behind the Holy talent tree.
View additional Paladin changes
Protection
- Bulwark of Faith improves block effectiveness and restores mana when the Paladin blocks an attack.
- Protection receives improved threat generation and better mana sustainability.
Retribution
- Retribution talents better support Crusader Strike and sustained Holy damage.
- The specialization receives a more active rotation without abandoning its Vanilla support identity.
Hunter
Hunter changes focus primarily on making melee Survival a deliberate and functional playstyle, with a clearer rotation, improved trap access and stronger close-range tools.
Updated Ability
Mongoose Bite
Mongoose Bite no longer requires the Hunter to dodge an attack before it can be used. It is now an active melee strike that deals immediate damage and applies a bleed effect to the target.
New Talent Ability
Carve
A sweeping melee attack that strikes up to three nearby enemies, giving melee Survival a reliable cleave tool.
New Talent
Untamed Trapper
Allows the Hunter to deploy traps while in combat, making traps a practical part of active Survival gameplay.
Offensive Cooldown
Predator's Frenzy
Greatly increases melee attack speed for a short duration, giving Survival a dedicated offensive cooldown.
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Survival
- Improved Mongoose Bite increases the damage of the bleed applied by Mongoose Bite.
- Improved Raptor Strike directly increases Raptor Strike damage.
- Close Quarters Combat increases Attack Power instead of Parry chance.
- Monster Slaying now also includes Humanoids, consolidating creature-type damage bonuses.
Warrior
Arms Warrior receives a stronger two-handed identity, a new offensive capstone and several targeted ability improvements. The patch also removes an unnecessary stance restriction from Charge, making the specialization smoother to play without changing its core Vanilla rhythm.
Quality-of-Life Update
Charge
Charge can now be used in any Warrior stance, removing the need to switch back to Battle Stance before engaging a target.
New Talent
Martial Precision
Replaces Improved Hamstring and grants 1/2/3% Hit while wielding a two-handed weapon, reinforcing Arms as the dedicated two-handed specialization.
New Capstone
Battle Trance
A 31-point Arms cooldown that grants 15% melee critical strike chance and reduces the Rage cost of key offensive abilities by 30% for 15 seconds.
Updated Talent Ability
Mortal Strike
Mortal Strike has been moved earlier in the Arms tree and deals increased base damage, allowing it to define the specialization sooner.
View additional Warrior changes
Arms
- Improved Heroic Strike now provides a larger Heroic Strike damage bonus.
- Improved Rend retains its original effect and additionally increases Rend's Attack Power scaling.
- Slam now costs 10 Rage at every rank and deals increased bonus damage.
- Battle Trance reduces the Rage cost of Heroic Strike, Mortal Strike, Overpower, Slam and Execute.
Rogue
Rogue retains its earlier offensive talent improvement while Assassination gains a deeper poison-focused identity through permanent weapon poisons, stronger poison scaling and a new finishing move that converts Deadly Poison stacks into direct Nature damage.
Reworked Talent
Close Quarters Combat
Deflection has been replaced with Close Quarters Combat, increasing Attack Power by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of increasing Parry chance.
Quality-of-Life Update
Permanent Poisons
Rogue weapon poisons are no longer consumed by successful attacks, removing charge management while preserving poison duration.
New Talent
Master Poisoner
Replaces Improved Kidney Shot and increases the duration of poisons applied to the Rogue's weapons by 10/20/30 minutes.
New Capstone
Envenom
A new 31-point Assassination finishing move that consumes up to one Deadly Poison stack per combo point and deals Nature damage increased by Attack Power.
Reworked Talent
Vile Poisons
Now increases poison damage by 8/16/24/32/40% and allows damaging poisons to ignore up to 100% of the target's Nature Resistance.
View additional Rogue changes
General
- Deflection has been replaced with Close Quarters Combat, increasing Attack Power by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of increasing Parry chance.
Assassination
- Envenom only consumes Deadly Poison stacks applied by the casting Rogue.
- After Envenom is cast, the Rogue gains a temporary buff that greatly increases Instant Poison proc chance.
- The Envenom buff lasts for the number of combo points spent plus one second.
- Envenom Rank 1 is learned from the talent, while Ranks 2 and 3 are available from Rogue trainers at levels 48 and 54.
Warlock
Patch 1.12.5 strengthens Affliction's damage-over-time identity by rewarding players who maintain their effects, while adding a new capstone that scales with the rest of the specialization's toolkit.
Reworked Talent
Soul Consumption
Replaces Improved Drain Life. Drain Soul deals 3/6/9/12/15% more damage for each of your Affliction effects on the target, capped at 12/24/36/48/60%.
New Talent
Malediction
Replaces Improved Drain Mana. Increases the damage bonus effect of Curse of Shadow and Curse of the Elements by 1/2%.
New 31-Point Talent
Unstable Affliction
Replaces Dark Pact. A three-rank Shadow damage-over-time effect that gains 5% damage for each of your other Affliction effects on the target, up to 15%.
View Unstable Affliction ranks
- Rank 1 deals 450 Shadow damage over 18 seconds.
- Rank 2 deals 672 Shadow damage over 18 seconds.
- Rank 3 deals 900 Shadow damage over 18 seconds.
- Each rank gains 5% damage for each of your other Affliction effects on the target, capped at 15%.
Priest
Priest changes improve racial flexibility and reduce Shadow's mana strain while preserving its distinctive support and damage-over-time gameplay.
Level 30 Feature
Priest Racial Training
At level 30, Priests can visit a Priest trainer and swap to any available Priest racial spell set for a scaling gold cost.
Updated Form
Shadowform
Shadowform now increases Shadow damage while also reducing the mana cost of Shadow spells.
Shaman
Elemental changes focus on stronger sustained casting, lower threat and more meaningful interaction between Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning. Several generic or melee-oriented talents have been replaced with effects designed for a dedicated ranged Nature caster.
New Talent
Storm Conduit
Lightning Bolt builds charges that increase the damage of the Shaman's next Chain Lightning. The effect stacks up to five times.
New Talent
Elemental Attunement
Lightning Bolt has a chance to reduce the cast time of the next Chain Lightning, creating a direct interaction between the two core Elemental spells.
Reworked Talent
Elemental Precision
Reduces the chance for enemies to resist offensive Nature spells, replacing a talent that previously supported melee critical strikes.
Reworked Talent
Reverberation
Now reduces the threat generated by Shock spells and supports stronger Nature damage instead of reducing Shock cooldowns.
View additional Shaman changes
Elemental
- Concussion's damage bonus has been substantially increased.
- Convection now provides a larger mana-cost reduction for Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning.
- Early talent progression is more directly focused on ranged spellcasting.
- Several defensive or melee-oriented talents have been replaced with dedicated Elemental effects.
Druid
Balance Druid changes focus on mana sustainability, stronger talent progression and more rewarding spell interactions while retaining the deliberate casting style of Vanilla Balance.
Baseline Ability
Insect Swarm
Insect Swarm is now a baseline Druid spell instead of a Restoration talent, making it available without spending talent points.
New Capstone
Celestial Alignment
A powerful Balance cooldown that temporarily increases Arcane and Nature damage.
Party Utility
Lunar Communion
Starfire critical strikes restore mana to the Druid's party over time, adding meaningful group utility to Balance.
Updated Form
Moonkin Form
Moonkin Form now improves spell critical strike chance while also reducing the mana cost of spells.
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Balance
- Lunar Focus reduces the mana cost of Wrath, Moonfire and Starfire.
- Lunar Guidance increases spell critical strike chance.
- Improved Moonfire provides a larger Moonfire damage bonus.
- Lingering Swarm increases Insect Swarm's duration.
More Class Changes to Come
Patch 1.12.3 continues Project Legacy's class work. Additional specializations and existing changes will continue to be reviewed through testing and community feedback in future updates.