Cataclysm Beta – Build 12644

• One Hump or Two? – Obtain a camel mount (with just one hump).

Druid (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Balance

• Starsurge now also generates 10 Lunar or Solar energy.
• Wrath of Cenarius is now named Lunar Shower.
• Lunar Guidance now generates an additional 2/4/6 Lunar or Solar Energy. (Down from 5/10/15)
• Moonkin Form now increases spell haste by 5%. (Old – Spell crit)
• Genesis now increases the damage and healing done by your periodic spell damage and healing effects and by Swiftmend by 2/4/6%. (Up from 1/2/3%)
• Nature’s Grace now has a 100% proc rate for all ranks. increasing your spell casting speed by 5/10/15% for 3 sec.

Feral

• Rend and Tear now increases damage done by your Maul and Shred attacks on bleeding targets by 7/13/20%. (Up from 4/8/12%) and increases the critical strike chance of your Ferocious Bite ability on bleeding targets by 8/17/25%. (5/10/15%)
• Leader of the Pack additional effect – In addition, your melee critical strikes in Cat Form and Bear Form cause you to heal for 8% of your total health and gain 8% of your maximum mana. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 sec.
• Thick Hide now also increases armor while in Bear Form by an additional 11/22/33%, and reduces the chance you’ll be critically hit by melee attacks by 2/4/6%
• Heart of the Wild now Increases your Intellect by 2/4/6%. (Down from 4/8/12%) In addition, while in Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 3/7/10% (Up from 2/4/6%) and while in Cat Form your attack power is increased by 3/7/10%. (Down from 2/4/6%)

Hunter (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Beast Mastery

• Cobra Shot now generates 9 focus. Up from 1 focus.
• Mend Pet no longer costs Focus.
• The Beast Within is now a Tier 6 talent. up from Tier 5.
• Animal Handler is gone.
• Improved Mend Pet is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 4.
• Envenomation is now a Tier 4 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Improved Kill Command is now a Tier 1 talent. Down from Tier 2.
• One with Nature now increases the AP bonus of Aspect of the Hawk by 10/20/30% (Up from 5/10/15%) and increases the amount of focus restored by Aspect of the Fox by 5/10/15%. (Up from 2/4/6%)
• Bestial Discipline is now a 3 ranks talent (Down from 4 Ranks). Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 10/20/30%. (Up from 6/12/18/24%)

Marksmanship

• Concussive Shot no longer costs Focus. Now has a 5 sec cooldown.
• Steady Shot now generates 9 Focus. (Tooltip fix)
• Arcane Shot now costs 25 focus, down from 50 focus. Additional damage halved, AP scaling remains the same.
• Resistance is Futile now gives you a chance that your next Kill Command will refund its focus cost. (Old – Gives a chance to critically hit)
• Careful Aim – Increases the critical strike chance of your Steady Shot, Cobra Shot and Aimed Shot by 20/60% on targets at or above 60% health.
• Efficiency now only reduces the cost of your Arcane Shot by 1/2/3 (Down from 2/4/6). Reduction on Explosive Shot and Chimera Shot remains unchanged.

Survival

• Serpent Sting now costs 25 Focus. Down from 45.
• Aspect of the Monkey (Talent) is gone.
• Expose Weakness is gone.
• Hunting Party is now a Tier 5 1-Rank talent. Down from Tier 6 2-Ranks.
• Sniper Training is now a Tier 6 talent. Up from Tier 5.

Mage (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Arcane

• Arcane Explosion is now trained at level 12. Down from 58.
• Arcane Intellect is now trained at level 58. Up from 52.
• Evocation is now trained at level 22. Up from 12.
• Remove Curse is now trained at level 30. Up from 24.
• Teleport: Darnassus, Teleport: Exodar, Teleport: Ironforge, Teleport: Silvermoon, Teleport: Stormwind, Teleport: Theramore, Teleport: Thunder Bluff, Teleport: Undercity are now trained at level 24. Up from 22.
• Teleport: Stonard is now trained at level 52. Up from 22.
• Torment the Weak is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 5.
• Arcane Potency is now a Tier 5 talent. Up from Tier 2.

Fire (Read this post before you check the changes or I’ll punch you in the face)

• Frostfire Bolt now slows the target by 20%. (Down from 40%)
• Critical Mass – Compelling talent that adds utility for all playstyles, but not dps! Sweet!
• Impact now "also gives you some useful but non-dps (aka not mandatory) raid utility."
• Improved Scorch now gives your Scorch spells a 50/100% chance to cause the target to be vulnerable to spell damage. (Up from 33/66%)
• Molten Shields has been changed to : Redesign! (Yes, that’s the entire description)

Frost

• Summon Water Elemental is now trained at level 10. Down from 50. 2 min cooldown, down from 3 min.
• Ice Lance is now trained at level 28. Down from 30.
• Cone of Cold is now trained at level 18. Down from 28.
• Blizzard is now trained at level 52. Up from 18.
• Frostfire Orb now is a 2 ranks talent. Down from 3 ranks.
• Improved Freeze is now a Tier 3 talent. Down from Tier 5. Now gives your Freeze spell a 66/33% chance to cause Fingers of Frost. (Down from 100/50%)
• Enduring Winter now reduces the cost of all spells by 3%. Now has a 33% chance to grant up to 10 party of raid members mana regeneration equal to 3% of their maximum mana over 15 sec. (Old – 100% Proc Rate, 1% mana)
• Fingers of Frost is now a Tier 4 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Ice Shards no longer increases the damage of Ice Lance. Now increases its range by 2/5 yards.
• Improved Cone of Cold is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Brain Freeze is now a Tier 4 talent. Up from Tier 3.
• Ice Floes is now a 3 ranks (Down from 2 Ranks) talent and now reduces cooldowns by 7/15/25%. (Old – 10/20%)
• Permafrost no longer increases the duration of your Chill effects. Now also heals your Water Elemental for 15% of the damage dealt by you.
• Early Frost is now a Tier 1 talent. Down from Tier 2.
• Frost Channeling is gone.
• Reactive Barrier (Tier 5) *New* – Gives the caster a 50/100% chance for the Ice Barrier spell to automatically cast with no mana cost upon taking damage that lowers the caster’s life below 50%. This effect obeys Ice Barrier’s cooldown, and will trigger the cooldown when activated.

Paladin (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Holy

• Speed of Light now increases your movement speed for 4 sec. Down from 10 sec.
• Improved Lay on Hands is gone.
• Last Word (Tier 2) *New* – Gives your Word of Glory a 30/60% increased critical chance when used on targets with 35% or less health.
• Sanctified Light is now named Arbiter of the Light – Increases the critical effect chance of your Judgement, Holy Light and Templar’s Verdict by 6/12%.

Protection

• Hand of Sacrifice is now trained at level 80. Up from 78.
• Seal of Justice no longer stuns the target but limit it’s maximum run speed instead.
• Avenger’s Shield no longer dazes the targets, but silences them for 3 secs.
• Vindication now gives your Holy Wrath a chance to reduce physical damage done by the target by 10% for 30 sec. (Old – Proc from all damaging attacks, 10 sec duration)
• Devotion Aura is now trained at level 9. Down from 18.
• Hand of Protection no longer seems to have the Avenging Wrath restriction.
• Righteous Fury now increases all threat.
• Ardent Defender – Activate to reduce damage taken by 20% for 10 sec. While Ardent Defender is active, the next attack that would otherwise kill you will instead cause you to be healed for 15% of your maximum health.
• Shield of the Templar now reduces the cooldown of Avenger’s Shield by 3/7/10 sec (Up from 2/4/6 sec), Guardian of Ancient Kings by 1/2/3 min (Down from 10/20/30 min). No longer increases the amount absorbed by your Sacred Shield, now reduces the cooldown fo Avenging Wrath by 20/40/60 sec.
• Holy Shield now Lasts 20 sec. Up from 15 sec.
• Guarded by the Light has been revamped – Increases your Word of Glory by 20/40% when used to heal yourself. Any overhealing will create a protective shield equal to the amount of overhealing that lasts for 6 sec (last part NYI).
• Grand Crusader now has a chance to reduce the cooldown of your next Avenger’s Shield instead of Holy Wrath.
• Hallowed Ground now increases the duration of Consecration by 15 sec (Down from 15/30) and decreases it’s mana cost by 25% instead of increasing its damage.
• Protector of the Innocent is now a Tier 1 Talent. Down from Tier 2. Now Increases your healing by 1/2/3% on allies affected by Devotion Aura and increases the damage of your Retribution Aura by 20/40/60%.
• Toughness is now a Tier 2 talent. Up from Tier 1.

Retribution

• The Art of War now has a 7/15% chance to proc. (Down from 15/30%)
• Sanctity of Battle – Increases the damage by 10/20% and critical strike damage by 50/100% of your Exorcism. In addition, increases the chance you will hit with spells by 3/6%.
• Seals of Command is now a Tier 4 talent. Up from Tier 3.
• Rule of Law now Increases the critical effect chance of your Crusader Strike, Holy Shock and Word of Glory by 5/10/15%. (Old – Crusader Strike and Holy Light)
• Improved Crusader Strike is back as a Tier 3 2-Ranks talent. Reduces the cooldown of your Crusader Strike by 0.5/1 sec.

Priest (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Holy

• Desperate Prayer no longer costs mana.
• Test of Faith is now a Tier 5 talent. Down from Tier 6.
• Heavenly Voice is gone.
• Empowered Renew is now named Divine Touch – Your Renew will instantly heal the target for 5/10/15% of the total periodic effect.
• Empowered Healing has been revamped – Increases the healing done by your Flash Heal, Heal, Binding Heal and Greater Heal by 5/10/15%.

Rogue (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Subtlety

• Elusiveness is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Dirty Tricks is now a Tier 3 talent. Down from Tier 2.

Shaman (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Enhancement

• Shamanistic Rage now causes your skills, totems, and offensive spells to consume no mana for 15 sec.

Restoration

• Nature’s Swiftness no longer shares a cooldown with Elemental Mastery

Warlock (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Affliction

• Life Tap now seems to scale from 100% of Spell Power, up from 50%.
• Everlasting Affliction now Increases the critical effect chance of your Corruption, Seed of Corruption and Unstable Affliction by 5/10/15%. (Old – Increased bonus spell damage by 1/2/3%). Now gives Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Haunt a 33/66/100% chance to reset the duration of your Corruption spell on the target. (No longer procs from Shadow Bolt, Proc Rate increased from 20/40/60%)
• Death’s Embrace now affects target below 25% health. (Up from 20%)
• Shadow Embrace is now a Tier 4 talent. Down from Tier 5. No longer has a cooldown.
• Eradication now is a Tier 3 talent. Down from Tier 4.
• Siphon Life is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from tier 4.
• Nightfall is now a Tier 5 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Improved Drain Soul is gone.
• Improved Bane of Agony is now Doom and Gloom – Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom by 5/10%.
• Soulburn: Seed of Corruption (Tier 5) *New* – Grants the Soulburn empowerment to your Seed of Corruption spell.<br>Your Seed of Corruption detonation effect will afflict Corruption on all enemy targets. The Soul Shard will be refunded if the detonation is successful.
• Siphon Life (Tier 2) is back – When you deal damage with your Corruption spell, you are instantly healed for ( Glyph of Siphon Life : 60/75 )% of the damage done.

Demonology

• Demonic Aegis now Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Armor and Fel Armor spells by 15/30%. (Up from 10/20%)
• Empowered Imp now gives your Imp’s Firebolt a 12% chance to cause your next Soulfire spell to be instant cast within 8 sec.

Warrior (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
Arms

• Overpower now has a 1 sec cooldown. Down from 5 sec.
• Thunder Clap damage has been increased by ~25%
• Strikes of Opportunity *New* – Grants a 16% chance for your melee attacks to instantly trigger an additional melee attack for 50% normal damage. Chance increased further by mastery rating.
• Colossus Smash *New* Battle / Berserker Stance – Smashes a target for weapon damage plus 120 and weakens their defenses, allowing your Mortal Strike, Heroic Strike, Bloodthirst and Overpower<br>to bypass their armor for 6 sec sec. / 30 Rage, 5 yd range, Instant, 20 sec cooldown
• Second Wind now is a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 6.
• Blood Frenzy now is a Tier 4 talent. Down from Tier 5.
• Sudden Death is now a Tier 5 talent (Down from Tier 4), 2 points (Down from 3 Points) and now is – Your melee hits have a 5/10% chance of resetting the cooldown on your Colossus Smash, and you keep 5/10 rage after using Execute.
• Improved Slam now also increases Slam’s damage by 10/20%.
• Taste for Blood now also increases your Overpower critical strike chance by 20/40/60%.
• Improved Overpower is gone.
• Drums of War (Tier 2) *New* – Reduces the rage cost of your Hamstring, Shield Bash, Pummel, and any shouts which cost rage by 25/50%.
• Blitz is now a Tier 1 talent. Down from Tier 2.
• Impale is now a Tier 3 talent. Up from Tier 2.
• Improved Hamstring is back as a Tier 3 talent – Your Hamstring ability immobilizes the target for 5 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30/60 sec.
• Tactical Mastery is back as a Tier 2 Talent – You retain up to an additional 25/50 rage when you change stances.

Fury

• Bloodthirst now has a 3 sec cooldown. Down from 4 sec.
• Victory Rush no longer has a stance requirement. (Be careful with that one, tooltip bugs happened with warrior stances)
• Unshackled Fury *New* – Increases the benefit of abilities that cause you to be enraged or consume an enrage effect by 80%.
• Flurry is now a Tier 3 talent. Down from Tier 5.
• Heroic Fury is now a Tier 5 talent. Down from Tier 4.
• Raging Blow now has a 6 sec cooldown. Up from 3 sec.
• Booming Voice now is a Tier 5 talent. Up from Tier 4.
• Fury in the Blood is gone.
• Die by the Sword (Tier 5) *New* – Increases your parry chance by 100% for 4/8 sec whenver you are brought to 20% health or less. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 2 min.
• Enrage is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 3. Changed to – Your melee hits have a 3/6/9% chance to Enrage you, giving you a 3/7/10% damage bonus for 12 sec.
• Blood Craze is now a Tier 1 talent. Down from Tier 2.
• Improved Execute is now a Tier 3 talent. Up from Tier 2.
• Armored to the Teeth is gone.
• Rude Interruption (Tier 2) *New* – Successfully interrupting a spell with Shield Bash or Pummel increases your damage by 5% for 30 sec/1 min.

Protection

• Shield Block now has a 1 min cooldown. Up from 30 sec.
• Critical Block *New* – Increases your chance to block by 10% and your chance to critically block by 10%. Chances increased further by mastery rating.
• Shockwave now deals [ 75% of AP ] damage. (Up from 38% of AP)
• Warbringer now is a Tier 5 talent. Down from Tier 6.
• Devastate additional damage has been increased by 66%.
• Damage Shield now deals 10/20% of your attack power. (Old – 20/40% of your Strength)
• Improved Revenge is now a Tier 2 talent. Down from Tier 3.
• Incite no longer affects Thunder Clap or Cleave. Additional effect – your Heroic Strike critical strikes have a 33/66/100% chance to make you next Heroic Strike also a critical strike. This effect cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.