Patch 3.3 PTR: Mages get simplified Scorch, Frost changes : World of Warcraft General Discussions

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Fire mages are Register to unlock hidden link with joy over today's Register to unlock hidden link PTR build, frost mages are a little iffy, and arcane is... pretty much completely untouched! Let's skip over any additional preamble and dig right in. Do note, however, that some of this is so far unconfirmed and comes from datamining. Considering these changes come from the PTR, any of it could change before patch 3.3 goes live.

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• -Register to unlock hidden link: The debuff from this talent no longer stacks, and instead can apply the full effect from a single cast of Scorch.
  
  -Register to unlock hidden link now increases the damage of your Scorch spell by 20%.

This is going to make a lot of raiding mages very happy. It essentially normalizes the debuff to match equivalent debuffs, like Improved Shadow Bolt. Streamlining an unnecessarily complicated debuff is a great thing. It'll lift a needless burden from mage DPS. And yes, there are mages Register to unlock hidden link this evening. It's somewhat disturbing, really.

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Author: SUPPORT@WEBLOGSINC.COM (Alex Ziebart)
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Publish Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:15:00 EST
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