World of Warcraft Pet Battle Changes Discussed by Blizzard

Blizzard has shared information on pet battles following community feedback for World of Warcraft.

To start, weather like mudslide and blizzard are being updated:

• Blizzard
  • Now also increases all elemental ability damage by 25%.
• Mudslide
  • Now also increases all critical damage dealt by 25%.

Toxic fumes are also being updated:

• Increases the duration of all hostile damage over time effects by 1 round.
• All pets are considered Poisoned while Toxic Fumes is active.

Percent damage reduction is also being changed in Visions of N’Zoth,

“Currently, if you’re fighting a pet like Unit 17 in Mechagon (a Boss pet that passively takes 50% less damage), and Unit 17 uses Crouch, Unit 17 becomes immune to damage because the two 50% damage reduction effects are added to each other. In Visions of N’Zoth, the plan is to cap damage reduction at -75%. Using Unit 17 as an example, while Crouch is active, it will take 75% reduced damage instead of 100% reduced damage. This will smooth out the challenge with some enemy bosses.”

Check out the full notes here.