Patch 5.4 PTR patch notes updated for June 20

An update list of patch notes for the 5.4 PTR has just been released on the official blog. The notes include a mega list of changes for various classes, as well as tweaks and additions to battlegrounds, pet battles and more.Every taunt ability now increases all threat generated against the target by 200% while the taunt is active.Those who participate in PvP Pet Battles should happily note that round timers will get progressively shorter for a player who takes more than 15 seconds to issue a command during their turn.Any battle pet that could be rewarded from a Throne of Thunder boss in LFR will now be able to be won from a bonus roll as well.You can see the full list of patch notes at the official site, but if you'd just like a list of the new changes, follow after the break for a consolidated list.
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Classes All taunt type abilities now increase all threat generated against the target while the taunt is active by 200%.Death Knight

General Icebound Fortitude no longer costs Runic Power.Riposte is a new passive ability learned at level 76. When the Death Knight dodges or parries any attack, they gain 50% of their Parry and Dodge as additional bonus to Critical Strike for 20 seconds.Talents Anti-Magic Zone has been redesigned. The talent now reduces magic damage taken in the area-of-effect by 40% for 3 seconds, there is no longer a cap on total damage absorbed, and the ability no longer scales with strength.Death Siphon had its damage increased by 10%.Plague Leech now tries to convert 2 fully-depleted runes (up from 1) into a Death Rune based on specialization. Blood: Restores 1 Frost Rune, 1 Unholy RuneFrost: 1 Frost Rune, 1 Unholy RuneUnholy: 1 Blood Rune, 1 Frost RuneGlyphs Glyph of Enduring Infection now reduces damage dealt by diseases by 15% (down from a 30% reduction).Glyph of Mind Freeze now reduces the cooldown of Mind Freeze by 1 second, and raises its cost by 10 Runic Power (down from 2 seconds and 20 Runic Power).Glyph of Outbreak now causes Outbreak to cost 30 Runic Power (down from 40).
Blood Sanguine Fortitude no longer reduces the cost of Icebound Fortitude.Druid

General Cyclone no longer has a 20-second cooldown for Feral Druids.Faerie Fire now has a duration of 20 seconds while in PvP combat (down from 40 seconds).Innervate now causes the target to gain mana equal to 50% of the casting Druid's Spirit every second for 10 seconds. The total mana gained from this ability can never be less than 8% of the casting Druid's maximum mana, and the amount gained is unaffected by Mana Tide Totem.Talents Feral: Increases the amount healed by Healing Touch by 20%. Casting Healing Touch increases the damage for the Druid's next two melee abilities by 25%. causes the Druid's next Rip to deal 15% increased damage.Guardian: Increases the amount healed by Healing Touch by 20%. Mangle (Bear) critical strikes have a 20% chance to make the next Healing Touch or Rebirth instant, free, and castable in all forms. Instant cast version of Healing Touch now benefits from Attack Power instead of Spell Power.Force of Nature Treant summoned by the Feral version of this talent will now cast Entangling Roots instead of Bash.Soul of the Forest has been partially redesigned to make it more attractive to Balance, Guardian, and Restoration Druids. Balance: Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge casts have a 8% chance to cause Astral Communion to grant 100 Lunar Power or Solar Power instead of activating the next Eclipse.Glyphs Glyph of Ferocious Bite now causes Ferocious Bite to heal the Druid for 2% of their maximum health for each 10 Energy used (up from 1%).Glyph of the Master Shapeshifter now reduces the mana cost of all shapeshifts by 100% (up from 90%).Glyph of Pounce now increases the range of Pounce by 8 yards (up from 3 yards).Glyph of Skull Bash now increases the duration of Skull Bash's interrupt by 2 seconds, and increasing the cooldown by 5 seconds (down from a 4 second interrupt and 10 second increase to cooldown).Balance Moonkin Form now increases the Druid's armor by 60%, but no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.Feral Predatory Swiftness no longer has a chance to make Cyclone instant, free, and castable in all forms.Restoration Living Seed effects can now stack, up to 50% of the casting Druid's maximum health.Hunter

General Hunter's Mark now has a duration of 20 seconds while in PvP combat (down from 30 seconds).Readiness now finishes the cooldowns on Rapid Fire, Feign Death, Deterrence, Disengage, and Camouflage when activated (was all Hunter abilities with a base cooldown of less than 5 minutes).Revive Pet no longer requires the Hunter to have line-of-sight to their pet.Talents Narrow Escape's root effect is now a nature spell (was a physical spell).Spirit Bond now regenerates 3% of total health every 2 seconds while the Hunter's pet is active (up from 2%).Wyvern Sting now has a range of 40 yards (up from 35 yards).Glyphs Glyph of Mend Pet now has a 100% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic or Poison effect from the Hunter's pet on each tick (up from 50% chance).Glyph of No Escape now increases the ranged critical strike chance against targets affected by the Hunter's Freezing Trap by 100% (up from 20% chance).Survival Explosive Trap no longer shares a cooldown with Black Arrow but can no longer activate Lock and Load.Mage

Talents Frost Bomb now deals 70% damage to players (up from 60%).Living Bomb now deals 85% damage to players (up from 70%).Nether Tempest now deals 85% damage to players (up from 70%).Temporal Shield now also reduces damage taken by 15% while active in addition to existing effects.Glyphs Glyph of Blink now increases distance travelled with the Blink spell by 8 yards (up from 5 yards).Glyph of Remove Curse now increases the damage dealt by 15% after successfully removing a curse (up from 10%).Glyph of Spellsteal now heals the Mage for 5% of their maximum health after successfully stealing a spell (up from 3%).Frost Mastery: Frostburn has been redesigned. Fingers of Frost now increases the damage of Ice Lance by an additional 2%, Brain Freeze increases the damage of the instant cast Frostfire Bolt by 2%, and damage done by the Mage's Water Elemental is increased by 2%.Monk

Talents Chi Brew will now also generate 3 stacks of Brew/Teas based on the Monk's specialization. (Brewmaster: Elusive Brew, Mistweaver: Mana Tea, Windwalker: Tigereye Brew)Healing Elixirs will no longer activate if the Monk is already at full health, and activate automatically when the Monk has less than 35% of their maximum health.Power Strikes will now activate from all Chi generating abilities; Jab, Expel Harm, Spinning Crane Kick (when it hits at least 3 targets), Keg Smash, Crackling Jade Lightning, and Soothing Mist.Ring of Peace has a new visual effect and now disarms both enemies and those attacking allies within the Ring of Peace's area-of-effect for 4 seconds (up from 3 seconds); the silence effect for casting spells remains unchanged at 3 seconds.Glyphs Glyph of Afterlife now increases the chance to summon a Healing Sphere by 100% (up from 25% chance).Paladin

Talents Eternal Flame's initial healing has been reduced by 30%.Sacred Shield (Old) has been renamed to Holy Shield and is no longer a talent. Holy Shield is a Protection Paladin ability learned at level 85.Sacred Shield (New) Holy: When the Paladin or their Beacon of Light target falls below 30% health, that target gains a Sacred Shield absorbing damage equal to 30% of their maximum health. Sacred Shield can only occur once every 2 minutes.Protection, Retribution: When the Paladin falls below 30% health, they gain a Sacred Shield absorbing damage equal to 30% of their maximum health. Sacred Shield can only occur once every 2 minutes.Sanctified Wrath Holy: Now also increases the critical strike chance of Holy Shock by 20%.Protection: Now reduces the cooldown of Judgment by 100% (up from 50%).Selfless Healer stacks now also work on Divine Light in addition to Flash of Light. Bastion of Glory will now apply Selfless Healer's bonus to healing to the casting Paladin as well as other targets and consume all stacks of Bastion of Glory in the process.Glyphs Glyph of the Alabaster Shield now increases damage for the next Shield of the Righteous by 10% per stack (down from 20% per stack).Glyph of Denounce now causes Holy Shock to reduce the cast time of the next Denounce by 0.5 seconds, and the effect can stack up to 3 times.Holy Mastery: Illuminated Healing no longer activates from periodic healing effects.Divine Plea no longer reduces the amount of healing done by 50%.Priest

Talents Divine Insight for Discipline Priests now has a 100% chance to activate its effect after using Penance (up from 40%), and now displays an effect in the UI when it's active.From Darkness, Comes Light Discipline, Holy: Now also has a chance to activate its effect on cast for these following spells; Penance, Circle of Healing, Prayer of Mending, and Prayer of Healing.Shadow: Now has a 20% chance to activate its effect for Shadow Priests (up from a 15% chance).Glyphs Glyph of Purify now causes Purify to heal the target for 5% of their maximum health after successfully dispelling a magical effect or disease (up from 3%).Glyph of Reflective Shield now causes Power Word: Shield to reflect 70% of the damage absorbed (up from 45%).Holy Serendipity no longer displays a spell effect when in the UI when it's active.Shadow Shadowform now increases the Priest's armor by 60%, but no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.Rogue

Glyphs Glyph of Recuperate now increases the healing of Recuperate by an additional 1% (up from 0.5%).Shaman

General Healing Rain's radius has been increased to 12 yards, up from 10 yards.Talents Conductivity has been redesigned. Casting Healing Wave, Greater Healing Wave, Healing Surge, or Chain Heal, increases the duration of Healing Rain by 1 second. Damaging an enemy with Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Earthshock, or Stormstrike increases the duration of Healing Rain by 1 second.Healing Tide Totem now heals for 50% more.Stone Bulwark Totem's initial damage absorption shield now absorbs an additional 33% in damage.Unleashed Fury Earthliving Weapon effect now applies to the Shaman, not the target.Restoration Purification now only increases healing done by Healing Stream Totem by 50% (was healing done by all Water totems).
Warlock

General The debuff from using a Demonic Gateway has been increased to 60 seconds (up from 15 seconds).Fel Flame now deals 13% more damage, costs 2% less mana, and no longer increases the duration of damage-over-time spells.Rain of Fire now has a reduced chance to generate Burning Embers.Talents Kil'jaden's Cunning no longer reduces movement speed, and will now allow the Warlock to cast Incinerate, Malefic Grasp, and Shadow Bolt while moving. is no longer a passive ability. Kil'jaden's Cunning now has a duration of 15 seconds with a 1.5 minute cooldown.Mannoroth's Fury is no longer a passive ability. Mannoroth's Fury now has a duration of 10 seconds with a 60 second cooldown, and increases the area of area-of-effect by 500% and increases damage by 100% for Hellfire, Immolation Aura, Rain of Fire, and Seed of Corruption.Soul Leech can now also activate from Shadowburn, and caps out at 15% of the Warlock and their pet's maximum health (down from 100%).
Warrior

General Blood and Thunder now also increases the damage of Thunder Clap by 50%.Hamstring is no longer on a global cooldown.Riposte is a new passive ability learned at level 76. When the Warrior dodges or parries any attack, they gain 50% of their Parry and Dodge as an additional bonus to Critical Strike for 20 seconds.Shield Wall no longer requires a shield. If the Warrior does not have a shield equipped, it will show a visual of an equipped shield.Spell Reflection no longer requires a shield. If the Warrior does not have a shield equipped, it will show a visual of an equipped shield.Talents Impending Victory now heals the Warrior for 20% of their maximum health at all times (up from 15% on attack and 20% on kills that yield experience or honor).Storm Bolt now also has an off-hand attack for Fury Warriors.Warbringer now roots the target for 4 seconds instead of stunning them for 3 seconds. The 50% reduction to movement speed snare effect for 8 seconds remains unchanged. Glyph of Blitz will now cause Warbringer to root an additional 2 nearby targets.Arms Seasoned Soldier now also reduces the cost of Thunder Clap by 10 Rage.Sweeping Strikes now causes melee attacks to strike an additional nearby target for 75% of the initial damage (up from 50%).Protection Ultimatum now activates from critical hits with Shield Slam instead of a flat 20% chance, and the ability will make the next Heroic Strike or Cleave be a critical hit in addition to costing no Rage.Quests The Strength of One's Foes: For players on this step of the legendary quest; all Throne of Thunder bosses now have a chance to drop a Sigil of Power or Sigil of Wisdom in addition to their normal loot. Players should no longer be receiving excess Sigils of Power or Sigils of Wisdom.Pet Battles

Pet Battle General Round timers in PvP Pet Battles will now get progressively shorter for a player who takes more than 15 seconds to issue a command during their turn.Battle Pets Any Battle Pet that could be awarded from a Throne of Thunder boss on Raid Finder difficulty can now be won from a bonus roll, in addition to the standard bonus roll reward.Battle Pet Abilities Trihorn Charge damage has been reduced by 11.5% and now has a 1-round cooldown.PvP [PTR]: For testing purposes, the item level scaling of gear in Arenas, Battlegrounds and Rated Battlegrounds has been increased to 512 during the 5.4 PTR. Season 14 Grievous Conquest gear is exempt from this item level ceiling.Battlegrounds and Arenas

Arenas For Arena matches lasting longer than 15 minutes, one of the teams will receive a buff called "The Crowd Chose You" that increases damage, critical strike chance, stealth detection, and reduces damage taken. The buff is awarded based on the following criteria. Team with the largest number of players alive.Team that brought an enemy player closest to death (lowest health).Arena Rating scaling in the 2v2 bracket has been tuned to be consistent with the 3v3 bracket.Items [PTR]: For testing purposes, Flaskataur, Esq. will be available near the Niuzao Temple selling normal Tier-16 armor for gold.
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