Blizzard to buff Fire Mage and Windwalker Monk, nerf Demonology Warlock with upcoming WoW weekly reset

Blizzard Entertainment is unleashing a major wave of balance changes to World of Warcraft with the game’s next weekly reset. Several classes will see their power levels altered later this week. A series of class changes were announced last night, with some of the game’s top specializations (specs) set to receive buffs and nerfs when WoW’s servers reset on April 5. 

The class specialization set to receive the most impactful set of changes is Fire Mage, whose players will see the damage of their core abilities—Fireball, Fire Blast, and Pyroblast—increased by 20 percent, 10 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. Additionally, the two-piece tier set bonus that Fire Mages receive will extend the duration of Combustion from two seconds to four seconds with the upcoming reset. According to WoW stats tracking site WarcraftLogs, Fire Mage is the second-weakest DPS spec in Mythic-level Sepulcher of the First Ones raids through the first four weeks of the raid’s availability.