Frost has received new target caps on a total of three abilities. This is both big nerfs (
Ледяная коса) but also big buffs (
Дыхание Синдрагосы).
Ледяная коса is now capped at 5 targets, a significant nerf to the ability on multiple levels.
- Damage doesn't scale past 5 targets.
- Режущий лед application isn't done as effectively (Previously spread to all targets with Режущий лед equipped on your mainhand).
- Fewer hits means fewer crit opportunities. Ледяной покров CD reduction now doesn't scale past 5 targets.
The damage reduction is in itself very significant. With a 2H equipped, the total damage of a
Машина для убийств buffed
Ледяная коса on 5 targets is only ~25% more than a single target
Уничтожение Машина для убийств Critical Strike. With Dual Wield, the damage difference is 55% in
Ледяная коса's favor. This will definitely open up for other talent combinations. Neither
Лавина nor
Волны холода has an AoE cap.
Режущий лед application can be done with
Ледяной натиск instead, pushing this talent forward in the new meta!
Дыхание Синдрагосы and
Воющий ветер now follow the sqrt-formula
The total damage output of an ability that scales with the sqrt-formula is the following:
damage ~ 1 + (n - 1) / sqrt(n)
Where n is the number of targets. The abilities deal the same amount of damage to a single target, but scale differently on subsequent targets. This used to be linear.
In our case,
Воющий ветер will be somewhat better at 3 or fewer targets, equal at 4 and worse beyond.
Дыхание Синдрагосы will be significantly better at low target counts. It's only at 11 targets that it'll deal less damage than the BFA version. The overall output at 2 targets is
30% higher compared to BFA. It looks to me like
Дыхание Синдрагосы will be the king of cleave in Shadowlands!