The War Within Hotfixes - April 30

By Kaivax
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This post was originally published on the Battle.net forums by Kaivax from the Community Manager team.

April 30, 2025

Classes

Priest
- Discipline
  - Resolved an issue causing the Cooldown Manager to track the duration of Power Word: Shield on the Priest instead of tracking its cooldown.
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue causing Prayer of Healing to be able to be displayed on the Cooldown Manager when not talented.
Rogue
- Trickster: Fixed an issue that prevented Blade Flurry and Nimble Flurry from dealing increased damage to targets with the Fazed debuff applied.
- Assassination
  - Kingsbane can no longer be parried.
- Outlaw
  - Fixed an issue that could cause Blade Flurry to strike below the maximum number of available targets when fighting near dead enemies.
  - Fixed an issue that caused Blade Flurry to deal an incorrect amount of damage with the Deft Maneuvers talent selected.
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Roll the Bones’ Grand Melee buff from updating Blade Flurry’s damage output dynamically when gaining or losing the buff.
- Subtlety
  - Trickster: Fixed an issue that could cause Nimble Flurry to strike below the maximum number of available targets when fighting near dead enemies.
Shaman
- Restoration
  - Fixed an issue causing damage from Acid Rain to not generate threat or aggro enemies.
Warlock
- Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul would not generate a stack if two Soul Shard spenders were cast in quick succession.
- Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Wither would not pandemic when refreshed with no stacks.
- Demonology
  - Fixed an issue where Shadow Bolt would appear on the essential cooldown bar without Diabolic Ritual being learned.
  - Fixed an issue where Hand of Gul’dan would appear on the essential cooldown bar without Secrets of the Coven being learned.
  - Fixed an issue where Hand of Gul’dan and Chaos Bolt would glow whenever Demonic Art was active.
Warrior
- Arms
  - Colossus Smash can no longer be parried.

Dungeons

Darkflame Cleft
- Addressed an issue where Eerie Molds’ damage fails to count towards damage taken spells like Rewind and Death Strike.

Quests

Resolved an issue preventing looting the quest object after another player looted it first in “Preserve the Legacy” from the Fate of the Kirin Tor questline.

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