Author: Sebastian Glanzer
Those: Blizzard
March 26, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. – In Phase 3 of Season of Discovery, classes will receive at least six new runes. We look at the first ones shown in the dev video.
Phase 3 of Season of Discovery is approaching in WoW Classic. A big class change in SoD are the runes, with which the well-known classes sometimes play significantly differently than in the original version or classes even take on completely new roles. In phase 3 it will happen again at least six new runes for each class give.
In the developer video for SoD Phase 3, the Blizzard developers already showed some of these runes. The warrior, for example, gets the opportunity to Gladiator stance to hatch and warlocks can do more damage with DoTs.
SoD Phase 3 – All runes from the developer video
The new runes provide druids with support for, among other things, the bear and cat style of play. Support Druids can choose to cast Tree Bark on allies.
PvP mages can look forward to Deep Freeze: frozen targets can be stunned for five seconds. Targets immune to stuns take bonus damage. The ability is also suitable against bosses.
Thanks to a new glyph “Pain and Suffering”, the priest has the opportunity to renew his DoT Shadow Word: Pain more easily.
The highlight of the runes shown so far is, among other things, the gladiator stance for the warrior, which increases damage and block chance by 10% if you wear a shield. At the same time, however, armor is reduced by 30% and threat buildup by 10%.
In gladiator stance, all abilities can be used that would otherwise not be possible with a shield. Just like in WoW (buy now) WoD, the warrior with the gladiator stance slips into a kind of hybrid stance of tank and damage dealer.
It is currently not clear how many runes each class will receive. Surely players will have to explore again to find their runes. And maybe there will be some surprises that will lead to new styles of play. Which of the new runes did you find most interesting?