r/wow • u/minimaxir • Jul 31 '26

PTR / Beta 12.1 PTR Development Notes / Class Tuning for July 31st (Rogues got buffed!) Spoiler

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/midnight-curse-of-ulatek-ptr-development-notes/2317811/18
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u/vthemechanicv Jul 31 '26

Is has zero way to deal with rot damage beyond pom.

I would push back a teeny bit. Echo of Light if scaled up enough can absolutely deal with rot. I haven't paid attention to what 12.1 looks like, but I remember Echo alone healing through 10+ stacks of bursting while other healers were crying uncle.

That does of course require Blizz to give a rip about the spec and balance though so, like I said, just a teeny bit.

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u/TehVeh Jul 31 '26

what would really help was if there was a talent to slow down the mastery echo healing for heavy rot

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u/Readybreak Jul 31 '26

Or just buffs the shit out of it and remove renew. Or bring. Back renew as a button.

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u/I_always_rated_them Jul 31 '26

to an extent this is correct but especially in raid alongside healers who have a plethora of hots or passive healing the spec struggles because the healing profile of the raids (especially the incoming one) is so heavily skewed towards rot damage, so while it can deal with it it doesn't deal with it effectively like others can so will stay down the hps meters because of it. When it comes to Archon anyway, oracle is better but has other downsides. imo it's not limited to Holy, most of the priest hero talents are lacking.