All Legion Timewalking Mage Tower Nuerfs after Week 1
Blizzard had announced that nerfs might be coming to certain Mage Tower encounters. then released the first round of nerfs to these challenges . This was based on internal data and Legion versions.
The nerfs can also be applied in both directions. Players who go out of their way for old TBC gear, gems and sockets, or players who go to great lengths to farm them, will see a slight nerf, as well as certain Legion Timewalking trinkets with overperforming abilities.
These items can still be used, but they are not as effective or 10%+ more powerful than Shadowlands gear.
Numerous encounters have been nerfed to reflect spec performance. This should make certain mechanics easier without significantly increasing the difficulty.
All Legion Timewalking Mage Tower Nuerfs after Week 1
- End of the Risen Threat
- Now Corrupted Risen Magices must wait for 1 to 2 seconds before casting Arcane Blitz.
- The Corrupted Risen Mage’s Arcane Blitz damage bonus now stands at 40% per stack (previously, it was 50%).
- Arcane Blitz’s cast time has been increased by 0.5 seconds. This increases to 0.5 seconds for every bonus damage stack that is placed on the caster. To compensate, the duration of damage buffs has been extended by 1 second.
- Arcane Blitz now has a new visual effect to make it “louder”.
- Xylem Encounter
- Comet Storm now waits for 3 seconds before causing damage to players (was 2 seconds).
- Blood Death Knight
- Kruul’s health has been reduced by 10%
- Frost Death Knight
- Health of Archmage Xylem’s Corrupting Shadows has been reduced by 3%
- Archmage Xylem has had his Razor Ice health decreased by 10%
- Havoc Demon Hunter
- Frostbolt and Archmage Xylem’s Arcane Barrage damage have been reduced by 5%
- Archmage Xylem has had his Comet Storm damage reduced to 14%.
- Guardian Druid
- Kruul’s health has been reduced by 10%
- Nether Horror Health reduced by 10%
- Nether Horror’s Nether Storm now allows for movement and melee combat interruptions.
- Protection Paladin
- Kruul’s health has been reduced by 10%
- Terrorizing Eye Health Reduced by 10%
- Smash is now being cast by Smoldering Infernals every 6 seconds (previously, it was 5 seconds).
- Holy Priest
- Health of Corrupted Risen Mage reduced by 10%
- Reduced 10% Corrupted Risen Soldier’s Knife Dance Damage
- Restoration Shaman
- Damage to Corrupted Risen Soldiers reduced by 10%
- Reduced 10% Corrupted Risen Soldier’s Knife Dance Damage
- Damage to Corrupted Risen Mage has been reduced by 10%
At the time of writing, there are approximately two days until the weekly maintenance. If Blizzard discovers any outliers who missed the first round of maintenance, we will update the list to reflect the changes.
Blizzard confirmed that the Mage tower will be available for two additional weeks and will then disappear following maintenance on January 4.
