WoW: Now comes the Nerf club! Massive simplifications for Karazhan

With the start of Season 4, WoW welcomed some old dungeons into the Mythic Plus system. Including the two parts of Karazhan that we have already visited in Legion. The two parts of the mega-dungeon were already very popular back then and many players still like to visit the tower in the Deadwind Pass.

However, Karazhan has a problem. Compared to the six other dungeons of the current season of WoW: Shadowlands, the upper and especially the lower return to Karazhan is far too difficult. This is also reflected in the numbers of completed Mythic Plus Keystones. Hardly a day went by in the last three weeks when the Blizzard developers didn’t try to get the difficulty levels of the dungeons on the same line with minor adjustments – with little success. Now the devs seem to have had enough and unpack the fattest nerf club a dungeon has ever had to feel.

Massive nerfs for Karazhan

Especially the lower return to Karazhan is the focus of the developers. Not only will bosses and mobs be massively weakened, some enemies will even be completely removed from the dungeon or their abilities will be taken away. And that after some smaller nerfs came the day before.

Here are the full patch notes for the recent Karazhan nerfs.

Dungeons and Raids

• Mythic+
• Return to Karazhan: Lower
• Developers’ note: We wanted to give players time to re-learn mechanics in returning dungeons before making large nerfs, however, Lower Karazhan continues to stand out as an outlier in difficulty so we are making larger changes to bring it in line with the difficulty of the other dungeons in Season 4.
• Several Skeletal Ushers are taking a break from protecting the Opera Hall.Several Skeletal Ushers have relocated to account for their partners taking a break.
• Arcane Warden and Skeletal Usher now contribute more credit to Enemy Forces.
• Spectral Valet’s Demoralizing Shout cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).

Coldmist Widow’s Caustic Venom damage over time damage reduced by 30%.

Phantom Guardsman will no longer cast Shield Smash.

Ghostly Chef will no longer cast Cleave.

Ghostly Baker will no longer cast Rolling Pin.

The following abilities will no longer be cast on a nearby target if their current target is out of range:

Forlorn Spirit’s Shadow Rend

Ghostly Chef’s Roast

The Opera Hall: Westfall Story

Gang Ruffian’s Poisonous Shank initial damage reduced by 20%.

Gang Ruffians and S horeline Tidespeakers will no longer trigger Storming or Explosives after being defeated.

Toe Knee’s Dashing Flame Gale initial damage and damage over time reduced by 30%.

Mrrgria’s Thunder Ritual damage reduced by 30%.

Moroes

Garrote damage reduced by 08%.

Garrote will now correctly display its duration.