What changed
Dispels remove buff stacks individually. Searing Totem becomes selectable with Tab. Hunter, Paladin, Shaman and Warlock receive balance adjustments.
What to check in your next match
This release touches Hunter, Paladin, Shaman, Warlock. Revisit the affected class toolkit and talent descriptions before carrying an older setup into your next game.
A patch summary describes a change, not its measured effect on match outcomes. We have not assigned a win-rate change or moved classes up a tier from this release alone. Timing, teammate choices and the opponent's response still determine whether a mechanical change helps your particular composition.
Use a practice game to check the behavior you rely on, then compare your current setup with the class directory and talent calculator. All numerical reference pages currently use the v0.21 snapshot; this archive is historical context and should not be read as a separate executable ruleset.
Hotfix v0.18.1 2026-10-29
Adds class filtering to the leaderboard and expands chat moderation. Drain Life damage and healing decrease. Arcane Shot and Kill Command cost more Focus.
Source and scope
Release date: 2026-10-28. Summary based on the public client's embedded changelog, retrieved 2026-10-30. The wording here is our own concise account; open the official game for the developer's complete notes.
Full per-spell historical values and gameplay verification are not available in this first snapshot. See data methodology for the extraction record and limits.