Class Tuning Incoming August 25: Warlocks and Ret Set Get Huge Buffs
Blizzard’s week-two Season 2 pass buffs Affliction, Demonology, pet damage +350%, Ret 4pc Divine Arbiter, Frost Mage Ice Barrier, BM AoE — plus a long PvP list.
Blizzard posted the next scheduled Season 2 class tuning pass for August 25 weekly maintenance — the “first week of live data” check-in from the tuning roadmap.
PvE headlines
Warlocks — baseline demons (Imp / Voidwalker / Sayaad / Felhunter) damage +350%. Affliction and Demonology get large ST/DoT and generator bumps; Destruction Rain of Fire +30%.
Retribution — Venomous Abyss 4pc Divine Arbiter main-target damage +150%, cleave targets +75%.
Frost Mage — Ice Barrier absorb 30% → 35% max HP (PvE); Blizzard / Frostbite / Frostfire Meteor AoE help for keys.
Beast Mastery — Wild Thrash multi-target 200% → 300%; Beast Cleave 55% → 70%.
Frost DK — all damage +6%, Obliterate +15% (raid underperformer note).
Resto Druid — Rejuv/Germ +15%, Wild Growth +10%, stronger 4pc Genesis; some raid-oriented tools nudged down so dungeon healing rises without exploding raid HPS.
Also: Havoc +3%, Vengeance Fel Blood mastery +24%, Preservation triage heals up, Survival +4%, Brewmaster Celestial Brew absorb +20%, Prot Warrior Fight Through the Flames 6% → 8% magic DR.
PvP (selected)
Defensive trims for Havoc / Devourer Blur and friends; Holy Priest instant-heal PvP values walked back; Holy / Prot Paladin throughput and Sac/Guardian tools adjusted; Affliction Agony +50% in PvP; Destruction Chaos Bolt / Shadowburn up; lots of targeted Rogue / Hunter / Shaman / Warrior tweaks.
Full blue text is long — check the official forums post linked from coverage hubs before you craft or swap mains for the Aug 25 reset.
Reminder: Aug 25 is also when Raid Finder Wing 2 and Story Mode for Venomous Abyss unlock.