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Midnight Season 2

Curse of Ula'tek

MIDNIGHT 2

M+ patch notesD-1

All tuning this season, newest first

Patch 12.1.5 M+ Dungeon Tuning + Mid-Season RefreshOfficial post ↗

⚖️ Class tuning

Devourer Demon HunterDevourer Demon HunterBuffTier A

Eases Collapsing Star cancel friction and re-centers Void-Scarred bonuses on casting it

  • Collapsing Star now has increased range after it starts casting, reducing failures from the target moving out of range
  • Collapsing Star no longer goes on cooldown for 5 seconds when its cast is cancelled
  • Collapsing Star will now only slow Fury drain during its cast for a limited time
  • If cancelled then cast again, it will only slow Fury drain for a total of ~1.5 full casts
  • After that limit, Fury drain resumes in full regardless of interrupts or recasts
  • Soulforged Blades: Hungering Slash and Voidblade crit 15% 18%
  • Voidpurge: Void Ray cooldown reduction during Void Metamorphosis 2 sec 2.5 sec
  • Many talents have changed positions: The Hunt and Eradicate move from the final gate to the middle gate
  • Void-Scarred: Demonic Intensity now causes Collapsing Star to reset The Hunt's cooldown
  • Void-Scarred: Demonic Intensity's empower effect for The Hunt now increases its damage by 30%
  • Void-Scarred: Violent Transformation now resets Soul Immolation's cooldown; no longer resets The Hunt or increases its damage (was 25%)
  • Void-Scarred: Monster Rising Intellect 15% 10% while not in demon form
  • Void-Scarred: Monster Rising Collapsing Star damage 15% 20%
Restoration DruidRestoration DruidAdjustTier B

Reworked to synergize better with the rest of the kit

  • Nature's Bounty redesigned: Regrowth heals up to 3 allies with Rejuvenation for 15% of its healing, lowest health first
Augmentation EvokerAugmentation EvokerBuffTier C
  • Chronowarden: Temporality duration is now increased by Mastery: Timewalker
  • Chronowarden: Temporal Burst duration is now increased by Mastery: Timewalker
  • Scalecommander: Melt Armor damage increased by 100%
Preservation EvokerPreservation EvokerAdjustTier B
  • Merithra's Blessing duration 1 min → 30 sec
  • Consume Flame no longer double dips from healing increases on the target
  • Flameshaper: Consume Flame healing increased by 20% (offsets the double-dip fix)
  • Chronowarden: fixed extending Fire Breath with Double-time stopping Life-Giver's Flame healing
  • Chronowarden: fixed Afterimage causing Deep Breath to sometimes cast Living Flame on the Evoker
Marksmanship HunterMarksmanship HunterAdjustTier B

Replaces Unload with an Aimed Shot crit-focused talent

  • New Talent: Blood Fletching — Aimed Shot crits cause the Master Marksman bleed at 20% of damage dealt; for 4 sec the target bleeds again whenever your abilities damage it
  • Unload has been removed
  • Fixed Explosive Shot auto-selecting and firing at a nearby target when pressed with no target
  • Dark Ranger: fixed Umbral Reach not generating Trick Shots when Bleak Powder hit exactly 2 targets
Survival HunterSurvival HunterAdjustTier B
  • Fixed Strike as One bonus damage from Raptor Swipe (Rank 3) not working while Aspect of the Eagle was active
  • Fixed Raptor Swipe having a longer range than intended while Aspect of the Eagle was active
Arcane MageArcane MageAdjustTier S
  • Several Arcane spells added to the Spell Density system for visibility options for non-Mage players
Frost MageFrost MageAdjustTier C
  • Fixed Splitting Ice's damage modifier not applying to Frostbolt, causing both Frostbolts to hit for full damage
  • Fixed Splitting Ice's multiplier applying to the main target after casting Frostfire Bolt then switching to Spellslinger
  • Fixed Splitting Ice Frostbolt having a smaller search radius for its second target than other spells
  • Fixed a Shatter issue where two in-flight Ice Lances could both lose Fingers of Frost (also fixed for Thermal Void)
  • Fixed Crystalline Refraction not generating Fingers of Frost when interrupting Ray of Frost with Ray of Frost
  • Frostfire: fixed Frostfire Empowerment not applying to the second target from Splitting Ice (Frostfire Infusion tooltip updated)
  • Spellslinger: Splinterstorm is now trackable in the Cooldown Manager as a buff
  • Spellslinger: Splinterstorm is no longer removed on start of a raid or Mythic+ encounter
Windwalker MonkWindwalker MonkAdjustTier A
  • Class-wide: fixed Transcendence: Transfer being usable while silenced with Transcendence: Linked Spirits talented
Discipline PriestDiscipline PriestNerfTier B
  • Master the Darkness duration 1 min → 30 sec
Holy PriestHoly PriestBuffTier B

Easier access to Ultimate Serenity, a strong M+ tool

  • Holy Celerity and Ultimate Serenity have swapped positions on the specialization tree
Assassination RogueAssassination RogueAdjustTier S
  • Class-wide: Shiv no longer incorrectly plays an impact visual on the Rogue
  • Mutilate has an updated weapon trail
  • Crimson Tempest animation updated and now has a weapon trail
Outlaw RogueOutlaw RogueBuffTier A

Cheaper to keep Blade Flurry up against a few targets

  • Deft Maneuvers: Blade Flurry energy cost increase changed from a flat 30 to 5 per target hit (max 30)
Subtlety RogueSubtlety RogueAdjustTier A

Overall damage impact remains under review by Blizzard

  • All Shadow damage modifiers and many Shadow abilities updated so bonuses apply consistently (Secret Technique secondary hits, Shadowed Finishers, Shadow Cloned attacks)
  • Effects dealing Shadow damage from attack damage (Shadow Blades, Goremaw's Bite mirror, Lingering Shadow) now benefit correctly from physical input and no longer double dip on Shadow input
  • Shadow Blades has an updated cast visual and weapon visual
Enhancement ShamanEnhancement ShamanAdjustTier B
  • Fixed Static Accumulation stopping automatic Maelstrom Weapon stack generation during certain points of Ascendance or Doom Winds
Restoration ShamanRestoration ShamanAdjustTier A
  • Extending Riptide through Swelling Tides now extends Riptide's timer rather than resetting it
  • Fixed Nature's Swiftness and Ancestral Swiftness not properly making Healing Rain instant cast
Protection WarriorProtection WarriorBuffTier B

Boosts Colossus Rage efficiency for threat and rotation

  • Execute damage increased by 30%
  • Colossus: Practiced Strikes now reduces Execute and Revenge Rage cost by 10

🗺️ Dungeon tuning

Ruby Life PoolsNerf
  • Primalist Cinderweaver and Blazebound Destroyer's Living Bomb is now a dispellable Magic Effect
  • Earthbound Guardian's Earthbound's Imprint: initial damage reduced 21.5%, periodic reduced 13.3%
  • Blazebound Firestorm's Inferno: initial damage reduced 18.2%, periodic reduced 14.3%
  • Storm Warrior's Thunderous Stomp damage reduced 18.2%
  • High Channeler Ryvati's Tempest Stormshield now absorbs 15% of max health (was 20%)
  • Infused Whelp's Cold Claws now has a 5-second internal cooldown
  • Blazebound Firestorm and Defier Draghar health reduced

Based on PTR data, not official notes; may change on release

Temple of SethralissNerf
  • Static Anomaly's Spark Step damage reduced 25%

Based on PTR data, not official notes; may change on release

Murder RowAdjust
  • Fixed Zaen Bladesorrow's Murder in a Row incorrectly assigning a safe spot to a barrel the player wasn't behind

🌀 Affixes, season & more

  • New mega-dungeon 'Labyrinth of Kindo'jan'. Nine chambers with a companion, Mythic gear. A likely future M+ dungeon
  • Mid-season refresh: Ascendant Venomstones drop from M+ +10 and above to upgrade fully-geared item levels; crest cap lifted (week of Oct 20)
  • New achievement: 3600 M+ rating in Season 2 → the 'Venomous Contender' title and the Timelost Saddle mount
1,500
Keystone Conqueror
Title: the Venomous
2,000
Keystone Master
Mount: Breath of Blight
Free Catalyst Charge
2,500
Keystone Hero
Achievement
3,000
Keystone Legend
Mount: Breath of Ruin
3,638Live cutoff
Top 1%
Feat: Venomous Champion
3,760 / 3,904Live cutoff
Top 0.1%
Title: the Venomous Hero
Keystone Conqueror
Title: the Venomous
1,500
Keystone Master
Mount: Breath of Blight · Free Catalyst Charge
2,000
Keystone Hero
Achievement
2,500
Keystone Legend
Mount: Breath of Ruin
3,000
Top 1%Live cutoff
Feat: Venomous Champion
3,638
Top 0.1%Live cutoff
Title: the Venomous Hero
3,760 / 3,904
From Mythic 0→Item level 292 gear
Higher keys drop higher item level gear in dungeons and the Great Vault
Time a +10→Dungeon teleport
Permanently unlocks a teleport to that dungeon's entrance (all 8 dungeons)
Weekly Catalyst charge→Convert gear to tier set
Turn dungeon or vault gear into a tier set piece with the Catalyst

The Summit of This Journey

Characters who reached the final gate (top 0.1%). Season title race

Horde
3,760
Alliance
3,904
Population
78,139
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Midnight Season 1 · 2026

Season 1 Final Recap

The season's closing meta, from 4,000 top runs (frozen 2026.08.12)

+25

Highest key

86%

Top comp share

97.5%

Top tank pick rate (Guardian Druid)

4,000

Top runs analyzed

How the Season Unfolded

Over 15 weeks, top-ranked players' average score climbed every single week — the race never stopped.

Weekly avg ranked score

+320 (8.4%)

3,8114,131Week 1Week 15

Fastest-growing specs of the season

Guardian Druid
+418
Frost Death Knight
+408
Arcane Mage
+406
Restoration Druid
+27

Guardian Druid, the season's dominant spec, also grew the fastest, while Restoration Druid gained just +27 — effectively pushed out of the meta.

Who Owned Each Role

A single spec filled 97.5% of tank slots and 94.3% of healer slots — Season 1 was an unusually locked-in meta.

Tank

Guardian Druid

97.5%· 95%p ahead

Healer

Mistweaver Monk

94.3%· 90.9%p ahead

DPS

Augmentation Evoker

32.2%· 0.2%p ahead

Higher Keys, Fewer Choices

Pick rates by key bracket across 5.3M runs — the throne was contested at low keys, but the meta took over at the top.

Tank

050100+6~10+11~15+16~20+21~Top runs
Vengeance Demon Hunter0%
Protection Paladin0%
Guardian Druid97.5%

Healer

Final Spec Tiers

Tank

  • SGuardian Druid97.5%
  • ABrewmaster Monk2.5%
  • BVengeance Demon Hunter0%
  • CBlood Death Knight0%
  • C

The Comp That Ruled the Season

Season 1 Champion
Guardian DruidMistweaver MonkAugmentation EvokerDevourer Demon HunterUnholy Death Knight

86% of top runs at season's end used this comp — best clear +25, average +23.8.

Hidden Gem

Inseparable Duos

The pairs that almost never queued apart in top runs.

Tank + Healer

Guardian Druid+Mistweaver Monk

Appeared together in 94.2% of top runs

DPS Duo

Augmentation Evoker+Unholy Death Knight

Appeared together in 95.7% of top runs

Top Key per Dungeon

Magisters' Terrace
+25

Magisters' Terrace

30:57 · 563.4

Maisara Caverns
+25

Maisara Caverns

29:58 · 563.5

Nexus-Point Xenas
+25

Nexus-Point Xenas

26:46 · 564.1

Pit of Saron

Hardest Dungeons

Relative difficulty comparing key levels the same players reached in each dungeon.

1Algeth'ar Academy
2Seat of the Triumvirate
3Skyreach
4Windrunner Spire
5Nexus-Point Xenas
050100+6~10+11~15+16~20+21~Top runs
Restoration Druid0%
Restoration Shaman3.4%
Mistweaver Monk94.3%

DPS

050100+6~10+11~15+16~20+21~Top runs
Beast Mastery Hunter0.5%
Retribution Paladin0.8%
Unholy Death Knight32%
Augmentation Evoker32.2%
Protection Paladin
0%
  • CProtection Warrior0%
  • Healer

    • SMistweaver Monk94.3%
    • ARestoration Shaman3.4%
    • ADiscipline Priest2.3%
    • BPreservation Evoker0.1%
    • CRestoration Druid0%
    • CHoly Paladin0%
    • CHoly Priest0%

    DPS

    • SAugmentation Evoker32.2%
    • SUnholy Death Knight32%
    • SDevourer Demon Hunter29.9%
    • AArms Warrior1.5%
    • ARetribution Paladin0.8%
    • BOutlaw Rogue0.7%
    • BFeral Druid0.6%
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    • BBeast Mastery Hunter0.5%
    • BDemonology Warlock0.4%
    • BFrost Mage0.3%
    • BAssassination Rogue0.3%
    • BShadow Priest
    Guardian Druid
    Mistweaver Monk
    Augmentation Evoker
    Shadow Priest
    Unholy Death Knight

    The most-played comp wasn't the best-performing one — at just 0.6% pick rate, this comp averaged 546.9 points, edging out the champion comp (544.7).

    +25

    Pit of Saron

    27:42 · 562.9

    Windrunner Spire
    +25

    Windrunner Spire

    32:19 · 560.8

    Algeth'ar Academy
    +24

    Algeth'ar Academy

    29:22 · 547

    Seat of the Triumvirate
    +24

    Seat of the Triumvirate

    28:45 · 550.8

    Skyreach
    +24

    Skyreach

    24:32 · 549.7

    6Magisters' Terrace
    7Pit of Saron
    8Maisara Caverns
    0.2%
  • BFury Warrior0.2%
  • BElemental Shaman0.1%
  • BEnhancement Shaman0.1%
  • BSurvival Hunter0.1%
  • BSubtlety Rogue0.1%
  • BDestruction Warlock0%
  • BArcane Mage0%
  • BWindwalker Monk0%
  • BBalance Druid0%
  • BAffliction Warlock0%
  • BFrost Death Knight0%
  • BHavoc Demon Hunter0%
  • CMarksmanship Hunter0%
  • CDevastation Evoker0%
  • CFire Mage0%