With the World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 4 PTR now available to players, people are already starting to share and explore what secrets the devs are hiding from the community. Wowhead has once again started datamining the client for any additional information for Phase 4, as it seems the iconic tier sets will get special bonuses to tie in with the Season of Discovery gameplay.
Having that in mind, we will take a look at all of the new tier set bonuses for each class as players will finally be able to adventure in the end-game content and defeat some of the strongest bosses, and conquer long and tricky raid instances.
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WoW SoD Phase 4 New Tier Set Bonuses on PTR
Druid
Balance Druid Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Damage dealt by Thorns increased by 100% and duration increased by 200%.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your chance to hit with spells and attacks by 3%.
- 6pc Bonus: Reduces the cooldown on Starfall by 50%.
Feral Druid Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Your Faerie Fire and Faerie Fire (Feral) also increase the chance for all attacks to hit that target by 1% for 40 sec.
- 4pc Bonus: Periodic damage from your Rake and Rip can now be critical strikes.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Rip and Ferocious Bite have a 20% chance per combo point spent to refresh the duration of Savage Roar back to its initial value.
Guardian Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: You may cast Rebirth and Innervate while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form.
- 4pc Bonus: Reduces the cooldown of Enrage by 30 sec and it no longer reduces your armor.
- 6pc Bonus: Bear Form and Dire Bear Form increase all threat you generate by an additional 20%, and Cower now removes all your threat against the target but has a 20 sec longer cooldown.
Restoration Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: When you cast Innervate on another player, it is also cast on you.
- 4pc Bonus: Casting your Healing Touch or Nourish spells gives you a 25% chance to gain Mana equal to 35% of the base cost of the spell.
- 6pc Bonus: Reduces the cooldown on Tranquility by 100% and increases its healing by 100%.
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Hunter
Melee Hunter Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Your Mongoose Bite also reduces its target's chance to Dodge by 1% and increases your chance to hit by 1% for 30 sec.
- 4pc Bonus: While tracking a creature type, you deal 3% increased damage to that creature type.
- 6pc Bonus: Mongoose Bite also activates for 5 sec whenever your target Parries or Blocks or when your melee attack misses.
Ranged Hunter Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: You generate 100% more threat for 8 sec after using Distracting Shot.
- 4pc Bonus: While tracking a creature type, you deal 3% increased damage to that creature type.
- 6pc Bonus: Your next Shot ability within 10 sec after Aimed Shot deals 20% more damage.
Mage
Damage Mage Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: You are immune to all damage while channeling Evocation.
- 4pc Bonus: You gain 1% increased damage for 15 sec each time you cast a spell from a different school of magic.
- 6pc Bonus: Mage Armor increases your mana regeneration while casting by an additional 15%. Molten Armor increases your spell damage and healing by 18. Ice Armor grants 20% increased chance to trigger Fingers of Frost.
Healer Mage Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Your Temporal Beacons last 20% longer.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases all chronomantic healing you deal by 10%.
- 6pc Bonus: Each time you heal a target with Regeneration, the remaining cooldown on Rewind Time is reduced by 1 sec.
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Paladin
Holy Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Increases the chance for allies to trigger your Judgement of Light or Judgement of Wisdom to 100%.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Whenever your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Beacon of Light heals a target to full health, you also heal all members of their party for 189 to 211 health.
Protection Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Increases the block value of your shield by 30.
- 4pc Bonus: Heal for 189 to 211 when you Block. Can only heal once every few seconds.
- 6pc Bonus: Holy Shield no longer has charges and instead always lasts its full duration. In addition, its damage is increased by 200% of your shield block value.
Retribution Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Your Judgement of Light and Judgement of Wisdom also grant the effects of Judgement of the Crusader.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, and Seal of Martyrdom now persist for 6 seconds after you cast another Seal, or until you cast a third Seal. Your Judgements can now trigger multiple Seals if active.
Priest
Healer Priest Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: -0.1 sec to the casting time of Flash Heal and -0.1 sec to the casting time of Greater Heal.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with Prayer of Healing and Circle of Healing by 25%.
Shadow Priest Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: You may cast Flash Heal while in Shadowform.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Mind Blast critical strikes reduce the duration of your next Mind Flay by 50% while increasing its total damage by 100%.
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Rogue
Damage Rogue Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Feint also grants Avoidance for 6 sec, reducing all damage taken from area of effect attacks from non-players by 50%.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Poisons by 100%.
- 6pc Bonus: Your finishing moves have a 5% chance per combo point to make your next ability cost no energy.
Tank Rogue Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: While Just a Flesh Wound and Blade Dance are active, Fan of Knives costs 50% less Energy and generates 100% increased threat.
- 4pc Bonus: Vanish now reduces all Magic damage you take by 50% for its duration, but it no longer grants Stealth or breaks movement impairing effects.
- 6pc Bonus: Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to make you take 50% less Physical damage from the next melee attack that hits you within 10 sec.
Shaman
Elemental/Enhancement/Restoration Shaman Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: The radius of your totems that affect friendly targets is increased to 40 yd.
Elemental Shaman Tier Set
- 4pc Bonus: Your Lightning Bolt critical strikes have a 35% chance to reset the cooldown on Lava Burst and Chain Lightning and make the next Lava Burst, Chain Heal, or Chain Lightning within 10 sec instant.
- 6pc Bonus: Lava Burst now also refreshes the duration of Flame Shock on your target back to 12 sec.
Enhancement Shaman Tier Set
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Flurry talent grants an additional 10% increase to your attack speed.
Restoration Shaman Tier Set
- 4pc Bonus: After casting your Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave, or Riptide spell, gives you a 25% chance to gain Mana equal to 35% of the base cost of the spell.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Healing Wave will now jump to additional nearby targets. Each jump reduces the effectiveness of the heal by 80%, and the spell will jump to up to 2 additional targets.
Tank Shaman Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Increases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after you parry, dodge, or block.
- 4pc Bonus: Your parries and dodges also activate your Shield Mastery rune ability.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Stoneskin Totem also reduces Physical damage taken by 5% and your Windwall Totem also reduces Magical damage taken by 5%.
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Warlock
Damage Warlock Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Lifetap generates 50% more mana and 100% less threat.
- 4pc Bonus: Increases your critical strike chance with spells and attacks by 2%.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Nightfall talent has a 4% increased chance to trigger. Your Immolate periodic damage has a 4% chance to grant Fire Trance, reducing the cast time of your next Incinerate or Immolate by 100%.
Tank Warlock Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Banish is now instant cast, and can be cast on yourself while you are a Demon. You cannot Banish yourself while you have Forbearance, and doing so will give you Forbearance for 1 min.
- 4pc Bonus: Each time you take damage, you and your pet gain mana equal to the damage taken, up to a maximum of 420 mana per event. Can only occur once every few seconds.
- 6pc Bonus: Your Shadow Cleave hits have a 20% chance to grant you a Soul Shard, reset the cooldown on Soul Fire, and make your next Soul Fire within 10 sec instant.
Warrior
Damage Warrior Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: You gain 10 Rage when you change stances.
- 4pc Bonus: For 5 sec after leaving a stance, you can use abilities requiring that stance as if you were still in that stance.
- 6pc Bonus: For the first 10 sec after activating a stance, you can gain an additional benefit:
Battle Stance/Gladiator Stance: 10% increased damage done.
Berserker Stance: 10% increased critical strike chance.
Defensive Stance: 10% reduced Physical damage taken.
Tank Warrior Tier Set
- 2pc Bonus: Increases the block value of your shield by 30.
- 4pc Bonus: You gain 1 extra Rage every time you take any damage or deal auto attack damage.
- 6pc Bonus: Increases all threat you generate in Defensive Stance by an additional 10% and increases all damage you deal in Gladiator Stance by 4%.
And that covers all of the tier set bonuses that were discovered on the World of Warcraft SoD Phase 4 PTR. A lot of exciting stats and bonuses for most of the classes, as we will also be getting brand new abilities and runes to try out in the last phase of Season of Discovery.
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