WoW SoD Phase 2 New Rune Ability Updates Explained

Engraving this rune onto a belt enhances melee weapon damage, increasing spell power. Critical heals also apply an additional heal over time, making it a valuable asset in WoW battles.

Guarded by the Light rune causes melee weapon hits to restore mana over time, with a trade-off—Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Holy Shock healing amounts are halved. Time will reveal if this trade is worth it in WoW Season of Discovery.

Eclipse is Making a comeback. This rune boosts Starfire, increasing the critical strike of the player's next two Wraths by 30%, creating a powerful synergy between Starfire and Wrath.

This SoD rune alters Tiger's Fury, boosting physical damage dealt by 15% and instantly granting 60 energy, but introduces a 30-second cooldown for Tiger's Fury.

A returning favorite from past expansions, this Priest Rune significantly reduces damage taken and enhances resistance to Dispel mechanics for a short time when cast on a friendly target.

Mind Spike deals Shadowfrost damage and applies a debuff increasing the critical strike chance of the next Mind Blast on the target, stackable up to 3 times.

The Melee Specialist Rune introduces interesting changes, encouraging full melee builds by reducing Raptor Strike cooldown and allowing it to trigger instantly. Additionally, it removes the cooldown of Mongoose Bite.

This SoD rune enables players to place traps within 40 yards, even during combat, with separate shared cooldowns for fire-based and frost-based traps.

A powerful defensive ability activating within 40 yards, increasing the health of all party and raid members. Its effectiveness in SoD awaits exploration but it sounds very promising and OP.

The Blood Surge Rune adds a chance for certain abilities to make the next Slam instant and cost no Rage.

The Shuriken Toss allows players to throw a shuriken at an enemy, dealing damage to the target and 4 nearby foes.

This rune boosts damage for attacks made while stealthed and shortly after exiting stealth, promising heightened damage during stealthy play.

This SoD rune deals instant damage when refreshing damage over time effects with less than 6 seconds remaining on the Season of Discovery target.

The Dance of the Wicked rune Triggers a buff increasing dodge chance for the player and their pets on critical strikes, accompanied by a mana gain.

Missile Barrage rovides a chance for Arcane Blast, Fireball, and Frostbolt spells to reduce the channeled duration of the next Arcane Missiles spell by half, with reduced mana cost and increased firing speed.

This rune enables players to store arcane, fire, and frost energy briefly, using it to heal a friendly target before it combusts.

The Maelstrom Weapon rune adds a chance for melee attacks to reduce the cast time of certain spells, with the reduction stacking up to five times.

This new SoD rune casts a 30-minute buff on a friendly target, increasing threat generation.

Thanks to the Two-Handed Mastery Rune, WoW players will be granted a 30% attack speed bonus with a two-handed weapon for 10 seconds upon striking an enemy.