Training Grounds update log

31 Oct 2026

• Shadow Priest tuned down in duels: Shadow damage 15% lower, Shadowform takes 5% off physical damage instead of 15%, Power Word: Shield absorbs half as much, Blackout procs half as often.
• Every class checked against WoW Forever's tooltips, about 75 fixes: Mind Flay slows 50%, Blackout rolls once per Shadow spell, Recklessness, Death Wish, Holy Shield, Aspect of the Monkey, Cold Blood, Lightning Overload, Cone of Cold, Entangling Roots and more.
• Fingers of Frost: both charges now count as Frozen for Shatter.
• Feral: Shifting Power works, turning 55% of your base mana into 40 Energy in Cat Form on an 8 sec cooldown.
• Warlock: your mana bar no longer runs dry on its own after a minute of casting, and Life Tap gives its full 424 mana.
• The 30 Oct talent hotfix: rebuilt Paladin and Druid trees, Arcane Blast, Swiftmend, Revenge, Light's Vigil.
• Smoother opponents: far fewer corrections at normal ping.
• Fewer freezes: a dead connection comes back in about 3 seconds, and a slow opponent no longer slows you down.
• Friend duels survive a dropped connection for 20 seconds.
• Switching tabs no longer freezes your opponent's screen.
• Desktop: even frame pacing on high refresh screens, and a Smooth or Quality choice under Graphics in Key Bindings (K).
• Slower computers now lower their graphics on their own when they struggle.
• Phones reach the first fight faster.
• Holding both mouse buttons to run works again after a long turn.
• Proc tracker above your cast bar: Maelstrom Weapon, Heating Up, Shatter windows, Overpower and more. Turn it off in Key Bindings.
• The training dummy never dies.
• Key bindings are saved per character, and the HUD can be moved (Edit layout in Key Bindings).
• Piercing Howl, Improved Berserker Rage and Strider Kick fixed, and the sound button is easier to find.
• Polymorphed pets turn into a sheep, and the Felhunter is its real size.
• On phones the chat button is gone; chat is Enter on a keyboard.