Datamining of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has filled up a large chunk of the news coming out of the upcoming expansion, and we’ve got plenty more coming every day. Wowhead’s dataminers were able to find four new abilities granted by Covenants.
Three previous datamined abilities were confirmed earlier by Blizzard, which you can read about here. With these abilities confirmed, we certainly have no reason not to expect the same to happen with the new abilities that Wowhead has discovered.
The first is a Hunter Night Fae ability titled Arcane Claw. This ability will summon a sentinel that can apply Sentinel’s Mark to all enemy targets for 15 seconds. This mark makes it so that each ability against a marked target will call forth a spirit beast to strike for extra Arcane damage.
Hunters also have a Night Fae ability being revealed titled Fae Transfusion. Fae Transfusion will transfer the health of up to 8 enemies in a radius to deal heavy Nature damage every 0.5 seconds for three seconds. Activating the ability again will release 65% of all damage from Fae Transfusion to heal up to 8 nearby allies instead. It’s important to note for this ability that Wowhead has it classified as a Shaman ability, but the ability itself is listed as a Hunter ability in its own description.
Two new Paladin abilities have been discovered too. The first is a Necrolord ability titled Vanquisher’s Hammer which deals heavy Shadow damage and empowers your next ability depending on your specialization. Retribution causes Templar’s Verdict to trigger Divine Storm, Holy causes Word of Glory to trigger Light of Dawn, and Protection causes Word of Glory to automatically trigger Shield of the Righteous.
The second ability is a multi-spell Night Fae ability titled Aura of the Seasons, with a different spell for Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring. The following four abilities are present:
- Aura of Summer: Party members within 40 yards have a high chance to deal extra Holy Damage. Turns to Autumn after spending 20 Holy Power.
- Aura of Autumn: Party members within 40 yards have 1% increased Cooldown Reduction. Turns to Winter after spending 20 Holy Power.
- Aura of Winter: Enemies within 40 yards have their attack speed reduced by 10% and movement speed reduced by 20%. Turns to Spring after spending 20 Holy Power.
- Aura of Spring: Party Members within 40 yards have their healing done and received increased by 10%. Cycles back into Summer after spending 20 Holy Power.
These new abilities are just the latest of the new content constantly being datamined. Keep your eyes open for more and more new content being revealed for the upcoming expansion!