The War Within Season 1: All Tier Set Bonuses

The War Within Season 1: All Tier Set Bonuses

Written by Tom - 6th September 2024

In The War Within Season 1, every class and spec will be given brand new tier sets, and with that comes a 2-set and 4-set bonus.

Players can earn their tier sets via a few methods: Raiding, the Vault, the Matrix Catalyst and through the completion of The War Within Season 1: Spelunker Supreme achievement.

DEATH KNIGHT

Blood

The Tier Set Bonus for Blood Death Knight for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: While you have one or more Boneshield charges, the damage you take is reduced by 2.0%. Losing a Boneshield charge has a chance to reduce the damage you take by an additional 1.0%, up to 3.0% for 6 sec.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Your damage is increased by 0.5% per active Boneshield charge. Taking damage while below 6 Boneshield charges has a chance to generate 1-2 Boneshield charges.

Frost

The Tier Set Bonus for Frost Death Knight for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Your Runic Power spending abilities deal 8% increased damage.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Consuming Runic Power has a chance to increase your Strength by 10% for 8 sec.

Unholy

The Tier Set Bonus for Unholy Death Knight for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Your minions deal 8% increased damage.
  • (4) Set Bonus: When you summon a minion, your Haste is increased by 1%, up to 4% for 8 sec.

DEMON HUNTER

Havoc

The Tier Set Bonus for Havoc Demon Hunter for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Blade Dance deals 20% increased damage.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Chaos Strike deals 12% increased damage, and has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of Blade Dance and reduce its Fury cost by 30%.

Vengeance

The Tier Set Bonus for Vengeance Demon Hunter for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Soul Cleave deals 10% increased damage and has a 25% chance to shatter 1 Lesser Soul fragments from a target it hits.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Consuming a Soul Fragment increases the damage and healing of your next Fel Devastation by 2%, up to 30%.

DRUID

Balance

The Tier Set Bonus for Balance Druid for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Starsurge damage increased by 10%. Starfall damage increased by 14%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse each increase the Astral Power Wrath generates by 2 and Starfire generates by 5.

Feral

The Tier Set Bonus for Feral Druid for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Tiger's Fury increases your chance to Critically Strike for 10 sec, starting at 6% and increasing by 1% every 2 sec.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Critical Strikes with your combo point-generating abilities increase the direct damage of your next Ferocious Bite and Rampant Ferocity or Primal Wrath by 15%, stacking up to 3 times.

Guardian

The Tier Set Bonus for Guardian Druid for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Thrash and Moonfire increase your damage done and reduce damage you take by 1% for 8 sec, stacking 3 times.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Arcane damage you deal is increased by 5% and bleed damage you deal is increased by 8%.

Restoration

The Tier Set Bonus for Restoration Druid for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Regrowth, Wild Growth, and Swiftmend healing increased by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Your healing is increased by 8% when consuming Soul of the Forest's bonus and for 6 sec afterward.

EVOKER

Devastation

The Tier Set Bonus for Devastation Evoker for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Disintegrate damage increased by 6% and Pyre damage increased by 6%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Eternity Surge's cooldown is decreased by 3 sec and it now grants Essence Burst.

Augmentation

The Tier Set Bonus for Augmentation Evoker for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Upheaval deals 30% increased damage and increases the damage of your next 2 Eruption casts by 30%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Ebon Might increases primary stats by an additional 0.4% of your own every 2 sec it remains active, up to 2.0%.

Preservation

The Tier Set Bonus for Preservation Evoker for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Reversion’s healing is increased by 10%, and it has a 50% chance to grant 1 additional stack of Temporal Compression.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Temporal Compression increases the healing of your next empower spell by 10% per stack.

HUNTER

Beast Mastery

The Tier Set Bonus for Beast Mastery Hunter for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Barbed Shot further increases your pet's attack speed by 5%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Your pet's attacks have a 10% chance to increase all pet damage you deal by 10% for 10 sec.

Marksmanship

The Tier Set Bonus for Marksmanship Hunter for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Arcane Shot and Multishot damage increased by 20%
  • (4) Set Bonus: Consuming Precise Shots increases the damage of your next Aimed Shot by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.

Survival

The Tier Set Bonus for Survival Hunter for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Wildfire Bomb damage increased by 5%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: [Mongoose Bite / Raptor Strike] deals 10% increased damage to targets affected by Wildfire Bomb.

MAGE

Arcane

The Tier Set Bonus for Arcane Mage for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Arcane Blast and Arcane Barrage damage increased by 6%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Barrage has a 5% chance to make your next Arcane Barrage deal 20% increased damage and generate 4 Arcane Charges.

Fire

The Tier Set Bonus for Fire Mage for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This amount is increased to 25% on its primary target.
  • (4) Set Bonus: After dealing damage, Phoenix Flames has a 10% chance to return to you, refunding 1% of the cooldown on Phoenix Flames and granting you 6% increased spell damage for 10 sec.

Frost

The Tier Set Bonus for Frost Mage for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Ice Lance damage increased by 8%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Damage dealt by Fingers of Frost enhanced Ice Lances invoke a Frigid Pulse, dealing (30% of Spell power) Frost damage to nearby targets. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.

MONK

Brewmaster

The Tier Set Bonus for Brewmaster Monk for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Blackout Kick and Keg Smash deal 20% additional damage, and Shuffle also grants 3% damage reduction.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Blackout Kick increases your damage dealt by 1% for 15 sec, stacking up to 3, and has a chance to reset the cooldown of Keg Smash and make its next cast cost no energy.

Mistweaver

The Tier Set Bonus for Mistweaver Monk for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist healing increased by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Vivify extends the duration of Renewing Mist and Enveloping Mist on its primary target by 3.0 sec, up to 3.0 sec.

Windwalker

The Tier Set Bonus for Windwalker Monk for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Tiger Palm increases the damage of your next melee ability by 5.0%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Your other melee abilities increase the damage of your next Tiger Palm by 25%, stacking up to 6 times. 15% of Tiger Palm's damage is dealt onto nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.

PALADIN

Holy

The Tier Set Bonus for Holy Paladin for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Holy Shock's healing is increased by 10% and its cooldown is reduced by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Holy Shock increases the initial healing of your next Word of Glory or Light of Dawn by 8%, stacking up to 4 times.

Protection

The Tier Set Bonus for Protection Paladin for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Shield of the Righteous deals 10% increased damage and grants 3% damage reduction.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Casting a Holy Power ability increases the damage and healing you deal during your next Avenging Wrath by 0.5%. This effect stacks.

Retribution

The Tier Set Bonus for Retribution Paladin for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Blade of Justice damage increased by 15% and Wake of Ashes damage increased by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Wake of Ashes increases your damage done by 8% for 8 sec.

PRIEST

Discipline

The Tier Set Bonus for Discipline Priest for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Atonement healing increased by 5.0%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Smite and Penance increase the damage of your next Mind Blast by 25% or absorb amount of your next Power Word: Shield by 15%, up to 3 times.

Holy

The Tier Set Bonus for Holy Priest for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Serendipity is 10% more effective.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Heal, Flash Heal, and Prayer of Healing have a 50% chance to cast again at 35% effectiveness.

Shadow

The Tier Set Bonus for Shadow Priest for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: The duration of Devouring Plague is increased by 1.0 sec.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Devouring Plague increases your damage done by 2% for 10 sec, multiple applications may overlap.

ROGUE

Assassination

The Tier Set Bonus for Assassination Rogue for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: When your bleeds deal damage, they have a chance to grant you Vile Tincture for 8 sec, increasing your poison damage by 1.0% per stack (up to 10 stacks).
  • (4) Set Bonus: While you have 5 or more stacks of Vile Tincture, Garrote, Rupture, and Crimson Tempest deal 10% additional damage.

Outlaw

The Tier Set Bonus for Outlaw Rogue for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Your Sinister Strike, Pistol Shot, and Ambush have a 35% chance to Ethereal Rampage, dealing 30% increased damage as Shadow.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Ethereal Rampage additionally increases the damage of your next Between the Eyes by 15%, stacking up to 4 times.

Subtlety

The Tier Set Bonus for Subtlety Rogue for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Symbols of Death increases the damage of your next Secret Technique by 20%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Secret Technique increases the damage of your other finishing moves by 16% for 7 sec.

SHAMAN

Elemental

The Tier Set Bonus for Elemental Shaman for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: [Elemental Blast / Earth Shock] damage increased by 25%. Earthquake damage increased by 25%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Spending Maelstrom grants you 5% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical damage dealt.

Enhancement

The Tier Set Bonus for Enhancement Shaman for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Stormstrike, Lava Lash, Ice Strike, and Crash Lightning deal 10% increased damage.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Activating Feral Spirits summons 1 extra Feral Spirit.

Restoration

The Tier Set Bonus for Restoration Shaman for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Tidal Waves increases the healing of affected spells by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Tidal Waves is 80% more effective and reduces the mana cost of affected spells by 8%.

WARLOCK

Affliction

The Tier Set Bonus for Affliction Warlock for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Malefic Rapture damage increased by 5% and its critical strike chance is increased by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Malefic Rapture has a chance to increase damage dealt by your Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction by 15% for 8 sec.

Demonology

The Tier Set Bonus for Demonology Warlock for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Your primary demon deals 5% increased damage, and your Shadow Bolt damage is increased by 50%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Shadow Bolt has a chance to enrage your primary Felguard, increasing the damage of their next Legion Strike by 300%.

Destruction

The Tier Set Bonus for Destruction Warlock for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Incinerate critical strike chance increased by 20%. Conflagrate critical strike chance increased by 25%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: When Conflagrate critically strikes, your Fire damage is increased by 5% for 6 sec.

WARRIOR

Arms

The Tier Set Bonus for Arms Warrior for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Mortal Strike and Cleave increase the damage of your next Overpower by 10%.
  • (4) Set Bonus: When Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician, your next Mortal Strike or Cleave has its damage increased by 10% and critical strike chance increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.

Fury

The Tier Set Bonus for Fury Warrior for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: Bloodthirst increases the damage of your next Rampage by 10%
  • (4) Set Bonus: When Raging Blow resets its own cooldown, the damage of your next Bloodthirst is increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.

Protection

The Tier Set Bonus for Protection Warrior for Season 1 of The War Within:

  • (2) Set Bonus: When your Shield Slam cooldown is reset by Strategist, you gain Expert Strategist, increasing the damage of Shield Slam by 5% and reducing all damage taken by 3% for 6 sec.
  • (4) Set Bonus: Shield Slam critical strikes increase the damage dealt by Thunder Clap and Revenge by 10% for 8 sec.
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