Real 1.12 Patch Notes

[Raelynn]

I am confused.

I always thought of the +30 spell damage enchant that it would only benefit damage and not healing. Now I'm reading that it should have a benefit to healing spells too. So why is it named spell damage and not 'spell damage & healing'?

The zandalarian shoulder enchantment with +18 to damage and healing has the correct wording for example.

I'm thinking of putting +30 spell damage on my fist of cenarius now...

Another thing that bugs me to no end is that equipment specifically designed for mages only has the wording +spell damage & healing on it too. Am I missing something, or does the polymorph spell benefit from that? Poor mages.

I believe it comes down to how the + to spells works. Basically, healing is like a type of +. You would see +healing in a similar way to seeing +shadow dmg or +nature damage. However, there is no separation between damaging types and healing types, as healing is just another school of spells. As the system is implemented, if it doesn't add to a specific school, it adds to all schools, which includes healing.

Does that help?