| Essence of the Focusing Iris | |
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| Requirements | |
| Role | Damage |
| Properties | |
| Rank 2 |
Reduces the cast time of Focused Azerite Beam by 33%. Haste gained from Focused Energy increased by 50%. |
| Rank 3 |
Focused Azerite Beam can now be used while moving. When you have no stacks of Focused Energy, gain 2 additional stacks from your first damaging spell or ability. |
| Rank 4 | Focused Azerite Beam gains an enhanced appearance. |
Essence of the Focusing Iris is an Azerite Essence obtained through the Mythic+ dungeon system after the start of Battle for Azeroth Season 3. This essence can only be used by DPS specializations.
Source[]
- Rank 1 is learned from
[Converging Lens of the Focusing Iris], looted from the Challenger's Cache at the end of a successful level 4 or higher Mythic dungeon. - Rank 2 is learned from
[Magnifying Lens of the Focusing Iris], looted from the Challenger's Cache at the end of a successful level 7 or higher Mythic dungeon. - Rank 3 is learned from
[Stabilizing Lens of the Focusing Iris], created by combining 15 
[Focused Life Anima], which can be looted from your weekly Grand Challenger's Bounty in Boralus or Dazar'alor.
- Players who have learned Rank 3 of Essence of the Focusing Iris, [Anima of Life and Death], or [Life-Binder's Invocation] on any character have the option to purchase this item for 2,500 [Echoes of Ny'alotha] from MOTHER in the Chamber of Heart.
- Players who have learned Rank 3 of Essence of the Focusing Iris,
- Rank 4 is learned from [Biconcavic Lens of the Focusing Iris], an achievement reward from [Battle for Azeroth Keystone Master: Season Three].
Patch changes[]
- Hotfix (2020-03-20): Restrictions on acquiring role-specific Azerite Essences from MOTHER have been lifted. Rank 3 tanking, healing, and damage-specific Essences are now grouped together and can be purchased with [Echoes of Ny'alotha] when at least one is unlocked on a character.
- Developers' note: This update to the new Echoes of Ny'alotha system is intended to make Essences much more available to your characters whose specializations put them in different roles (tanking, healing, damage). A side-effect of this change is that even a single character now has a way to obtain these off-role Essences, and can either use Echoes to purchase them from MOTHER or use the original means of acquisition.
- Developers' note: This update to the new Echoes of Ny'alotha system is intended to make Essences much more available to your characters whose specializations put them in different roles (tanking, healing, damage). A side-effect of this change is that even a single character now has a way to obtain these off-role Essences, and can either use Echoes to purchase them from MOTHER or use the original means of acquisition.
- Hotfix (2019-07-17): Fixed a bug that caused Unholy Death Knights' Essence of the Focusing Iris Azerite Beam to be interrupted by the Helchain; Azerite Trait.
- Hotfix (2019-07-16): Essence of the Focusing Iris (Essence) Major Power damage has been lowered by 15%.
- Developers' note: Essence of the Focusing Iris is a very strong tool for area burst damage, but is overshadowing the other [...] area damage Essences that are available. This change should still keep it very strong when dealing with packs of high priority targets.
- Developers' note: Essence of the Focusing Iris is a very strong tool for area burst damage, but is overshadowing the other [...] area damage Essences that are available. This change should still keep it very strong when dealing with packs of high priority targets.
- Hotfix (2019-07-09): Gaining Essence of the Focusing Iris/Minor no longer breaks stealth.
- Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Added.
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