WoW Forever Nerfs
15 class spells and 7 talents are nerfed in WoW Forever against Classic Era, across 8 classes.
Scope: class spellbook abilities and talents.
Season of Discovery abilities are on their own spell pages. Every spell change, class
or not, is in the spells ledger. A spell is buffed or nerfed only when its cast time, cost, cooldown and range agree, a talent when its rank numbers do; damage and other effect values are shown, not graded. How we call a buff or a nerf.
Jump to: Druid (2)
· Hunter (6)
· Mage (2)
· Priest (4)
· Rogue (1)
· Shaman (2)
· Warlock (3)
· Warrior (2)
Druid spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Healing Touch cost increased from 800 Mana to 840 Mana, not graded: heal 2267 to 2677 in Classic Era, 2332 in Forever (a 2139 to 2525 roll) | nerfed |
 Tiger's Fury cooldown increased from 1 sec to 30 sec, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Requires Cat Form Increases Physical damage done by 15% for 6 sec.", buff text now says "Increases Physical damage done by 15%.", rank text Rank 1 to none | nerfed |
Every Druid nerf, talents included →
The class page also lists 3 nerfed Season of Discovery abilities.
Hunter spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Explosive Trap cooldown increased from 15 sec to 30 sec, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed | nerfed |
 Freezing Trap cooldown increased from 15 sec to 30 sec, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Place a Frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 20 sec." and "Only one Frost trap can be active at a time." and drops "Only one trap can be active at a time." | nerfed |
 Frost Trap cooldown increased from 15 sec to 30 sec, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Place a Frost trap that creates an ice slick around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches it." and "Only one Frost trap can be active at a time." and drops "Only one trap can be active at a time." | nerfed |
 Immolation Trap cooldown increased from 15 sec to 30 sec, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Place a Fire trap that will burn the first enemy to approach for 105 Fire damage over 15 sec." and "Only one Fire trap can be active at a time." and drops "Only one trap can be active at a time." | nerfed |
 Viper Sting cooldown increased from 0 sec to 15 sec | nerfed |
Hunter talent nerfs in WoW Forever
Every Hunter nerf, talents included →
Mage talent nerfs in WoW Forever
 Arcane Resilience 2 ranks (Classic had 1), moved from row 3 to row 2, rank 1 "Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25% of your Intellect" in Forever, 50% in Classic Era | nerfed |
 Burning Soul 3 ranks (Classic had 2), rank 1 chance 35% to 23% | nerfed |
Every Mage nerf, talents included →
Priest spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Fear Ward cooldown increased from 30 sec to 3 min, duration 10 min to 3 min | nerfed |
 Starshards cooldown increased from 0 sec to 30 sec, not graded: Arcane damage over time 936 in Classic Era, 1800 in Forever | nerfed |
 Vampiric Embrace cooldown increased from 10 sec to 30 sec, required level increased from 1 to 30, tooltip now says "Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec.", duration 60 sec to 30 sec | nerfed |
Priest talent nerfs in WoW Forever
 Mind Flay rank 1 Shadow damage 75 to 63 | nerfed |
Every Priest nerf, talents included →
Rogue talent nerfs in WoW Forever
 Vigor 2 ranks (Classic had 1), moved from row 7 to row 5, rank 1 maximum Energy 10 to 5 | nerfed |
Every Rogue nerf, talents included →
The class page also lists 1 nerfed Season of Discovery ability.
Shaman spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Rage of the Farseer cooldown increased from 60 sec to 3 min, not graded: attack speed 20% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec." and drops "Your party and raid members within 40 yards will also receive 18% of the mana you receive this way.", buff text now says "Attack speed increased by 30%." and drops "Regenerating 5 mana every 1 sec.", duration 15 sec to 25 sec, and 2 more changes | nerfed |
 Totemic Projection cooldown increased from 10 sec to 60 sec, power type changed, icon changed, updated power cost and power cost pct | nerfed |
Every Shaman nerf, talents included →
The class page also lists 1 nerfed Season of Discovery ability.
Warlock spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Death Coil cost increased from 565 Mana to 600 Mana, not graded: Shadow damage 470 in Classic Era, 454 in Forever | nerfed |
Warlock talent nerfs in WoW Forever
 Ruin 5 ranks (Classic had 1), moved from row 5 to row 3, rank 1 "Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%" in Forever, 100% in Classic Era, no longer requires Devastation | nerfed |
 Siphon Life rank 1 health 15 to 11 | nerfed |
Every Warlock nerf, talents included →
The class page also lists 3 nerfed Season of Discovery abilities.
Warrior spell nerfs in WoW Forever
 Slam cooldown increased from 0 sec to 18 sec, rank text Rank 4 to Rank 5 | nerfed |
 Thunder Clap cooldown increased from 4 sec to 6 sec, not graded: "Blasts nearby enemies with thunder increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 30 sec" in Classic Era, 20% in Forever, tooltip now says "Blasts nearby enemies with thunder, increasing the time between their attacks by 20% for 30 sec and doing 103 damage to them." | nerfed |
Every Warrior nerf, talents included →
The class page also lists 1 nerfed Season of Discovery ability.
