Was Balefire Bolt nerfed in WoW Forever?

Balefire Bolt is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: value 3 25% in Classic Era, 20% in Forever.

What changed for Balefire Bolt in WoW Forever?

Value 3 25% in Classic Era, 20% in Forever. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Spells / Balefire Bolt

Spell · Fire and Frost and Arcane changed

Balefire Bolt

Balefire Bolt was changed in WoW Forever: value 3 25% in Classic Era, 20% in Forever. Now 20% of base mana, 35 yd range, 2.5 sec cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Balefire Bolt tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Balefire Bolt

Fire and Frost and Arcane school

20% of base mana · 35 yd range · 2.5 sec cast

Requires level 1

Unleash a reality-distorting burst of raw magic at your enemy, dealing ${$<power>*$m1/100} to ${$<power>*$M1/100} Chimeric damage. Increasing your Balefire Bolt and Pyroblast damage by 25%, decreasing your Spirit by 20%, and stacking up to 5 times for 30 sec. If your Spirit reaches 0, you die. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Arcane, Fire, and Frost resists.

Increases damage dealt by Balefire Bolt and Pyroblast by 25% but decreases Spirit by 20%. Reaching 0 Spirit is fatal.

Forever 1.60.1.70009

Balefire Bolt

Fire and Frost and Arcane school

20% of base mana · 35 yd range · 2.5 sec cast

Requires level 1

Unleash a reality-distorting burst of raw magic at your enemy, dealing ${$<power>*$m1/100} to ${$<power>*$M1/100} Chimeric damage. Increasing your Balefire Bolt and Pyroblast damage by 20%, decreasing your Spirit by 20%, and stacking up to 5 times for 30 sec. If your Spirit reaches 0, you die. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Arcane, Fire, and Frost resists.

Increases damage dealt by Balefire Bolt and Pyroblast by 20% but decreases Spirit by 20%. Reaching 0 Spirit is fatal.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

A highlighted $ formula is computed by the game client from spell power, level and talents; the client does not store the final number, so the template is shown verbatim rather than a value invented.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	1	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 279, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 141, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 80, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -20, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 4, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 25, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 350, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.4 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 80, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -20, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 4, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Balefire Bolt change history by build

Build Compared to Change

1.60.1.70009 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69977 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69913 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69893 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69876 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

Related to Balefire Bolt

Talents that affect Balefire Bolt

Other client rows named Balefire Bolt

The game client ships one more row named Balefire Bolt (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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