Bane of Doom Effect

Bane of Doom Effect (Curse of Doom Effect in Classic Era), a Warlock Affliction ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip. Anywhere range, instant cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Bane of Doom Effect tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Curse of Doom Effect

Shadow school

Anywhere range · Instant

Requires level 60

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Bane of Doom Effect

Shadow school

Anywhere range · Instant

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	60	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 28, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 11859, 6873 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 28, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 11859, 6875 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Curse of Doom Effect	Bane of Doom Effect

Bane of Doom Effect changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Bane of Doom Effect

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Bane of Doom Effect

Was Bane of Doom Effect nerfed in WoW Forever?

Bane of Doom Effect 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: effect type changed behind the tooltip, renamed from Curse of Doom Effect.

What changed for Bane of Doom Effect in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, renamed from Curse of Doom Effect. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Bane of Doom Effect in WoW Forever?

Bane of Doom Effect is a Warlock ability in WoW Forever, in the Affliction spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value