Brilliant Light

Other versions of Brilliant Light: all 2 versions · From Gri'lek's Charm of Valor

Brilliant Light was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases the critical hit chance of spells by 10% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Spell critical hit chance increased by 10%." Instant cast. It is the Use effect of a Trinket item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Brilliant Light 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

Brilliant Light

Holy school

Instant

Increases the critical hit chance of Holy spells by 10% for 15 sec. If Shock and Awe is engraved, gain an additional 5%.

Holy spell critical hit chance increased by 10%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Brilliant Light

Holy school

Instant

Increases the critical hit chance of spells by 10% for 15 sec. If Shock and Awe is engraved, gain an additional 5%.

Spell critical hit chance increased by 10%.

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
auraDescription	Holy spell critical hit chance increased by $w1%.	Spell critical hit chance increased by $w1%.
description	Increases the critical hit chance of Holy spells by $s1% for $d. If Shock and Awe is engraved, gain an additional $s2%.	Increases the critical hit chance of spells by $s1% for $d. If Shock and Awe is engraved, gain an additional $s2%.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 552, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 9, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 57, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Brilliant Light changes between Forever builds

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

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

Questions about Brilliant Light

Was Brilliant Light nerfed in WoW Forever?

Brilliant Light 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, tooltip now says "Increases the critical hit chance of spells by 10% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Spell critical hit chance increased by 10%."

What changed for Brilliant Light in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases the critical hit chance of spells by 10% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Spell critical hit chance increased by 10%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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