Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot, a Rogue Assassination ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects. The client does not say what that changes in play. 60 Energy, 5 yd range, instant cast, requires level 26.

Cheap Shot 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

Cheap Shot

Physical school

60 Energy · 5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 26

Stuns the target for 4 sec. Must be stealthed. Awards 2 combo points.

Stunned.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Cheap Shot

Physical school

60 Energy · 5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 26

Stuns the target for 4 sec. Must be stealthed. Awards 2 combo points.

Stunned.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: 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
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 12, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 328, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 12, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 30, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 4, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Cheap Shot changes between Forever builds

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Cheap Shot

Talents that affect Cheap Shot

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Questions about Cheap Shot

Did Cheap Shot change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Cheap Shot shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects.

Which class gets Cheap Shot in WoW Forever?

Cheap Shot is a Rogue ability in WoW Forever, in the Assassination 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