Cleave Armor

Cleave Armor shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 30 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 30 yd range, instant cast.

Cleave Armor 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

Cleave Armor

Physical school

30 yd range · Instant

Requires level 30

Reduces targets armor by 300 for 20 sec.

Armor reduced by 300.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Cleave Armor

Physical school

30 yd range · Instant

Reduces targets armor by 300 for 20 sec.

Armor reduced by 300.

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
baseLevel	30	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -301, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -300, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Cleave Armor changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect

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

Items with Cleave Armor

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

Questions about Cleave Armor

Did Cleave Armor change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Cleave Armor shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 30 to 0).

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