Clever Traps

Clever Traps, a Hunter Survival ability, was changed in WoW Forever: Rank 1 "Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 15%" in Classic Era, 30% in Forever; tooltip value 15% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever. Rank 1 differs from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Hunter talent Clever Traps, unchanged from Classic Era. See it in the Hunter talent calculator.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Clever Traps tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Clever Traps

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 15% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 15%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Clever Traps

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 14, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 14, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 unchanged

Clever Traps (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2: same text.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Clever Traps

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Clever Traps

Physical school

Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.

Shown at rank 2 of 2.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Clever Traps in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed "Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 15%" in Classic Era, 30% in Forever; tooltip value 15% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 unchanged rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it reads the same as Classic Era

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