Cold Eye

Cold Eye was changed in WoW Forever: Movement speed slowed 5% in Classic Era, 40% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases time between target's attacks by 20% and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Attack speed slowed by 20%." and adds "Movement speed slowed by 40%.", icon changed. 30 yd range, instant cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Cold Eye 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

Cold Eye

Frost school

30 yd range · Instant

Increases time between target's attacks by 5% for 15 sec.

Slowed attack speed.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Cold Eye

Frost school

30 yd range · Instant

Increases time between target's attacks by 20% and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 15 sec.

Attack speed slowed by 20%. Movement speed slowed by 40%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the displayed icon was reassigned, and 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	Slowed attack speed.	Attack speed slowed by $s2%. Movement speed slowed by $s1%.
description	Increases time between target's attacks by $s1% for $d.	Increases time between target's attacks by $s2% and reduces their movement speed by $s1% for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 138, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -6, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 33, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 342, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
iconFileId	135842	133884

Cold Eye changes between Forever builds

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

Items with Cold Eye

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

Questions about Cold Eye

Was Cold Eye nerfed in WoW Forever?

Cold Eye 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: Movement speed slowed 5% in Classic Era, 40% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases time between target's attacks by 20% and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Attack speed slowed by 20%." and adds "Movement speed slowed by 40%.", icon changed.

What changed for Cold Eye in WoW Forever?

Movement speed slowed 5% in Classic Era, 40% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases time between target's attacks by 20% and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 15 sec.", buff text now says "Attack speed slowed by 20%." and adds "Movement speed slowed by 40%.", icon changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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