Crippling Poison

Crippling Poison, a Rogue Poisons ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed. 3 sec cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Crippling Poison 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

Crippling Poison

Rank 1 · Physical school

3 sec cast

Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, slowing their movement speed by 50% for 12 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Crippling Poison

Rank 1 · Physical school

3 sec cast

Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, slowing their movement speed by 50% for 12 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: the tooltip text template (same words on both sides), 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
description	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, slowing their movement speed by $3409s1% for $3409d.	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for ${$m2/60} minutes. Each strike has a $3408h% chance of poisoning the enemy, slowing their movement speed by $3409s1% for $3409d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 24, "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, "effect": 24, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Crippling Poison changes between Forever builds

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

What Crippling Poison creates

Related to Crippling Poison

Other client rows named Crippling Poison

The game client ships 3 more rows named Crippling Poison (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the others keep their own page.

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

Questions about Crippling Poison

Was Crippling Poison nerfed in WoW Forever?

Crippling Poison 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 values changed.

What changed for Crippling Poison in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Crippling Poison in WoW Forever?

Crippling Poison is a Rogue ability in WoW Forever, in the Poisons spellbook tab.

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