Death Touch

Death Touch shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (1 to 6 to 0 to 6). The client does not say what that changes in play. 100 yd range, instant cast.

Death Touch 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

Death Touch

Holy school

100 yd range · Instant

Instantly Kills the target. I hope you feel good about yourself now.....

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Death Touch

Holy school

100 yd range · Instant

Instantly Kills the target. I hope you feel good about yourself now.....

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": 1, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 6, "effect": 1, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 1, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 1, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 1.666667 } ]

Death Touch changes between Forever builds

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

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

Questions about Death Touch

Did Death Touch change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Death Touch shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (1 to 6 to 0 to 6).

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