Decayed Power

Decayed Power (Decayed Strength in Classic Era) was buffed in WoW Forever: cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: attack power 10 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, tooltip now says "Reduces target enemy's attack power by 84 for 30 sec.", buff text now says "Attack power lowered by 84." Now 100 yd range, instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of a Sword item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Decayed Power 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

Decayed Strength

Nature school

5 yd range · 2 sec cast

Requires level 28

Reduces target's Strength by 10 for 30 sec.

Strength lowered by 10.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Decayed Power

Nature school

100 yd range · Instant

Reduces target enemy's attack power by 84 for 30 sec.

Attack power lowered by 84.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: 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	Strength lowered by $s1.	Attack power lowered by $s1.
baseLevel	28	0
castTimeMs	2000	0
castingTimeIndex	5	1
description	Reduces target's Strength by $s1 for $d.	Reduces target enemy's attack power by $s1 for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 29, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -11, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 99, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -84, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 124, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -84, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Decayed Strength	Decayed Power
rangeIndex	2	6
rangeMaxYards	5	100

Decayed Power changes between Forever builds

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

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

Questions about Decayed Power

Was Decayed Power nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Decayed Power was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: attack power 10 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, tooltip now says "Reduces target enemy's attack power by 84 for 30 sec.", buff text now says "Attack power lowered by 84.", renamed from Decayed Strength.

What changed for Decayed Power in WoW Forever?

Cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: attack power 10 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, tooltip now says "Reduces target enemy's attack power by 84 for 30 sec.", buff text now says "Attack power lowered by 84.", renamed from Decayed Strength. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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