Deflection

This is one of several client rows named Deflection, not the player ability. Looking for the spell you cast? See Deflection →

Deflection 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 (3 to 7), and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (durationIndex 21 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play.

Deflection 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

Deflection

Physical school

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Deflection

Physical school

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
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 30, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 95, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 30, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 7, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 95, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Deflection 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 Deflection

Did Deflection change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Deflection 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 (3 to 7), and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (durationIndex 21 to 0).

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