Spells / Dire Bear Form

Dire Bear Form

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Changed in build 1.60.1.69876. 3 fields differ from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722: auraDescription, description, effects.

Classic Era vs Forever

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Dire Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Dire Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by $9635s4, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s3. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by $9635s4, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s3.

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, verbatim.

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Every field that changed, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2.	Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by $9635s4, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s3.
description	Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.	Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by $9635s4, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s3. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 8, 7 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]

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History

Build	Compared to	State	Fields
1.60.1.69876	1.15.9.69722	changed	3

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