Elemental Alacrity

Elemental Alacrity (Lightning Mastery in Classic Era), a Shaman Elemental Combat ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 3 of 3 ranks differ from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Shaman talent Elemental Alacrity. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Elemental Alacrity tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Lightning Mastery

Rank 1 · Physical school

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.2 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Elemental Alacrity

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.20 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by $/1000;S1 sec.	Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by ${$m1/-1000}.2 sec.
durationIndex	21	0
name	Lightning Mastery	Elemental Alacrity
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 internal

Lightning Mastery (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Lightning Mastery

Rank 2 · Physical school

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.4 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lightning Mastery

Rank 2 · Physical school

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.4 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
durationIndex	21	0

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Spell · Physical · Rank 3 internal

Lightning Mastery (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Lightning Mastery

Rank 3 · Physical school

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.6 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lightning Mastery

Rank 3 · Physical school

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.6 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
durationIndex	21	0

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What changed for Elemental Alacrity in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed tooltip now says "Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.20 sec.", renamed from Lightning Mastery, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 internal unchanged on the tooltip; the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (duration index 21 to 0, same duration)
• Rank 3 internal unchanged on the tooltip; the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (duration index 21 to 0, same duration)

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