Fanaticism

Fanaticism, a Paladin Helm rune, was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your critical strike chance with spells by 18%." Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Applied by Engrave Helm - Fanaticism and taught by Rune of Fanaticism. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

Fanaticism 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

Fanaticism

Holy school

Increases your critical strike chance with Holy spells by 18%. In addition, your critical healing spells heal the target for 60% of the healed amount over 12 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Fanaticism

Holy school

Increases your critical strike chance with spells by 18%. In addition, your critical healing spells heal the target for 60% of the healed amount over 12 sec.

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
description	Increases your critical strike chance with Holy spells by $s1%. In addition, your critical healing spells heal the target for $s2% of the healed amount over $426162d.	Increases your critical strike chance with spells by $s1%. In addition, your critical healing spells heal the target for $s2% of the healed amount over $426162d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 552, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 18, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 60, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 57, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 18, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 60, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Fanaticism changes between Forever builds

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

Talents that affect Fanaticism

Other client rows named Fanaticism

The game client ships one more row named Fanaticism (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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

Questions about Fanaticism

Was Fanaticism nerfed in WoW Forever?

Fanaticism is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your critical strike chance with spells by 18%."

What changed for Fanaticism in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your critical strike chance with spells by 18%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Fanaticism in WoW Forever?

Fanaticism is a Paladin rune for the Helm slot in the WoW Forever client.

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