Flare

Flare, a Hunter Marksmanship ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 2 of its 2 effects. The client does not say what that changes in play. 50 Mana, 30 yd range, instant cast, 15 sec cooldown, requires level 32.

Flare tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Flare

Arcane school

50 Mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 15 sec cooldown

Requires level 32

Exposes all hidden and invisible enemies within 10 yards of the targeted area for 30 sec.

Hidden and invisible units are revealed.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Flare

Arcane school

50 Mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 15 sec cooldown

Requires level 32

Exposes all hidden and invisible enemies within 10 yards of the targeted area for 30 sec.

Hidden and invisible units are revealed.

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
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 27, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 6, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 41236, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Flare changes between Forever builds

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Flare

Other client rows named Flare

The game client ships one more row named Flare (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 Flare

Did Flare change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Flare shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 2 of its 2 effects.

Which class gets Flare in WoW Forever?

Flare is a Hunter ability in WoW Forever, in the Marksmanship spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Sep 29, 2026 (1.15.9.70003) ·synced Oct 22, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value