Frostbrand Weapon

Frostbrand Weapon, a Shaman Enhancement ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 5 of 5 ranks differ from Classic Era. Rank 5: 160 Mana, instant cast (effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 158 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."). Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Spell · Frost · Rank 1 changed

Frostbrand Weapon (Rank 1) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 1 · Frost school

60 Mana · Instant

Requires level 20

Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 35 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 5 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 1 · Frost school

60 Mana · Instant

Changed: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 32 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 60 minutes.

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.

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Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	20	0
description	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $8034s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $8034s1% for $8034d. Lasts for 5 minutes.	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $8034s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $8034s1% for $8034d. Lasts for 60 minutes.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1799, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 54, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 360, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Frost · Rank 2 changed

Frostbrand Weapon (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 2 · Frost school

85 Mana · Instant

Requires level 28

Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 53 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 5 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 2 · Frost school

85 Mana · Instant

Changed: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 48 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 60 minutes.

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
baseLevel	28	0
description	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $8037s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $8037s1% for $8037d. Lasts for 5 minutes.	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $8037s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $8037s1% for $8037d. Lasts for 60 minutes.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1799, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 54, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 360, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Frost · Rank 3 changed

Frostbrand Weapon (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 3 · Frost school

110 Mana · Instant

Requires level 38

Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 84 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 5 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 3 · Frost school

110 Mana · Instant

Changed: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 77 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 60 minutes.

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
baseLevel	38	0
description	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $10458s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $10458s1% for $10458d. Lasts for 5 minutes.	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $10458s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $10458s1% for $10458d. Lasts for 60 minutes.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1799, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 54, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 524, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 360, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 524, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Frost · Rank 4 changed

Frostbrand Weapon (Rank 4) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 4 · Frost school

135 Mana · Instant

Requires level 48

Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 134 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 5 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 4 · Frost school

135 Mana · Instant

Changed: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 127 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 60 minutes.

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
baseLevel	48	0
description	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $16352s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $16352s1% for $16352d. Lasts for 5 minutes.	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $16352s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $16352s1% for $16352d. Lasts for 60 minutes.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1799, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 54, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1667, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 360, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1667, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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Spell · Frost · Rank 5 changed

Frostbrand Weapon (Rank 5) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 5 · Frost school

160 Mana · Instant

Requires level 58

Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 175 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 5 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbrand Weapon

Rank 5 · Frost school

160 Mana · Instant

Changed: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 158 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec. Lasts for 60 minutes.

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
baseLevel	58	0
description	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $16353s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $16353s1% for $16353d. Lasts for 5 minutes.	Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing $16353s2 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by $16353s1% for $16353d. Lasts for 60 minutes.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1799, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 54, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1668, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 360, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1668, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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What changed for Frostbrand Weapon in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 32 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."
• Rank 2 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 48 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."
• Rank 3 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 77 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."
• Rank 4 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 127 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."
• Rank 5 changed effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Each hit has a chance of causing 158 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 sec." and "Lasts for 60 minutes."

Frostbrand Weapon changes between Forever builds

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