Hand of Timmy

Hand of Timmy (Curse of Timmy in Classic Era) was buffed in WoW Forever: cast time reduced from 1 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: life 15 in Classic Era, 85 in Forever, tooltip now says "Steals 85 life from target enemy.", buff text removed: "All stats lowered by 15.", duration changed, and 1 more change. Now 100 yd range, instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of a Mace item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Hand of Timmy 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

Curse of Timmy

Shadow school

30 yd range · 1 sec cast

Requires level 60

Lowers all attributes of target by 15 for 1 min.

All stats lowered by 15.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Hand of Timmy

Shadow school

100 yd range · Instant

Steals 85 life from target enemy.

Removed in Forever

All stats lowered by 15.

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
auraDescription	All stats lowered by $s1.	none
baseLevel	60	0
castTimeMs	1000	0
castingTimeIndex	4	1
description	Lowers all attributes of target by $s1 for $d.	Steals $s1 life from target enemy.
durationIndex	3	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 29, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -16, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ -1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 1, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 85, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 9, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Curse of Timmy	Hand of Timmy
rangeIndex	4	6
rangeMaxYards	30	100

Hand of Timmy changes between Forever builds

In the Sep 24, 2026 build (vs Sep 23, 2026): changed life 210 before, 85 after

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

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

Questions about Hand of Timmy

Was Hand of Timmy nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Hand of Timmy was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cast time reduced from 1 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: life 15 in Classic Era, 85 in Forever, tooltip now says "Steals 85 life from target enemy.", buff text removed: "All stats lowered by 15.", duration changed, and 1 more change.

What changed for Hand of Timmy in WoW Forever?

Cast time reduced from 1 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: life 15 in Classic Era, 85 in Forever, tooltip now says "Steals 85 life from target enemy.", buff text removed: "All stats lowered by 15.", duration changed, and 1 more change. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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