Increased Critical Spell Shadow

Increased Critical Spell Shadow was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 50%." Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Increased Critical Spell Shadow 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

Increased Critical Spell Shadow

Physical school

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with Shadow spells by 50%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Increased Critical Spell Shadow

Physical school

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 50%.

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	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with Shadow spells by $s1%.	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 552, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 49, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 57, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 50, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Increased Critical Spell Shadow changes between Forever builds

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

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

Questions about Increased Critical Spell Shadow

Was Increased Critical Spell Shadow nerfed in WoW Forever?

Increased Critical Spell Shadow 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 "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 50%."

What changed for Increased Critical Spell Shadow in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with spells by 50%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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