Increased Shock Damage

Increased Shock Damage was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Increases the damage of your Shock spells by 2%." It is the Equip effect of a Relic item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Increased Shock Damage 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 Shock Damage

Physical school

Increases damage done by Earth Shock, Flame Shock, and Frost Shock by up to 30.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Increased Shock Damage

Physical school

Increases the damage of your Shock spells by 2%.

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 damage done by Earth Shock, Flame Shock, and Frost Shock by up to $s1.	Increases the damage of your Shock spells by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 112, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 29, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 4418, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 22, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Increased Shock Damage 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 Shock Damage

Was Increased Shock Damage nerfed in WoW Forever?

Increased Shock Damage 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 values changed, tooltip now says "Increases the damage of your Shock spells by 2%."

What changed for Increased Shock Damage in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip now says "Increases the damage of your Shock spells by 2%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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