Increased Spell Penetration 05

Increased Spell Penetration 05 (Increased Spell Penetration 20 in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: "Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 20" in Classic Era, 5 in Forever. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Increased Spell Penetration 05 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 Spell Penetration 20

Physical school

Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 20.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Increased Spell Penetration 05

Physical school

Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 5.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 123, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -21, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 124, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 123, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 124, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Increased Spell Penetration 20	Increased Spell Penetration 05

Increased Spell Penetration 05 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 Spell Penetration 05

Was Increased Spell Penetration 05 nerfed in WoW Forever?

Increased Spell Penetration 05 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: "Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 20" in Classic Era, 5 in Forever, renamed from Increased Spell Penetration 20.

What changed for Increased Spell Penetration 05 in WoW Forever?

"Decreases the magical resistances of your spell targets by 20" in Classic Era, 5 in Forever, renamed from Increased Spell Penetration 20. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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