Increased Water Shield Charges

Increased Water Shield Charges (Increased Lesser Healing Wave in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: "Increases healing done by Lesser Healing Wave by up to 53" in Classic Era, "Increases the maximum number of charges on your Water Shield by 1" in Forever. 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 Water Shield Charges 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 Lesser Healing Wave

Physical school

Increases healing done by Lesser Healing Wave by up to 53.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Increased Water Shield Charges

Physical school

Increases the maximum number of charges on your Water Shield by 1.

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 healing done by Lesser Healing Wave by up to $s1.	Increases the maximum number of charges on your Water Shield by $s1.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 112, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 52, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 3736, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 4, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Increased Lesser Healing Wave	Increased Water Shield Charges

Increased Water Shield Charges 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 Water Shield Charges

Was Increased Water Shield Charges nerfed in WoW Forever?

Increased Water Shield Charges 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: "Increases healing done by Lesser Healing Wave by up to 53" in Classic Era, "Increases the maximum number of charges on your Water Shield by 1" in Forever, renamed from Increased Lesser Healing Wave.

What changed for Increased Water Shield Charges in WoW Forever?

"Increases healing done by Lesser Healing Wave by up to 53" in Classic Era, "Increases the maximum number of charges on your Water Shield by 1" in Forever, renamed from Increased Lesser Healing Wave. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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