Just a Flesh Wound

Just a Flesh Wound, a Rogue Chest rune, was changed in WoW Forever: reduced Physical damage 20% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Applied by Engrave Chest - Just a Flesh Wound and taught by Rune of Teasing. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

Just a Flesh Wound 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

Just a Flesh Wound

Physical school

You take 20% reduced Physical damage while Blade Dance is active, reduced by an additional 1% for every 12 of your Defense skill beyond an amount that scales with your level. Additionally, your chance to Dodge is multiplied by 50%, you have 6% reduced chance to be critically hit by melee attacks, you deal 20% less damage, the threat generated by all your actions is massively increased, and your Feint ability is replaced with Tease, which Taunts the target to attack you. Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Just a Flesh Wound

Physical school

You take 30% reduced Physical damage while Blade Dance is active, reduced by an additional 1% for every 12 of your Defense skill beyond an amount that scales with your level. Additionally, your chance to Dodge is multiplied by 50%, you have 6% reduced chance to be critically hit by melee attacks, you deal 20% less damage, the threat generated by all your actions is massively increased, and your Feint ability is replaced with Tease, which Taunts the target to attack you. Taunts the target to attack you, but has no effect if the target is already attacking you.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
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Just a Flesh Wound changes between Forever builds

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

Other client rows named Just a Flesh Wound

The game client ships one more row named Just a Flesh Wound (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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

Questions about Just a Flesh Wound

Was Just a Flesh Wound nerfed in WoW Forever?

Just a Flesh Wound 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: reduced Physical damage 20% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever.

What changed for Just a Flesh Wound in WoW Forever?

Reduced Physical damage 20% in Classic Era, 30% in Forever. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Just a Flesh Wound in WoW Forever?

Just a Flesh Wound is a Rogue rune for the Chest slot in the WoW Forever client.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value