Lacerate

Lacerate, a Druid Feral Combat ability, was nerfed in WoW Forever: Rank 1 cost increased from 10 Rage to 15 Rage. 3 of 3 ranks differ from Classic Era, 2 of them new. Rank 3: 15 Rage, 5 yd range, instant cast, requires level 58. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Also named Lacerate: Lacerate (Survival).

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Lacerate (Rank 1) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Lacerate

Physical school

10 Rage · 5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 1

Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for level-scaled damage over 15 sec plus 20% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.

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20 damage every 3 sec

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lacerate

Changed: Rank 1 · Physical school

Changed: 15 Rage · 5 yd range · Instant

Changed: Requires level 42

Changed: Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 50 damage over 15 sec plus 10% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.

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Changed: 10 damage every 3 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: spellLevel (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
auraDescription	$w1 damage every $t sec	$w1 damage every $t sec.
baseLevel	1	42
description	Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for ${$<damagepower>*$m1/100*5} damage over $d plus $s2% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to $u times on the same target.	Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for $o1 damage over $d plus $s2% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to $u times on the same target.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 3, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
powerCost	100	150
spellLevel	1	42
subtext	none	Rank 1
descriptionVariables	$damagepower=${9.183105+0.616405*$PL+0.028608*$PL*$PL} $healpower=${38.949830+0.606705*$PL+0.167780*$PL*$PL}	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 added

Lacerate (Rank 2) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lacerate

Rank 2 · Physical school

15 Rage · 5 yd range · Instant

Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 60 damage over 15 sec plus 10% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.

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12 damage every 3 sec.

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Spell · Physical · Rank 3 added

Lacerate (Rank 3) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lacerate

Rank 3 · Physical school

15 Rage · 5 yd range · Instant

Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 75 damage over 15 sec plus 10% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.

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15 damage every 3 sec.

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What changed for Lacerate in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed cost increased from 10 Rage to 15 Rage, required level increased from 1 to 42, not graded: damage 20 in Classic Era, 10 in Forever; weapon damage 20% in Classic Era, 10% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text now says "10 damage every 3 sec.", rank text none to Rank 1, updated description variables
• Rank 2 added new in WoW Forever
• Rank 3 added new in WoW Forever

Lacerate changes between Forever builds

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