Lacerations

Lacerations was buffed in WoW Forever: range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: physical damage taken 5 in Classic Era, 1 in Forever, tooltip now says "Leave lacerations on the target, increasing physical damage taken by 1 for 1 min.", buff text now says "Physical damage taken increased by 1." Now 100 yd range, instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of a Sword item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Lacerations 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

Lacerations

Physical school

5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 1

Increases damage done to target by physical attacks by 5 for 1 min. Stacks up to 5 times.

Increases melee damage taken by 5.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lacerations

Physical school

100 yd range · Instant

Leave lacerations on the target, increasing physical damage taken by 1 for 1 min. Stacks up to 5 times.

Physical damage taken increased 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
auraDescription	Increases melee damage taken by $s1.	Physical damage taken increased by $s1.
baseLevel	1	0
description	Increases damage done to target by physical attacks by $s1 for $d1. Stacks up to 5 times.	Leave lacerations on the target, increasing physical damage taken by $s1 for $d. Stacks up to $u times.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 13, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 14, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
rangeIndex	2	6
rangeMaxYards	5	100

Lacerations 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 Lacerations

Was Lacerations nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Lacerations was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: physical damage taken 5 in Classic Era, 1 in Forever, tooltip now says "Leave lacerations on the target, increasing physical damage taken by 1 for 1 min.", buff text now says "Physical damage taken increased by 1."

What changed for Lacerations in WoW Forever?

Range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: physical damage taken 5 in Classic Era, 1 in Forever, tooltip now says "Leave lacerations on the target, increasing physical damage taken by 1 for 1 min.", buff text now says "Physical damage taken increased by 1." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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