Lesser Armor

Lesser Armor shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 10 to 0; spellLevel 10 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast.

Lesser Armor 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

Lesser Armor

Physical school

Instant

Requires level 10

Increases armor by 100 for 60 min.

Armor increased by 100.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lesser Armor

Physical school

Instant

Increases armor by 100 for 60 min.

Armor increased by 100.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: effects, 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
baseLevel	10	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 99, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
spellLevel	10	0

Lesser Armor changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (spellLevel 10 to 0)

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

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

Questions about Lesser Armor

Did Lesser Armor change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Lesser Armor shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 10 to 0; spellLevel 10 to 0).

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