Lord General's Sword

Lord General's Sword was changed in WoW Forever: attack power 50 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, duration 30 sec to 10 sec. Instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of 2 Sword items the client lists without their names or tooltips. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Lord General's Sword 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

Lord General's Sword

Physical school

Instant

Requires level 56

Increases attack power by 50 for 30 sec.

Attack power increased by 50.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Lord General's Sword

Physical school

Instant

Increases attack power by 84 for 10 sec.

Attack power increased by 84.

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
baseLevel	56	0
durationIndex	9	1
durationMs	30000	10000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 99, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 49, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 124, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 49, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 99, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 84, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 124, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 84, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Lord General's Sword 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 Lord General's Sword

Was Lord General's Sword nerfed in WoW Forever?

Lord General's Sword 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: attack power 50 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, duration 30 sec to 10 sec.

What changed for Lord General's Sword in WoW Forever?

Attack power 50 in Classic Era, 84 in Forever, duration 30 sec to 10 sec. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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