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Main Gauche

Main Gauche, a Rogue Combat ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 4 effects. The client does not say what that changes in play. 15 Energy, 5 yd range, instant cast, 15 sec cooldown.

Main Gauche tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026
Main Gauche
Physical school
15 Energy · 5 yd range · Instant · 15 sec cooldown
Instantly strike with your off-hand weapon for normal off-hand weapon damage and increase your chance to parry by 100% for 5 sec or until you successfully parry. For 20 sec after using Main Gauche, Sinister Strike costs 20 less Energy, deals 50% more threat, grants stacks of Rolling with the Punches, and both Sinister Strike and Eviscerate deal 50% more damage. Awards 1 combo point. Main Gauche benefits from most talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. Main Gauche's effect will not discount or empower Main Gauche.
Parry chance increased by 100%.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Main Gauche
Physical school
15 Energy · 5 yd range · Instant · 15 sec cooldown
Instantly strike with your off-hand weapon for normal off-hand weapon damage and increase your chance to parry by 100% for 5 sec or until you successfully parry. For 20 sec after using Main Gauche, Sinister Strike costs 20 less Energy, deals 50% more threat, grants stacks of Rolling with the Punches, and both Sinister Strike and Eviscerate deal 50% more damage. Awards 1 combo point. Main Gauche benefits from most talents and effects that trigger from or modify Sinister Strike. Main Gauche's effect will not discount or empower Main Gauche.
Parry chance increased by 100%.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: 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
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Main Gauche changes between Forever builds

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Other client rows named Main Gauche

The game client ships one more row named Main Gauche (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.

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

Questions about Main Gauche

Did Main Gauche change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Main Gauche shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 4 effects.

Which class gets Main Gauche in WoW Forever?

Main Gauche is a Rogue ability in WoW Forever, in the Combat spellbook tab.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Sep 29, 2026 (1.15.9.70003) ·synced Oct 22, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value