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Pain and Suffering

Other versions of Pain and Suffering: all 3 versions · #409076 · #413251

Pain and Suffering is unchanged in WoW Forever: the client ships the same tooltip as Classic Era. Its tooltip reads: "Gain the Pain and Suffering ability: Mind Blast, Mind Spike, and Mind Flay refresh the duration of your one of your Shadow Word: Pain, Void Plague, or Vampiric Touch abilities on the target back to its maximum duration. The ability with the shortest remaining duration will always be the one refreshed."

Pain and Suffering tooltip, the same in Classic Era and WoW Forever

The same tooltip in both clients: every line the Forever client ships matches Classic Era.

Forever Oct 22, 2026 (same as Classic Era Sep 29, 2026)
Pain and Suffering
Physical school
Gain the Pain and Suffering ability: Mind Blast, Mind Spike, and Mind Flay refresh the duration of your one of your Shadow Word: Pain, Void Plague, or Vampiric Touch abilities on the target back to its maximum duration. The ability with the shortest remaining duration will always be the one refreshed.

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Questions about Pain and Suffering

Did Pain and Suffering change in WoW Forever?

No. Pain and Suffering is unchanged in WoW Forever: the client ships the same tooltip as Classic Era.

What does Pain and Suffering do in WoW Forever?

The Pain and Suffering tooltip reads: "Gain the Pain and Suffering ability: Mind Blast, Mind Spike, and Mind Flay refresh the duration of your one of your Shadow Word: Pain, Void Plague, or Vampiric Touch abilities on the target back to its maximum duration. The ability with the shortest remaining duration will always be the one refreshed."

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