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Paranoia

Paranoia was changed in WoW Forever: tooltip now says "Increases the stealth detection of all party members within 30 yds of the Felhunter as if they were 6 levels higher.", buff text now says "Increases stealth detection as if 6 levels higher." Instant cast, requires level 42. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Paranoia 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
Paranoia
Shadow school
Instant
Requires level 42
Increases the stealth detection of all party members within 30 yds of the Felhunter.

Increases stealth detection.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Paranoia
Shadow school
Instant
Requires level 42
Changed: Increases the stealth detection of all party members within 30 yds of the Felhunter as if they were 6 levels higher.

Changed: Increases stealth detection as if 6 levels higher.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
Field Classic Era Forever
auraDescription Increases stealth detection. Increases stealth detection as if ${$w1/5} levels higher.
description Increases the stealth detection of all party members within $a1 yds of the Felhunter. Increases the stealth detection of all party members within $a1 yds of the Felhunter as if they were ${$m1/5} levels higher.

Paranoia changes between Forever builds

Talents that affect Paranoia

Other client rows named Paranoia

The game client ships one more row named Paranoia (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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Questions about Paranoia

Was Paranoia nerfed in WoW Forever?

Paranoia 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: tooltip now says "Increases the stealth detection of all party members within 30 yds of the Felhunter as if they were 6 levels higher.", buff text now says "Increases stealth detection as if 6 levels higher."

What changed for Paranoia in WoW Forever?

Tooltip now says "Increases the stealth detection of all party members within 30 yds of the Felhunter as if they were 6 levels higher.", buff text now says "Increases stealth detection as if 6 levels higher." 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