Parry

Other versions of Parry: all 2 versions · Defense, Passive #3127

Parry shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (1 to 6 to 0 to 6), and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play.

Parry 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

Parry

Passive · Physical school

Requires level 1

Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Parry

Passive · Physical school

Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.

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
baseLevel	1	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 1, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 6, "effect": 22, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 90, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 1, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 22, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 90, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 1.666667 } ]

Parry changes between Forever builds

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 Parry

Did Parry change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Parry shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 1 effect (1 to 6 to 0 to 6), and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 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