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Phantom Strike

Phantom Strike shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 3 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 42 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 30 yd range, instant cast.

Phantom Strike 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
Phantom Strike
Nature school
30 yd range · Instant
Requires level 42
Decrease the armor of the target by 100 for 20 sec. While affected, the target cannot stealth or turn invisible.
Decreases armor by 100. Cannot stealth or turn invisible.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Phantom Strike
Nature school
30 yd range · Instant
Decrease the armor of the target by 100 for 20 sec. While affected, the target cannot stealth or turn invisible.
Decreases armor by 100. Cannot stealth or turn invisible.
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 42 0
effects [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -101, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 6, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ] [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 6, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 41, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Phantom Strike changes between Forever builds

Items with Phantom Strike

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Questions about Phantom Strike

Did Phantom Strike change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Phantom Strike shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 3 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 42 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