Pointy Spike

Pointy Spike was changed in WoW Forever: updated effects. Now 45 yd range, 0.5 sec cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Pointy Spike tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Pointy Spike

Physical school

45 yd range · 0.5 sec cast

Throw a pointy spike.

Forever 1.60.1.69893

Pointy Spike

Physical school

45 yd range · 0.5 sec cast

Throw a pointy spike.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: 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
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2699, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 601, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3000, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.2 } ]

Build Compared to Change

1.60.1.69893 1.15.9.69722 1 field

1.60.1.69876 1.15.9.69722 1 field

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