Power Word: Barrier

On Forever, Power Word: Barrier differs from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722 in 2 fields: required level, effects. Both sides are shown below, verbatim, not graded.

Classic Era vs Forever

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Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Power Word: Barrier

Holy school

4% of base mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

Summons a holy barrier to protect all party members at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by $425205s1% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Power Word: Barrier

Holy school

4% of base mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

Summons a holy barrier to protect all party members at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by $425205s1% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting.

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, verbatim.

A highlighted $ formula is computed by the game client from spell power, level and talents; the client does not store the final number, so the template is shown verbatim rather than a value invented.

Raw field diff every changed column, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	1	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 179, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 30829, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 27, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 30829, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 27, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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