Was Prayer of Shadow Protection nerfed in WoW Forever?

Prayer of Shadow Protection 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: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none.

What changed for Prayer of Shadow Protection in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Spells / Prayer of Shadow Protection

Spell · Holy changed

Prayer of Shadow Protection

Prayer of Shadow Protection was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none. 1300 Mana, 40 yd range, instant cast, requires level 56. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Prayer of Shadow Protection 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

Prayer of Shadow Protection

Rank 1 · Holy school

1300 Mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 56

Power infuses the target's party, increasing their Shadow resistance by 60 for 20 min.

Increases Shadow Resistance by 60.

Forever 1.60.1.70009

Prayer of Shadow Protection

Holy school

1300 Mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 56

Power infuses all party and raid members, increasing their Shadow resistance by 60 for 20 min.

Increases Shadow Resistance by 60.

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
description	Power infuses the target's party, increasing their Shadow resistance by $s1 for $d.	Power infuses all party and raid members, increasing their Shadow resistance by $s1 for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 558, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 59, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "radiusYards": 100, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 60, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "radiusYards": 100, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
subtext	Rank 1	none

Prayer of Shadow Protection change history by build

Build Compared to Change

1.60.1.70009 1.60.1.69977 1 field

1.60.1.70009 1.15.9.69722 3 fields

1.60.1.69977 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69913 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69893 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

1.60.1.69876 1.15.9.69722 2 fields

Related to Prayer of Shadow Protection

Talents that affect Prayer of Shadow Protection

Other client rows named Prayer of Shadow Protection

The game client ships one more row named Prayer of Shadow Protection (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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