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Spell · Warrior · Fury · Physical changed

Recklessness

Recklessness, a Warrior Fury ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed. Now instant cast, 30 min cooldown, requires level 50. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Recklessness 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
Recklessness
Physical school
Instant · 1800 sec cooldown
Requires level 50
The warrior will cause critical hits with most attacks and will be immune to Fear effects for the next 15 sec, but all damage taken is increased by 20%.
Immune to Fear effects, 100% increased critical strike chance, but all damage taken is increased by 20%.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Recklessness
Physical school
Instant · 1800 sec cooldown
Requires level 50
Changed: The warrior will gain 100% increased critical strike chance and will be immune to Fear effects for the next 15 sec, but all damage taken is increased by 20%.
Immune to Fear effects, 100% increased critical strike chance, but all damage taken is increased by 20%.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the buff text template (same words on both sides), and 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
auraDescription Immune to Fear effects, $w1% increased critical strike chance$?$w2>0[, but all damage taken is increased by $w2%][]. Immune to Fear effects, $w1% increased critical strike chance, but all damage taken is increased by $w2%.
categoryRecoveryTimeMs 1800000 0
description $?s446658[The warrior will gain $s1% increased critical strike chance][The warrior will cause critical hits with most attacks] and will be immune to Fear effects for the next $d$?a1219543[][, but all damage taken is increased by $s2%]. The warrior will gain $s1% increased critical strike chance and will be immune to Fear effects for the next $d, but all damage taken is increased by $s2%.
effects [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 52, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 99, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 87, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 19, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ] [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 290, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 87, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
recoveryTimeMs 0 1800000

Recklessness changes between Forever builds

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Questions about Recklessness

Was Recklessness nerfed in WoW Forever?

Recklessness 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.

What changed for Recklessness in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Recklessness in WoW Forever?

Recklessness is a Warrior ability in WoW Forever, in the Fury spellbook tab.

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