Rot

Other versions of Rot: all 3 versions · #1231261 · From Rot-Covered Harpoon

Rot is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 50 to 0; spell level 50 to 0). It is the Equip effect of a Staff item the client lists without its name or tooltip.

Rot 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

Rot

Physical school

Requires level 50

Chance on melee attack to inflict your enemy with a rot, dealing 100 Nature damage every 2 sec to all enemies within an 8 yard radius of the caster for 12 sec. The attack speed of these targets is also slowed by 15%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rot

Physical school

Chance on melee attack to inflict your enemy with a rot, dealing 100 Nature damage every 2 sec to all enemies within an 8 yard radius of the caster for 12 sec. The attack speed of these targets is also slowed by 15%.

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: spellLevel (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Rot changes between Forever builds

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

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