Shadow Word: Death

On Forever, Shadow Word: Death 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

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

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Shadow Word: Death

Shadow school

12% of base mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 12 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

A word of dark binding that inflicts ${$<damagepower>*$m1/100} to ${$<damagepower>*$M1/100} Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to 50% of the damage attempted against the target.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Shadow Word: Death

Shadow school

12% of base mana · 30 yd range · Instant · 12 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

A word of dark binding that inflicts ${$<damagepower>*$m1/100} to ${$<damagepower>*$M1/100} Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to $m2% of the damage attempted against the target.

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.

History

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