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Shadowform

Shadowform, a Priest Shadow Magic ability, was changed in WoW Forever: Shadow damage 15% in Classic Era, 10% in Forever; tooltip value 0% in Classic Era, 50% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed. 40% of base mana, instant cast, 1.5 sec cooldown. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Shadowform 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
Shadowform
Shadow school
40% of base mana · Instant · 1.5 sec cooldown
Assume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.
Shadow damage you deal increased by 15%. Physical damage you take reduced by 15%. You may not cast Holy spells.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Shadowform
Shadow school
40% of base mana · Instant · 1.5 sec cooldown
Changed: Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.
Changed: Shadow damage you deal increased by 10%. Mana cost of all Shadow spells reduced by 50%. Critical strike damage bonus of Shadow spells increased by 100%. Physical damage you take reduced by 15%. You may not cast healing spells.
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
auraDescription Shadow damage you deal increased by $w2%.$?$w4<0[ Mana cost of all Shadow spells reduced by $w4%.][] Physical damage you take reduced by $s3%. You may not cast Holy spells. Shadow damage you deal increased by $w2%. Mana cost of all Shadow spells reduced by $w4%. Critical strike damage bonus of Shadow spells increased by $m5%. Physical damage you take reduced by $s3%. You may not cast healing spells.
description Assume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by $s2%$?s440247[, reducing the mana cost of all Shadow spells by $s4%,][] and reducing Physical damage done to you by $s3%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form. Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by $s2%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by $m4%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by $m5%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by $s3%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.
effects [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 28, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 14, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 87, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -16, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 72, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ] [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 28, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 32, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 87, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 72, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -50, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 32, 1 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 4, "miscValue": [ 15, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Shadowform changes between Forever builds

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

Questions about Shadowform

Was Shadowform nerfed in WoW Forever?

Shadowform 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: Shadow damage 15% in Classic Era, 10% in Forever; tooltip value 0% in Classic Era, 50% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed.

What changed for Shadowform in WoW Forever?

Shadow damage 15% in Classic Era, 10% in Forever; tooltip value 0% in Classic Era, 50% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Shadowform in WoW Forever?

Shadowform is a Priest ability in WoW Forever, in the Shadow Magic 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