Slaughter from the Shadows

Slaughter from the Shadows, a Rogue Chest rune, was changed in WoW Forever: "increases the damage they deal to non-player controlled targets by 70%" in Classic Era, 60% in Forever. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Applied by Engrave Chest - Slaughter from the Shadows and taught by Rune of Slaughter. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

Slaughter from the Shadows 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

Slaughter from the Shadows

Physical school

Reduces the Energy cost of your Backstab and Ambush abilities by 30, and increases the damage they deal to non-player controlled targets by 70%. Does not apply to abilities learned from other runes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Slaughter from the Shadows

Physical school

Reduces the Energy cost of your Backstab and Ambush abilities by 30, and increases the damage they deal to non-player controlled targets by 60%. Does not apply to abilities learned from other runes.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 70, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 60, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Slaughter from the Shadows changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Other client rows named Slaughter from the Shadows

The game client ships one more row named Slaughter from the Shadows (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.

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

Questions about Slaughter from the Shadows

Was Slaughter from the Shadows nerfed in WoW Forever?

Slaughter from the Shadows 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: "increases the damage they deal to non-player controlled targets by 70%" in Classic Era, 60% in Forever.

What changed for Slaughter from the Shadows in WoW Forever?

"increases the damage they deal to non-player controlled targets by 70%" in Classic Era, 60% in Forever. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Slaughter from the Shadows in WoW Forever?

Slaughter from the Shadows is a Rogue rune for the Chest slot in the WoW Forever client.

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