Soul Breaker

Soul Breaker was buffed in WoW Forever: cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: health 12 in Classic Era, 10 in Forever, buff text now says "Drains 10 health and mana every 1 sec.", duration 30 sec to 10 sec. Now 100 yd range, instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of an Axe item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Soul Breaker 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

Soul Breaker

Shadow school

30 yd range · 2 sec cast

Requires level 40

Target enemy loses 12 health and mana every 3 sec for 30 sec.

Drains 12 health and mana every 3 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Soul Breaker

Shadow school

100 yd range · Instant

Target enemy loses 10 health and mana every 1 sec for 10 sec.

Drains 10 health and mana every 1 sec.

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	Drains 12 health and mana every 3 sec.	Drains $s1 health and mana every $t1 sec.
baseLevel	40	0
castTimeMs	2000	0
castingTimeIndex	5	1
durationIndex	9	1
durationMs	30000	10000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 11, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 64, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 11, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 1000, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 64, "auraPeriod": 1000, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
rangeIndex	4	6
rangeMaxYards	30	100

Soul Breaker changes between Forever builds

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

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

Questions about Soul Breaker

Was Soul Breaker nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Soul Breaker was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: health 12 in Classic Era, 10 in Forever, buff text now says "Drains 10 health and mana every 1 sec.", duration 30 sec to 10 sec.

What changed for Soul Breaker in WoW Forever?

Cast time reduced from 2 sec to instant, range increased from 30 yd to 100 yd, not graded: health 12 in Classic Era, 10 in Forever, buff text now says "Drains 10 health and mana every 1 sec.", duration 30 sec to 10 sec. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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