Spell Crit

Spell Crit (Holy Crit in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases spell critical strike chance by 2%." Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Spell Crit 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

Holy Crit

Physical school

Increases Holy spell critical strike chance by 2%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Spell Crit

Physical school

Increases spell critical strike chance by 2%.

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
description	Increases Holy spell critical strike chance by $s1%.	Increases spell critical strike chance by $s1%.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 552, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 57, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Holy Crit	Spell Crit

Spell Crit 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 Spell Crit

Was Spell Crit nerfed in WoW Forever?

Spell Crit 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: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases spell critical strike chance by 2%.", renamed from Holy Crit.

What changed for Spell Crit in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases spell critical strike chance by 2%.", renamed from Holy Crit. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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