Summon Snowman

Summon Snowman was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, icon changed. Instant cast. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Summon Snowman 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

Summon Snowman

Physical school

Instant

Right Click to summon and dismiss your snowman. Requires a Snowball to summon.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Summon Snowman

Physical school

Instant

Right Click to summon and dismiss your snowman. Requires a Snowball to summon.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the displayed icon was reassigned, and durationMs, 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
durationIndex	0	21
durationMs	not in this client	-1
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 77, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 28, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 15710, 41 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
iconFileId	132311	655957

"not in this client" means that build's client table has no such column at all, which is not the same as a value of none. See the build page for every column each client is missing.

Summon Snowman changes between Forever builds

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

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Questions about Summon Snowman

Was Summon Snowman nerfed in WoW Forever?

Summon Snowman 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, icon changed.

What changed for Summon Snowman in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, icon changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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