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Spells / Tainted Blood Effect
Spell · Shadow · Rank 3 changed

Tainted Blood Effect

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Tainted Blood Effect was changed in WoW Forever: same buff text, rewritten template. Instant cast, requires level 48. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Tainted Blood Effect 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
Tainted Blood Effect
Rank 3 · Shadow school
Instant
Requires level 48

Melee attack power reduced by 32.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Tainted Blood Effect
Rank 3 · Shadow school
Instant
Requires level 48

Melee attack power reduced by 32.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: the buff text template (same words on both sides). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column
Field Classic Era Forever
auraDescription Melee attack power reduced by $s1. Melee attack power reduced by $w1.

Tainted Blood Effect changes between Forever builds

What triggers Tainted Blood Effect

Talents that affect Tainted Blood Effect

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Questions about Tainted Blood Effect

Was Tainted Blood Effect nerfed in WoW Forever?

Tainted Blood Effect 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: same buff text, rewritten template.

What changed for Tainted Blood Effect in WoW Forever?

Same buff text, rewritten template. 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