The Art of War

The Art of War, a Paladin Boots rune, was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip text changed. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Applied by Engrave Boots - The Art of War and taught by Rune of Warfare. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

The Art of War 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

The Art of War

Physical school

Your melee critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown on Exorcism by 2 sec, and the mana cost of Exorcism is reduced by 80%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

The Art of War

Physical school

Increases all Holy damage you deal by 10%, and your melee and spell critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown on your Exorcism spell by 2 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
description	Your melee critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown on Exorcism by $s2 sec, and the mana cost of Exorcism is reduced by $s1%.	Increases all Holy damage you deal by $m1%, and your melee and spell critical strikes reduce the remaining cooldown on your Exorcism spell by ${$m2/-1000} sec.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -80, "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": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -2000, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

The Art of War changes between Forever builds

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

Other client rows named The Art of War

The game client ships one more row named The Art of War (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 The Art of War

Was The Art of War nerfed in WoW Forever?

The Art of War 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 values changed, tooltip text changed.

What changed for The Art of War in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets The Art of War in WoW Forever?

The Art of War is a Paladin rune for the Boots 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