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Tidal Waves

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Tidal Waves is unchanged in WoW Forever: the client ships the same tooltip as Classic Era. Its tooltip reads: "Gain the Tidal Waves ability: When you cast Chain Heal or Riptide you gain 2 charges of Tidal Waves, which reduces the cast time of your Healing Wave by 30%, reduces the cast time of your Chain Heal by 15%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave by 25%."

Tidal Waves tooltip, the same in Classic Era and WoW Forever

The same tooltip in both clients: every line the Forever client ships matches Classic Era.

Forever Oct 22, 2026 (same as Classic Era Sep 29, 2026)
Tidal Waves
Physical school
Gain the Tidal Waves ability: When you cast Chain Heal or Riptide you gain 2 charges of Tidal Waves, which reduces the cast time of your Healing Wave by 30%, reduces the cast time of your Chain Heal by 15%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave by 25%.

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Questions about Tidal Waves

Did Tidal Waves change in WoW Forever?

No. Tidal Waves is unchanged in WoW Forever: the client ships the same tooltip as Classic Era.

What does Tidal Waves do in WoW Forever?

The Tidal Waves tooltip reads: "Gain the Tidal Waves ability: When you cast Chain Heal or Riptide you gain 2 charges of Tidal Waves, which reduces the cast time of your Healing Wave by 30%, reduces the cast time of your Chain Heal by 15%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave by 25%."

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Sep 29, 2026 (1.15.9.70003) ·synced Oct 22, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value