Weakening Disease

Weakening Disease was buffed in WoW Forever: range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: Shadow damage 8 in Classic Era, 15 in Forever, tooltip now says "Deals 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 14 sec and lowers their attack power by 92 for 14 sec.", buff text now says "Taking 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec and attack power lowered by 92.", duration 30 sec to 14 sec. Now 100 yd range, instant cast. It is the Chance on hit effect of 2 Mace items the client lists without their names or tooltips. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Weakening Disease 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

Weakening Disease

Shadow school

5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 60

Deals 8 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 30 sec and lowers their Strength for the duration of the disease.

Diseased and weakened.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Weakening Disease

Shadow school

100 yd range · Instant

Deals 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 14 sec and lowers their attack power by 92 for 14 sec.

Taking 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec and attack power lowered by 92.

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
auraDescription	Diseased and weakened.	Taking $s1 Shadow damage every $t sec and attack power lowered by $s2.
baseLevel	60	0
description	Deals $s1 Shadow damage every $t1 sec for $d and lowers their Strength for the duration of the disease.	Deals $s1 Shadow damage every $t1 sec for $d and lowers their attack power by $s2 for $d.
durationIndex	9	305
durationMs	30000	14000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 7, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 29, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -51, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 2000, "basePoints": 15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 99, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -92, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
rangeIndex	2	6
rangeMaxYards	5	100

Weakening Disease 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 Weakening Disease

Was Weakening Disease nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Weakening Disease was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: Shadow damage 8 in Classic Era, 15 in Forever, tooltip now says "Deals 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 14 sec and lowers their attack power by 92 for 14 sec.", buff text now says "Taking 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec and attack power lowered by 92.", duration 30 sec to 14 sec.

What changed for Weakening Disease in WoW Forever?

Range increased from 5 yd to 100 yd, not graded: Shadow damage 8 in Classic Era, 15 in Forever, tooltip now says "Deals 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 14 sec and lowers their attack power by 92 for 14 sec.", buff text now says "Taking 15 Shadow damage every 2 sec and attack power lowered by 92.", duration 30 sec to 14 sec. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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