Weaponmaster

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Weaponmaster (Axe Specialization in Classic Era), a Warrior Arms ability, was changed in WoW Forever: no longer passive, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by 1%.", rank text Rank 1 to none. Instant cast, requires level 1. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Weaponmaster 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

Axe Specialization

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes by 1%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Weaponmaster

Physical school

Instant

Requires level 1

Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by 1%.

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
baseLevel	0	1
description	Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes by $s1%.	Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by $s1%.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 52, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 290, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Axe Specialization	Weaponmaster
subtext	Rank 1	none
passive	yes	no

Weaponmaster changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Weaponmaster

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Weaponmaster

Was Weaponmaster nerfed in WoW Forever?

Weaponmaster 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: no longer passive, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by 1%.", renamed from Axe Specialization, rank text Rank 1 to none.

What changed for Weaponmaster in WoW Forever?

No longer passive, effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip now says "Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes and Polearms by 1%.", renamed from Axe Specialization, rank text Rank 1 to none. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Weaponmaster in WoW Forever?

Weaponmaster is a Warrior ability in WoW Forever, in the Arms spellbook tab.

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