Blast Wave

Blast Wave was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.", no longer requires Pyroblast. Mage Fire talent, 1 rank. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Blast Wave details: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The ability this talent grants, the tooltip players see in-game, side by side with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Blast Wave

Rank 1 · Fire school

215 Mana · Instant · 45 sec cooldown

Requires level 30

A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 186 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec.

Dazed.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Blast Wave

Rank 1 · Fire school

215 Mana · Instant · 45 sec cooldown

Requires level 30

A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.

Dazed. Movement speed reduced by 50%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Dazed.	Dazed. Movement speed reduced by 50%.
description	A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for $s1 Fire damage, and dazing them for $d.	A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for $s1 Fire damage, and Dazing them for $s2% reduced movement speed for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 153, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 33, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 1, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 33, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -51, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 163, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 1, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.1882353 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 33, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -50, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 10, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)

Field	Classic Era	Forever
prereqTalent	[ 29 ]	[]
rankTexts	[ "A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 154 to 186 Fire damage, and dazing them for 6 sec." ]	[ "A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec." ]
rankValues	[ [ 154, 186, 6 ] ]	[ [ 163, 50, 6 ] ]

Blast Wave changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Blast Wave

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

Questions about Blast Wave

Was Blast Wave nerfed in WoW Forever?

Blast Wave is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.", no longer requires Pyroblast.

What changed for Blast Wave in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for 163 Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec.", no longer requires Pyroblast. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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