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Improved Shadow Word: Pain

Improved Shadow Word: Pain is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only moved it sideways within its tree row (same tree, row and requirements). Priest Shadow talent, 2 ranks.

This talent has 2 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent unchanged

Improved Shadow Word: Pain rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Shadow Word: Pain
Rank 1 of 2 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 3 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Shadow Word: Pain
Rank 1 of 2 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 3 sec.

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2 points spent unchanged

Improved Shadow Word: Pain rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Shadow Word: Pain
Rank 2 of 2 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Shadow Word: Pain
Rank 2 of 2 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 sec.

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Improved Shadow Word: Pain changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 1 2

Questions about Improved Shadow Word: Pain

Did Improved Shadow Word: Pain change in WoW Forever?

No. Improved Shadow Word: Pain is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only moved it sideways within its tree row (same tree, row and requirements).

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