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Malice

Malice was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%." Rogue Assassination talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 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 changed

Malice rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Malice
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.

WoW Forever
Malice
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%.

of 5
2 points spent changed

Malice rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Malice
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance by 2%.

WoW Forever
Malice
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 2%.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Malice rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Malice
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance by 3%.

WoW Forever
Malice
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 3%.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Malice rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Malice
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance by 4%.

WoW Forever
Malice
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 4%.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Malice rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Malice
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance by 5%.

WoW Forever
Malice
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%.

of 5

Malice changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.", "Increases your critical strike chance by 2%.", "Increases your critical strike chance by 3%.", "Increases your critical strike chance by 4%.", "Increases your critical strike chance by 5%." ] [ "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%.", "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 2%.", "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 3%.", "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 4%.", "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 5%." ]

Questions about Malice

Was Malice nerfed in WoW Forever?

Malice 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: "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%."

What changed for Malice in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons by 1%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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