Maelstrom Weapon

Maelstrom Weapon is a new talent in WoW Forever that does not exist in Classic Era. Shaman Enhancement talent, 1 ranks.

Maelstrom Weapon details in WoW Forever

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

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Maelstrom Weapon

Nature school

Instant

When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, or Lava Burst spell by 20%. Chance increased by 50% while your main hand weapon is enchanted with Windfury Weapon and by another 50% if wielding a two-handed weapon. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Forever 1.60.1.69913

Maelstrom Weapon

Nature school

Instant

Requires level 1

When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

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.

Ability field diff every changed column on the granted spell

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	0	1
description	When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, or Lava Burst spell by $408505s1%. Chance increased by $s2% while your main hand weapon is enchanted with Windfury Weapon and by another $s2% if wielding a two-handed weapon. Stacks up to $s3 times. Lasts $408505d.	When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by $m1%. Stacks up to $s3 times. Lasts $408505d.
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