Death Wish

Death Wish was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec." Warrior Fury talent, 1 rank. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Death Wish 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

Death Wish

Physical school

10 Rage · Instant · 180 sec cooldown

When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Increases physical damage by 20%. Reduces armor and all resistances by 20%. Immune to Fear effects.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Death Wish

Physical school

10 Rage · Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

Increases physical damage by 20%. Reduces armor and all resistances by 5%. Immune to Fear effects.

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 activated, increases your physical damage by $s1% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by $s3%. Lasts $d.	When activated, increases your Physical damage done by $s1% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by $s3%. Lasts $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 19, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 99, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 101, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -21, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 79, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 87, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

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

Field	Classic Era	Forever
rankTexts	[ "When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by 20%. Lasts 30 sec." ]	[ "When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec." ]
rankValues	[ [ 20, 20, 30 ] ]	[ [ 20, 5, 30 ] ]

Death Wish changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Death Wish

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

Questions about Death Wish

Was Death Wish nerfed in WoW Forever?

Death Wish 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: "When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec."

What changed for Death Wish in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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