Summary
World of Warcraftupdated the tooltip for Empowered spells to no longer say “Only for Evokers,” indicating the newDragonflightmechanic could appear in other classes in the future. While it may be a side effect of its new Plunderstorm game mode,World of Warcraftcould be planning to spread these chargeable skills elsewhere.
Empowered spells are a new type of ability introduced inDragonflight. Unique to the draconicEvoker class from the latestWorld of Warcraftexpansion, these abilities can be charged up and released at will, with each level increasing the effects, targets, or area of effect of the spell.
However, a new change to the tooltip for Empowered spells could indicateWorld of Warcraftmight be preparing to bring these abilities to other classes. The tooltip describing how Empowered spells work used to say “Only for Evokers” to avoid confusion. However,Wowhead discovered this part of the tooltip has been removedin Patch 10.2.6, which could meanWorld of Warcraftis planning on using the mechanic elsewhere.
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As of the same patch, Empowered spells technically have already appeared outside the Evoker class. Plunderstorm,World of Warcraft’s new limited-time piratical battle royale game mode, has several abilities players can collect via world drops each match, two of which use the Empowered mechanic. Technically, this tooltip change might simply be because of Plunderstorm, but it could also be a set-up for new or reworked abilities inThe War Withinor beyond.
Fans are already speculating on what sorts of abilities they would like to see use the Empowered mechanic inWorld of Warcraft. Classes like Mage would be a perfect fit for the Arcane or Fire specializations, but others suggestMarksmanship Hunters inWorld of Warcraftcould use it as an awesome way to represent drawing back a bow string or aiming a rifle. It makes sense that Empowered spells were restricted to Evokers until now, as it was a brand-newDragonflightmechanic, but with the expansion ending soon, players would love to seeWorld of Warcraftget creative with these abilities in the future.
In the meantime, fans who want to experiment with Empowered spells outside the Evoker class should definitely try out Plunderstorm. In addition to these unique abilities, players can earn tons of nautical cosmetic rewards through the Keg Leg’s Crew Renown track.World of Warcraftrecently made earning Plunder much easierthan it was before, so fans should have a lot less trouble unlocking all the mounts, pets, and cosmetics they want from the event.
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
