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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castTwenty yards

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 5 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 5 sec. Only 1 target can be feared at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the fleeing mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 84 separate Spell records named "Fear". This page is record #130940. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#83613school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#113712cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#115186used by: Cast by Fear Sphere Passive; duration: 6.5 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#117573school: Physical; duration: 20 secA variant record
#118699duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#125204cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#128098cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#130616duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#134938school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#142884cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#144062school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#173093effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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