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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 6 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 6 sec. Only 1 target can be feared at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Fear is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura in a 30 yard radius. 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
MechanicFleeing
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Radius: 30 yards

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 #32241. 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
#27990cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#29168used by: Cast by Fear; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#29321duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30002effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30530effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#30584duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30615used by: Cast by Brined Shell; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#31358duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31970cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33547effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33924cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#34259used by: Cast by Fear Proc; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts

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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