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Piercing Howl

Spell

Piercing Howl

Physical

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Warrior

Instant castSelf Only

Snares all enemies, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

Piercing Howl

Tooltip

Snares all enemies, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Piercing Howl costs 10 Rage. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Piercing Howl is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 15 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Cost10 Rage
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
MechanicSnared
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Radius: 15 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Piercing Howl appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Piercing Howl for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection)Talent
  • Piercing Howl for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #141399)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Piercing Howl". This page is record #12323. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#10576duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#23600duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#38256duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#43530duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#52744duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#85691duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#464992effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1244157used by: Cast by Piercing Howl; effect types: noneA 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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