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Banish

Spell

Banish

Shadow

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Warlock

1.5 secMedium Range

Banishes an enemy Demon, Aberration, Undead, or Elemental, preventing any action for 30 sec.

Banish

Tooltip

Banishes an enemy Demon, Aberration, Undead, or Elemental, preventing any action for 30 sec. Limit 1. Casting Banish again on the target will cancel the effect.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Banish is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 39.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -100.

What it does

Banish is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the banished mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
MechanicBanished
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 39
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -100
Misc value: 127

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

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Banish appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Banish for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent
  • Banish for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction) (definition #121012)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Banish". This page is record #710. 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
#8994duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24466cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 43A different effect setup
#27565cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30231cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37527cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37546cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37833cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38009cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38376cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#38791cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39622cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39674cast time: 1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 28 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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