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Cleave

Spell

Cleave

Physical

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1 sec2 sec cooldownCombat Range

Inflicts Physical damage to enemies in front of the caster.

Cleave

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to enemies in front of the caster.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 110. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Cleave is a Physical spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 5 yards and a 2 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 110) jumping to up to 3 targets.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 110
Chain targets: 3

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 149 separate Spell records named "Cleave". This page is record #15284. 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
#15496cast time: instant; effect values: 125 (this record: 110)Different tuning
#16044cast time: instant; effect values: 125 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19632cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19642cast time: instant; effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19983cast time: instant; effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20605cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20666cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20677cast time: instant; effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20684cast time: instant; effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20691cast time: instant; effect values: 150 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26350cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27794cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record

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 sighted1 effect rows 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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