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Cleave

Spell

Cleave

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts normal damage plus 100% to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

Cleave

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 100% to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. It jumps to up to 10 targets.

What it does

Cleave is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) jumping to up to 10 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 timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Chain targets: 10

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 #19983. 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
#15284cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 110 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15496effect values: 125 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16044effect values: 125 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19632effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19642different tooltip textA variant record
#20605effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20666effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20677different tooltip textA variant record
#20684different tooltip textA variant record
#20691effect values: 150 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26350effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27794effect values: 110 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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

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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