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Cleave

Spell

Cleave

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts weapon damage plus 3.35381 to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

Cleave

Tooltip

Inflicts weapon damage plus 3.35381 to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 3.3538. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Cleave is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 3.3538) 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 timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 3.3538
Spell power coefficient: 1
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 #26350. 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
#20677effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20684effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20691effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27794effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29561effect values: 1.29 (this record: 3.35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29665effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#30014effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30131effect values: 3.03 (this record: 3.35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30619effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31043effect values: 6.2 (this record: 3.35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31345effect values: 21.71 (this record: 3.35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31779effect values: 0 (this record: 3.35); 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 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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