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Cleave

Spell

Cleave

Physical

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Instant cast3 sec cooldownCombat Range

Inflicts 110% normal damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

Cleave

Tooltip

Inflicts 110% normal damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting targets.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  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 an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 3 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 timeInstant
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
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 #27794. 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 values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20684effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20691effect values: 150 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26350effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29561effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29665effect values: 150 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30014effect values: 100 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30131effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30619effect values: 150 (this record: 110); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31043effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31345effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31779effect types: Weapon Damage; 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 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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