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Cleave

Spell

Cleave

Physical

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Warrior

Instant cast4.5 sec cooldownCombat Range

Strikes all enemies in front of you for (232.8% of Attack Power) Physical damage.

Cleave

Tooltip

Strikes all enemies in front of you for (232.8% of Attack Power) Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

Inflicts Rend on all targets

How it works

Each cast of Cleave costs 20 Rage. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Cleave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 2.3281 times attack power. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 5.

What it does

Cleave is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 4.5 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Physical damage in an 8 yard radius.

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
Cost20 Rage
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown4.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Attack power coefficient: 2.3281
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 5

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?

Cleave appears in: 2 talents and 1 spell that casts it.

Talents

  • Cleave for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection)Talent
  • Cleave for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #122013)Talent

Spells that cast it

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 149 separate Spell records named "Cleave". This page is record #845. 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 types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15496effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16044effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19632effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19642effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19983effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20605effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20666effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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
#26350effect 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
Level data sightedBase level 20 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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