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Counterspell

Spell

Counterspell

Arcane

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Instant castLong Range

Counters the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 6 sec.

Counterspell

Tooltip

Counters the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 6 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68).

What it does

Counterspell is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting. The client files the whole spell under the interrupted mechanic.

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

SchoolArcane
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
MechanicInterrupted
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)

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 18 separate Spell records named "Counterspell". This page is record #169113. 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
#20537duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20788duration: 0.0 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29443duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29961duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31596different tooltip textA variant record
#31999cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37470duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#51610duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#65790duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#145530duration: 3 secA variant record
#173077effect types: Interrupt Cast, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240029no compared field differsA duplicate client 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.

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