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Counterspell

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Counterspell

Arcane

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Instant castMedium Range

Counters the spellcasting of enemies, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 10 sec.

Counterspell

Tooltip

Counters the spellcasting of enemies, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 10 sec. Generates a high amount of threat.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68). It applies the interrupted mechanic. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Counterspell is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting with the interrupted mechanic in a 30 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

SchoolArcane
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)
Mechanic: Interrupted
Radius: 30 yards

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 #19715. 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
#2139used by: Mage; duration: 7 sec; different tooltip textA different owner
#15122duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20537duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20788duration: 0.0 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29443different tooltip textA variant record
#29961different tooltip textA variant record
#31596duration: 6 sec; different 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 sec; different tooltip textA variant 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.

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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