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Cripple

Spell

Cripple

Physical

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Warrior

Instant castCombat Range

Reduces target enemy's attack power for 30 sec.

Cripple

Tooltip

Reduces target enemy's attack power for 30 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 99.

What it does

Cripple is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 99

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Cripple". This page is record #18381. 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
#11443school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29212school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31406school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31477school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33787school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41281school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50379school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#52498school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#54814school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#168634school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170802school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170995used by: Pet - Doomguard; school: Shadow; effect values: -70 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different owner

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 sighted2 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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