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Deafening Screech

Spell

Deafening Screech

Shadow

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2 sec15 sec cooldownCombat Range

Silences nearby enemies, preventing them from casting spells for 4 sec.

Deafening Screech

Tooltip

Silences nearby enemies, preventing them from casting spells for 4 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Deafening Screech is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 5 yards, a 15 sec cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 15 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the silenced 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

SchoolShadow
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration4 sec
MechanicSilenced
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 27
Misc value: 127
Radius: 15 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 15 separate Spell records named "Deafening Screech". This page is record #3589. 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
#118116school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect values: -20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#143343school: Physical; cast time: 0.7 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#191735school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#191743used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#200562used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#239818school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288917cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#377004journal encounter: Crawth; school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different caster
#377008school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#377009used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#377010school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#377015school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2.5 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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