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Distracting Shot

Spell

Distracting Shot

Arcane

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Hunter

Instant cast8 sec cooldownLong Range

Distracts the target to attack your pet for 6 sec.

Distracting Shot

Tooltip

Distracts the target to attack your pet for 6 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Distracting Shot is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Threat (effect type 63). Its base value is 110.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 11. Its base value is 200.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Distracting Shot is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, an 8 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it changes threat and applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the healing 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
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
MechanicHealing
Effect #1Threat (63)
Value: 110
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 11
Value: 200
Effect #3Dummy (3)

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 2 separate Spell records named "Distracting Shot". This page is record #20736. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#146771school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura; 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 12 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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