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Mind Control

Spell

Mind Control

Shadow

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Priest

1.8 secMedium Range

Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec.

Mind Control

Tooltip

Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec. Does not work versus Demonic or Mechanical beings. Shares diminishing returns with other disorienting effects.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Mind Control is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 2. Its base value is 35. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79.

What it does

Mind Control is a Shadow spell with a 1.8 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius and applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the charmed 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
MechanicCharmed
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 2
Value: 35
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Misc value: 127

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Mind Control appears in: 1 talent and 1 spell that casts it.

Talents

Spells that cast it

  • BombTriggers this spell

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Mind Control". This page is record #605. 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
#15690school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#36797cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#36798cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43550cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43871school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43875school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#45112school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#67229cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#82613school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106185school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#106186school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#136287cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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 sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 30 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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