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Enveloping Winds

Spell

Enveloping Winds

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

Surrounds an enemy with a cyclone for up to 10 sec.

Enveloping Winds

Tooltip

Surrounds an enemy with a cyclone for up to 10 sec. If the target takes any damage, it will break free of the imprisoning winds.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.

What it does

Enveloping Winds is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the stunned 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

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration10 sec
MechanicStunned
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12

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 "Enveloping Winds". This page is record #15535. 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
#6728duration: 4 secA variant record
#23103no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#25189cast time: instantA variant record
#31718cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#72518cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#72522cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#98566school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#224327school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224328school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#224329used by: Cast by Enveloping Winds; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 min; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#224330school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#224333journal encounter: Advisor Melandrus; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA different caster

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 1.60.1.70450, 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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