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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castTwenty yards

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 6 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 6 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 yard radius.

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Radius: 5 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 84 separate Spell records named "Fear". This page is record #223170. 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
#204730cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#205398school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#214304school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#220540duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#221424cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#240136school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#242084duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#242739cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#245902school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#246277used by: Cast by Terror of Urok; school: none; effect types: Area Aura (Party); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#246307school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#248028school: Physical; duration: 2 secA 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.

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