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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Fires a cone of chaotic energy, inflicting 55.9756 Shadow damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Fear

Tooltip

Fires a cone of chaotic energy, inflicting 55.9756 Shadow damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster. Additionally, all enemies facing the caster are randomly either polymorphed, feared, disoriented, or put to sleep.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the fleeing 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7

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 #242084. 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
#220540duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#221424cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#223170duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#240136school: Physical; duration: 10 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; duration: 6 sec; 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
#251419cast time: 1.7 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#259874cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#259995cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 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.

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