Skip to content
Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

Advertisement

Warlock

1.7 sec15 sec cooldownMedium Range

Strikes fear in the enemy, disorienting for 6 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in the enemy, disorienting for 6 sec. Damage may cancel the effect. Limit 1.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 191. Its base value is 7.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with a 1.7 sec cast, a range of 30 yards, a 15 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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 time1.7 sec
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Misc value: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 191
Value: 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 #251419. 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
#221424cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#223170cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240136school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#242084cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#242739cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245902school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246277used by: Cast by Terror of Urok; school: none; cast time: instant; effect types: Area Aura (Party); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#246307school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#248028school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#259874cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#259995cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266918cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Fear at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)