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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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2 secTwenty yards

Strikes fear in all enemies, causing them to flee in terror for 3 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in all enemies, causing them to flee in terror for 3 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 20 yard radius. 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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Radius: 20 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 #259995. 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
#240136school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#242084cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#242739cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#245902school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#246277used by: Cast by Terror of Urok; school: none; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Area Aura (Party); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#246307school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#248028school: Physical; cast time: instant; 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
#259874different tooltip textA variant record
#266918duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#287685school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#287687school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA 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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