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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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1.5 secTwenty yards

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 4 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for 4 sec. Only 1 target can be feared at a time.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 20 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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration4 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Apply 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 #39210. 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
#31970duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32241cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#33547cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33924effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#34259used by: Cast by Fear Proc; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#38154duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#38595effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#38660cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39119different tooltip textA variant record
#39176cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#39415effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#41150cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 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.

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