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WarlockTooltip
Strikes fear in the enemy, disorienting for 20 sec. Damage may cancel the effect. Limit 1.
Increases the amount of damage required to break your fear effects by 60%.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
- Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). It applies the fleeing mechanic.
What it does
Fear is a Shadow spell with a 1.7 sec cast and a range of 30 yards.
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 1.7 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) Mechanic: Fleeing |
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.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Fear appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Warlock (Warlock), learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Warlock spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 84 separate Spell records named "Fear". This page is record #5782. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #12096 | cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #12542 | cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #22678 | cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #26070 | cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #26580 | cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #26661 | cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #27641 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #27990 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #29168 | used by: Cast by Fear; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #29321 | cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #30002 | cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #30530 | cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A 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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