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Intercept

Spell

Intercept

Physical

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Instant cast20 sec cooldownCharge

Charge to an enemy, inflicting Physical damage and stunning them for 3 sec.

Intercept

Tooltip

Charge to an enemy, inflicting Physical damage and stunning them for 3 sec.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 96, which the datamine does not name.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Intercept.

What it does

Intercept is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 8-25 yards and a 20 sec cooldown. It also casts Intercept (record #20615).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range8-25 yards (Charge)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown20 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Effect 96
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Trigger spell: Intercept

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 25 separate Spell records named "Intercept". This page is record #27577. 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
#20615used by: Cast by Intercept; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27826effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50823effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58743subtext: Rank 3; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#58747used by: Cast by Intercept; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#58769different tooltip textA variant record
#61490different tooltip textA variant record
#61491used by: Cast by Intercept; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#67540different tooltip textA variant record
#67573subtext: Rank 3; used by: Cast by Intercept; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#78131subtext: Rank 3; effect types: effect 96A different rank or variant
#183291duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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