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Overpower

Spell

Overpower

Physical

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Warrior

Instant cast5 sec cooldownCombat Range

Instantly overpowers an enemy, causing weapon damage.

Overpower

Tooltip

Instantly overpowers an enemy, causing weapon damage. Can only be used after the target dodges. Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100.

What it does

Overpower is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 5 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100

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 17 separate Spell records named "Overpower". This page is record #14895. 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
#7384used by: Talent: Warrior; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#17198effect values: 150 (this record: 100)Different tuning
#24407effect values: 200 (this record: 100)Different tuning
#32154effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37321effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37529used by: Cast by Mortal Strike and Bloodthirst Bonus; school: Holy; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#58516effect values: 75 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#65924subtext: Rank 4; duration: 0.0 sec; effect types: effect 121, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#118865cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261887duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#283426duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#309547effect types: 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 sighted1 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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