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Psychic Scream

Spell

Psychic Scream

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Lets out a psychic scream, causing up to nearby enemies to become horrified for 4 sec.

Psychic Scream

Tooltip

Lets out a psychic scream, causing up to nearby enemies to become horrified for 4 sec.

How it works

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

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. It applies the horrified mechanic. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is 100. It applies the horrified mechanic. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Psychic Scream is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the horrified mechanic in an 8 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration4 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Mechanic: Horrified
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: 100
Mechanic: Horrified
Radius: 8 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 21 separate Spell records named "Psychic Scream". This page is record #13704. 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
#8122used by: Talent: Priest; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#22884effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26042effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27610subtext: Rank 4; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0, 25 (this record: 0, 100); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#34322effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43432effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65543duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#85966effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164443duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#165764effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#168382duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205605cast time: 2 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.

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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