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Shadow Lock

Spell

Shadow Lock

Physical

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Warlock

Instant cast24 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Counter an enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 7 sec.

Shadow Lock

Tooltip

Counter an enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 7 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 171138.

What it does

Shadow Lock is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and a 24 sec cooldown.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown24 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 171138

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 3 separate Spell records named "Shadow Lock". This page is record #171140. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#171138used by: Pet - Doomguard; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different owner
#171139subtext: Command Demon Ability; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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