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Terrifying Screech

Spell

Terrifying Screech

Shadow

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1.5 secSelf Only

Causes nearby enemies to flee in fear for 4 sec and reduces their movement speed.

Terrifying Screech

Tooltip

Causes nearby enemies to flee in fear for 4 sec and reduces their movement speed.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Terrifying Screech is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 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 time1.5 sec
Duration4 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Radius: 5 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 12 separate Spell records named "Terrifying Screech". This page is record #6605. 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
#38021cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64386journal encounter: Auriaya; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 0, -50); different tooltip textA different caster
#212566cast time: 3 secA variant record
#255041difficulty rows: Heroic; used by: Cast by Terrifying Screech; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 3 secA per-difficulty version
#255044school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Jump to DestinationA different effect setup
#271865cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 secA variant record
#289073school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 10, -50 (this record: 0, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#293097cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#329930cast time: 3 secA variant record
#330388cast time: 3 secA variant record
#1244108school: Physical; cast time: 4 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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