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Wind Shear

Spell

Wind Shear

Nature

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Shaman

Instant cast12 sec cooldownMedium Range

Disrupts the target's concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.

Wind Shear

Tooltip

Disrupts the target's concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68). It applies the interrupted mechanic.

What it does

Wind Shear is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 12 sec cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting with the interrupted 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

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown12 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)
Mechanic: Interrupted

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Wind Shear appears in: 4 talents.

Talents

  • Wind Shear for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Wind Shear for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132132)Talent
  • Wind Shear for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132701)Talent
  • Wind Shear (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Wind Shear". This page is record #57994. 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
#77334duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83005duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#95038duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128136duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#173090duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#254410duration: 3 secA variant record
#262074duration: 3 secA variant record
#290439duration: 3 secA variant record
#420320duration: 3 secA variant record

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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