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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Counterspell

Spell

Counterspell

Arcane

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Mage

Instant cast30 sec cooldownMedium Range

Counters an enemy's spell, preventing the enemy from casting that spell again for 15 sec.

Counterspell

Tooltip

Counters an enemy's spell, preventing the enemy from casting that spell again for 15 sec. Generates a high amount of threat.

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).

What it does

Counterspell is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting. The client files the whole spell under the interrupted mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration15 sec
MechanicInterrupted
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 18 separate Spell records named "Counterspell". This page is record #20537. 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
#2139used by: Mage; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA different owner
#15122no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#19715duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20788duration: 0.0 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29443duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29961duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31596duration: 6 secA variant record
#31999cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37470duration: 3 secA variant record
#51610duration: 4 secA variant record
#65790duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#145530effect types: noneA 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.

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