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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)
Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castTwenty yards

Strike yourself down with fear, causing you to flee in terror.

Fear

Tooltip

Strike yourself down with fear, causing you to flee in terror.

How it works

Each cast of Fear costs 35 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the fleeing 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

SchoolShadow
Cost35 Mana
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7

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 84 separate Spell records named "Fear". This page is record #31358. 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
#27990cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29168used by: Cast by Fear; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29321duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30002duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30530duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30584duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30615used by: Cast by Brined Shell; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31970cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#32241duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33547duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#33924cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#34259used by: Cast by Fear Proc; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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