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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)
Sleep

Spell

Sleep

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Puts the enemy target to sleep for up to 6 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

Puts the enemy target to sleep for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the asleep 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
Duration6 sec
MechanicAsleep
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12

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 57 separate Spell records named "Sleep". This page is record #31292. 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
#20663duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20669cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20989duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24004school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24664different tooltip textA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; duration: 5 secA helper record another spell casts
#31298duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31541cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31548school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#34801school: Nature; different tooltip textA variant record
#36402duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#41396cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA 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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