Skip to content
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

Advertisement

Instant castSelf Only

When struck by a melee attacker, that attacker has a 5% chance of being put to sleep for 10 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

When struck by a melee attacker, that attacker has a 5% chance of being put to sleep for 10 sec. Only affects enemies level 50 and below.

How it works

Its aura has a 5% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Sleep.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Sleep (record #9159).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chance5%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Sleep

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 #9160. 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
#700subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#1090subtext: Rank 2; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#8399cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#9159used by: Cast by Sleep; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#12098cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15970cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#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
#24664duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; duration: 5 secA 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Sleep at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)