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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)
Wind Shear

Spell

Wind Shear

Nature

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Shaman

Instant cast6 sec cooldownTwenty-Five yards

Instantly blasts the target with a gust of wind, causing no damage but interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec.

Wind Shear

Tooltip

Instantly blasts the target with a gust of wind, causing no damage but interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec. Also lowers your threat, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Wind Shear is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68). It applies the interrupted mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Threat (effect type 63).

What it does

Wind Shear is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 25 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting with the interrupted mechanic and changes threat.

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

SchoolNature
Range25 yards (Twenty-Five yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)
Mechanic: Interrupted
Effect #2Threat (63)

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.

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.

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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
#77334effect types: noneA different effect setup
#83005effect types: noneA different effect setup
#95038effect types: noneA different effect setup
#128136effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173090effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254410effect types: noneA different effect setup
#262074effect types: noneA different effect setup
#290439effect types: noneA different effect setup
#420320effect 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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