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Anticipation

Spell

Anticipation

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your Defense Skill by 20.

Anticipation

Tooltip

Increases your Defense Skill by 20.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 30. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Anticipation is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 30
Value: 20
Misc value: 95

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

How to learn

How to learn Anticipation

Learned at
Level 1
From
Paladin trainer
Who can learn it
Any Paladin

Visit a Paladin trainer once you reach level 1 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Paladin trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Paladin trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Beldruk DoombrowPaladin TrainerIronforge Capital24.5, 4.5
Brandur IronhammerPaladin TrainerIronforge Capital23.1, 6.1
Valgar HighforgePaladin TrainerIronforge Capital23.7, 5.1
Arthur the FaithfulPaladin TrainerStormwind City Capital49.6, 49.8
Katherine the PurePaladin TrainerStormwind City Capital48.5, 49.1
Lord Grayson ShadowbreakerPaladin TrainerStormwind City Capital48.4, 50.2
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Azar StronghammerPaladin TrainerDun Morogh47.6, 52.1
Bromos GrummnerPaladin TrainerDun Morogh28.8, 68.3
Brother KarmanPaladin TrainerDustwallow Marsh67.4, 47.4
Brother SammuelPaladin TrainerElwynn Forest50.4, 42.1
Brother WilhelmPaladin TrainerElwynn Forest41.1, 66.0

Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.

Related

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Anticipation". This page is record #20096. 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
#114015effect types: noneA different effect setup
#344994effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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