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Deafening Screech

Spell

Deafening Screech

Shadow

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Instant castCombat Range

Silences nearby enemies, preventing them from casting spells for 8 sec.

Deafening Screech

Tooltip

Silences nearby enemies, preventing them from casting spells for 8 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Deafening Screech is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 20 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the silenced mechanic.

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

SchoolShadow
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
MechanicSilenced
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 27
Misc value: 126
Radius: 20 yards

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.

Sounds

Deafening Screech sounds

The sounds the game plays when Deafening Screech is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

BattleShoutTargetSoundKit 3113

  1. Battleshouttarget1.5s · ID 568028 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Deafening Screech". This page is record #3589. 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
#118116effect types: noneA different effect setup
#143343effect types: noneA different effect setup
#191735effect types: noneA different effect setup
#191743used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#200562used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#239818effect types: noneA different effect setup
#288917effect types: noneA different effect setup
#377004journal encounter: Crawth; effect types: noneA different caster
#377008effect types: noneA different effect setup
#377009used by: Cast by Deafening Screech; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#377010effect types: noneA different effect setup
#377015effect 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

Comments

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