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Dispersion

Spell

Dispersion

Physical

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Priest

Instant cast2 min cooldownSelf Only

You disperse into pure Shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 90%.

Dispersion

Tooltip

You disperse into pure Shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 90%. You are unable to attack or cast spells, but you regenerate 6% mana every 1 sec for 6 sec. Dispersion can be cast while stunned, feared or silenced and clears all snare and movement impairing effects when cast, and makes you immune to them while dispersed.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Dispersion is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -90.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 21. Its base value is 6 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec (36 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 60.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 77.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 77.

What it does

Dispersion is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 2 min cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Cooldown2 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -90
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 21
Value: 6
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 60
Misc value: 127
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 77
Misc value: 7
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 77
Misc value: 11

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

Dispersion sounds

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

PriestDispersionStandSoundKit 12886

  1. Priestdispersionstand2.6s · ID 568999 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

DispersionImpactSoundKit 13002

  1. Priestdispersionstand2.6s · ID 568999 · 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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Dispersion". This page is record #425294. 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
#120044effect types: noneA different effect setup
#156868effect types: noneA different effect setup
#164444effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165766effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173206effect types: noneA different effect setup
#201250effect types: noneA different effect setup
#201251used by: Cast by Dispersion; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#201257used by: Cast by Dispersion; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#373016effect types: noneA different effect setup
#397275effect types: noneA different effect setup
#397276effect types: noneA different effect setup
#397278effect 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 sighted5 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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