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Feint

Spell

Feint

Physical

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Rogue

Instant cast10 sec cooldownCombat Range

Performs a feint, causing no damage but lowering your threat by a small amount, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

Feint

Tooltip

Performs a feint, causing no damage but lowering your threat by a small amount, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

How it works

Each cast of Feint costs 20 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Threat (effect type 63). Its base value is -750.

What it does

Feint is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 10 sec cooldown. When cast it changes threat.

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
Cost20 Energy
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Threat (63)
Value: -750

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

Feint sounds

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

Special Physical Ability CastSoundKit 48

  1. Mwooshmediumcrit1.0s · ID 567944 · item/weapons/weaponswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

TeleportSoundKit 3226

  1. Teleport2.5s · ID 569735 · 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.

How to learn

How to learn Feint

Learned at
Level 16 (Rank 1)
From
Rogue trainer
Who can learn it
Any Rogue

Visit a Rogue trainer once you reach level 16 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Rogue trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Rogue trainers

TrainerZoneMap
AnisharRogue TrainerDarnassus Capital37.9, 20.9
Erion ShadewhisperRogue TrainerDarnassus Capital34.5, 25.9
SyurnaRogue TrainerDarnassus Capital37.0, 21.9
FenthwickRogue TrainerIronforge Capital51.5, 15.3
Hulfdan BlackbeardRogue TrainerIronforge Capital52.0, 14.8
Ormyr FlinteyeRogue TrainerIronforge Capital52.9, 15.0
Lord Tony RomanoRogue TrainerStormwind City Capital80.3, 68.6
Osborne the Night ManRogue TrainerStormwind City Capital77.4, 65.3
6 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Hogral BakkanRogue TrainerDun Morogh47.6, 52.6
Solm HargrinRogue TrainerDun Morogh28.4, 67.5
Jorik KerridanRogue TrainerElwynn Forest50.3, 39.9
Keryn SylviusRogue TrainerElwynn Forest43.9, 65.9
Frahun ShadewhisperRogue TrainerTeldrassil59.6, 38.7
Jannok BreezesongRogue TrainerTeldrassil56.4, 60.1

Horde Rogue trainers

TrainerZoneMap
GestRogue TrainerOrgrimmar Capital42.7, 51.5
OrmokRogue TrainerOrgrimmar Capital43.9, 54.6
ShenthulRogue TrainerOrgrimmar Capital43.0, 53.7
Carolyn WardRogue TrainerUndercity Capital83.9, 72.1
Gregory CharlesRogue TrainerUndercity Capital84.9, 73.5
Miles DexterRogue TrainerUndercity Capital85.2, 71.6
4 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
KaplakRogue TrainerDurotar52.0, 43.7
RwagRogue TrainerDurotar41.3, 68.0
David TriasRogue TrainerTirisfal Glades32.5, 65.7
Marion CallRogue TrainerTirisfal Glades61.8, 52.0

Neutral Rogue trainers

TrainerZoneMap
FahradGrand Master RogueHillsbrad Foothills82.7, 18.7
Ian StromRogue TrainerStranglethorn Vale26.8, 77.1

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Feint appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Rogue (Rogue), learned automaticallySkill line

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 3 separate Spell records named "Feint". This page is record #1966. 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
#451490effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1253308effect 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
Level data sightedBase level 16 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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