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Pinch

Spell

Pinch

Physical

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Instant cast30 sec cooldownCombat Range

Pinches an enemy's legs for 95 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

Pinch

Tooltip

Pinches an enemy's legs for 95 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Pinch costs 50 Focus. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 95.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It applies the ensnared mechanic.

What it does

Pinch is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 95) and applies an aura with the ensnared 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

SchoolPhysical
Cost50 Focus
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration9 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 95
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Mechanic: Ensnared

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

Pinch sounds

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

SwingWeaponSpecialWarriorSoundKit 3091

  1. Swingweaponspecialwarriora0.6s · ID 569828 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Swingweaponspecialwarriorc0.6s · ID 569827 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Swingweaponspecialwarriorb0.6s · ID 569830 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Swingweaponspecialwarriord0.7s · ID 569829 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

RendTargetSoundKit 3134

  1. Rendtarget0.7s · ID 568003 · 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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Pinch". This page is record #1264742. 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
#120468effect types: noneA different effect setup
#214053effect types: noneA different effect setup
#217394effect types: noneA different effect setup
#222180effect types: noneA different effect setup
#243563effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256065effect types: noneA different effect setup
#259462effect types: noneA different effect setup
#297584effect types: noneA different effect setup
#389255effect types: noneA different effect setup
#468672effect types: noneA different effect setup
#468677effect types: noneA different effect setup
#472323effect 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
New in the beta dataYes - no match for this spell id in the Classic Era baseline we hold
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 60 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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