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WoW ForeverWoW Forever beta client 1.60.1.70532 · the official Classic+ · launches November 4, 2026Also on Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Shadow Shock

Spell

Shadow Shock

Shadow

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Instant castShort Range

Instantly lashes an enemy with dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Shock

Tooltip

Instantly lashes an enemy with dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1321.42. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Shock is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1321.42).

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
Range20 yards (Short Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1321.42
Spell power coefficient: 1

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

Shadow Shock sounds

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

DeathCoiltargetSoundKit 743

  1. Deathcoiltarget2.2s · ID 568670 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    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 30 separate Spell records named "Shadow Shock". This page is record #18663. 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
#16583effect values: 660.71 (this record: 1321.42)Different tuning
#17234no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#17289effect values: 1982.12 (this record: 1321.42)Different tuning
#17399different tooltip textA variant record
#17439effect values: 993.99 (this record: 1321.42)Different tuning
#19460effect values: 2642.83 (this record: 1321.42)Different tuning
#20603effect values: 800 (this record: 1321.42); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22575no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#24458effect types: School Damage, effect 77A different effect setup
#24459effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#24616different tooltip textA variant record
#29712effect 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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