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Shadowfiend

Spell

Shadowfiend

Shadow

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Priest

Instant cast5 min cooldownMedium Range

Creates a shadowy fiend to attack the target.

Shadowfiend

Tooltip

Creates a shadowy fiend to attack the target. Caster receives mana when the Shadowfiend attacks. Damage taken by area of effect attacks is reduced. Lasts 15 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64).

What it does

Shadowfiend is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 5 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 19668, 1561
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)

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

Shadowfiend sounds

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

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadowfiend appears in: 3 talents and 1 spell that casts it.

Talents

  • Shadowfiend for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow)Talent
  • Shadowfiend for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow) (definition #139619)Talent
  • Shadowfiend (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Shadowfiend". This page is record #34433. 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
#132603effect types: noneA different effect setup
#172884effect types: noneA different effect setup
#398367effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1280172effect 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 sighted2 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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