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Shadowform

Spell

Shadowform

Shadow

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Priest

Instant cast1.5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing...

Shadowform

Tooltip

Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 36.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is 10.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -15.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 72. Its base value is -50.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Shadowform is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1.5 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 36
Misc value: 28
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: 10
Misc value: 32
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -15
Misc value: 1
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 72
Value: -50
Misc value: 32, 1
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 100
Misc value: 15

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

Shadowform sounds

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

PRIEST_ShadowForm_ImpactSoundKit 5756

  1. Shadowformimpact2.4s · ID 569040 · 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 37 separate Spell records named "Shadowform". This page is record #15473. 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
#16592effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22917duration: 4 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29406effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34429effect types: noneA different effect setup
#35194effect types: noneA different effect setup
#37816effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38542effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39579effect types: noneA different effect setup
#40973effect types: noneA different effect setup
#41408effect types: noneA different effect setup
#41912effect types: noneA different effect setup
#43395effect 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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