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Shockwave

Spell

Shockwave

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 1500 Nature damage to nearby enemies, reducing their attack speed and slowing their movement to 1% of normal for 2 sec.

Shockwave

Tooltip

Inflicts 1500 Nature damage to nearby enemies, reducing their attack speed and slowing their movement to 1% of normal for 2 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Shockwave is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1500. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 20 yards. It triggers Dropped Weapon.

What it does

Shockwave is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1500) in a 20 yard radius and applies an aura in a 20 yard radius. It also casts Dropped Weapon.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1500
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Value: 1
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #3Trigger Spell (64)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 20 yards
Trigger spell: Dropped Weapon

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Shockwave sounds

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

LifeDrainLoopSoundKit 3087

  1. Lifedrainloop4.9s · ID 569031 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

ThunderClapSoundKit 3090

  1. Thunderclap1.4s · ID 569222 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

KnockDownSoundKit 3642

  1. Knockdown2.1s · ID 567960 · 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

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 120 separate Spell records named "Shockwave". This page is record #25425. 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
#33686effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46968used by: Talent: Warrior; effect types: noneA different owner
#55636effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55918effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57728effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57741effect types: noneA different effect setup
#58947effect types: noneA different effect setup
#58977effect types: noneA different effect setup
#62246effect types: noneA different effect setup
#63783journal encounter: Kologarn; effect types: noneA different caster
#63982used by: Cast by Arm Sweep; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#65843effect 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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted3 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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