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Summon Imp

Spell

Summon Imp

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Summons an Imp to accompany the caster until dismissed.

Summon Imp

Tooltip

Summons an Imp to accompany the caster until dismissed.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Summon Imp is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature in a 3 yard radius.

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
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Summon (28)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 12922, 67
Radius: 3 yards

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

Summon Imp sounds

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

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

PrecastMagicLowSoundKit 3136

  1. Precastmagelow3.0s · ID 568938 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

ShadowPetPrecastSoundKit 6554

  1. Shadowprecasthigh8.0s · ID 569148 · 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 52 separate Spell records named "Summon Imp". This page is record #11939. 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
#688subtext: Summon; used by: Warlock; cast time: 10 sec; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#30066effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33973used by: Cast by Summon Imps; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#34238used by: Cast by Summon Imps; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#34251used by: Cast by Summon Imps; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#44163effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46214effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46544effect types: noneA different effect setup
#78061effect types: noneA different effect setup
#79623effect types: noneA different effect setup
#92625used by: Cast by Summon Imp Portal; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#129409effect 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

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