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System Shock

Spell

System Shock

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere

Nature spell.

System Shock

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 3000. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Power Drain (effect type 8). Its base value is 3000. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  3. Effect 3 is Power Drain (effect type 8). Its base value is 100. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

System Shock is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 3000), drains a resource from the target (base value 3000) and drains a resource from the target (base value 100).

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

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 3000
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Power Drain (8)
Value: 3000
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #3Power Drain (8)
Value: 100
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 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

System Shock sounds

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

BloodBoilTargetSoundKit 3135

  1. Bloodboil2.8s · ID 568686 · 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 5 separate Spell records named "System Shock". This page is record #23774. 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
#198145used by: Assassination Rogue; effect types: noneA different owner
#198222effect types: noneA different effect setup
#300877journal encounter: Queen Azshara; effect types: noneA different caster
#301484effect 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 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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