For general info, see fear effect.

It fled without a word... unless "AAAAAGH!" counts as a word. ^[1]

Fear is a Warlock spell in the Affliction tree. Fear causes a single enemy to flee in fear, effectively disabling it temporarily. This can be a powerful, though dangerous, tool that is integral to the warlock crowd control.

Fear has a damage limit. If the damage limit is reached, the Fear spell will break, regardless of the length of the spell. Glyph of Fear increases the amount of damage a target can take before the Fear spell breaks by 20%.

Due to the diminishing returns rule, repeated castings of fear increase the victim's ability to resist it for players, but not for mobs. A mob can be repeatedly feared indefinitely.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Patch changes 3 References 4 External links

Rank table Edit

Rank	Duration (sec)	Level	Cost
1	10	8	2
2	15	32	63
3	20	56	1 98

Patch changes Edit

•  Hotfix (2009-04-30): "Mana Burn now causes Fear, Hex and Psychic Scream to break early when used."
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Pets no longer break off attacks when their target is affected by Warlock Fear. 
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-22): Will now cause creatures to flee immediately, even if they are already moving. 
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Mana cost changed to a percentage of base, which results in an increase in cost. 
  
• Patch 1.2.0 (2004-12-18): Players now have an increasing chance to break free of the effect, such that it is unlikely the effect will last more than 15 seconds. 
  

ReferencesEdit

External links Edit

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• DB MMO-Champion

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