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Spellsteal
| Spellsteal | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Mage |
| Properties | |
| Type | Utility |
| School | Arcane |
| Cooldown | None |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 1 |
- Rogues aren't the only thieves in Azeroth.[1]
Spellsteal is a mage spell that steals a magic buff from a single target. The stolen buff will benefit the mage for up to two minutes, but never more than the duration remaining on the target from which it was stolen. Spellsteal was introduced in the Burning Crusade expansion.
Rank table 
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| Rank | Level | Cost |
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| 1 | 70 | 12
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NotesEdit
Spellsteal uses the dispel mechanic and is affected by dispel resistance. There is no known pattern to which buff Spellsteal will target. It attempts to steal a random buff every time. If a buff can be stolen, it will have a yellow border. Otherwise, you will get an error message, after attempting to steal it.
Tips and tacticsEdit
- Sometimes a buff appears to have no practical use and is not worth stealing. However, if your party has no Priest or Shaman to dispel the buff, spellsteal accomplishes the same thing.
See also: List of magic effects.
- Often overlooked, this spell can be extremely good. For example, Valkyrion Aspirants in Valkyrion have a buff called Metanoia, wich increases your damage output a lot, especially if you are a Fire mage.
Patch changes Edit
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Hotfix (2009-04-17): "The paladin ability Vengeance can no longer be spellstolen."
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Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Blink, Slow, and Spellsteal have all had their mana cost reduced, and Spellsteal will no longer overwrite a longer duration buff.
- Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Spellsteal now awards the correct amount of points for stacked auras that are stolen.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Stolen buffs that affect specific spells from the original target's class will no longer have any effect for the mage.
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