Wind Shear
Wind Shear 25 yd range 12 sec cooldown 9.4% of base mana Instant cast Disrupts the target's concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec. Also lowers your threat, making the enemy less likely to attack you.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Nature
Cooldown	12 sec
Level required	16
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• Wind Shear
• 25 yd range
• 9.4% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Disrupts the target's concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec. Also lowers your threat, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

"The unseen element can be either a soft breeze or a swift punch in the gut."—Zagrun Wolfeye^[1]

Wind Shear is a core shaman ability learned at level 16. It is an instant cast spell that interrupting spellcasting from the target, and it also prevents the target from casting for three seconds any spell that uses the same School of magic as the interrupted spell.

Modified by

• [Mental Quickness] ( enhancement spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Wind Shear
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Shaman
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Increases the school lockout duration of Wind Shear by 1 sec, but also increases the cooldown by 3 sec.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

• Wind Shear was added to replace rank 1 Earth Shock as a cheap non-damaging interrupt.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Wind Shock: Has been renamed Wind Shear and no longer shares a cooldown with Flame, Frost or Earth Shock. 
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Added. 
  

References

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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