- For other uses, see Cleave (disambiguation).
- Cleave
- Row 6 Arms warrior talent
- Replaces
 [Whirlwind] - Melee range
- 20 Rage
- 4.5 sec cooldown
- Instant
- Requires Two-Handed Melee Weapon
- Strikes all enemies in front of you for (100.309% of Attack power) Physical damage, inflicting Deep Wounds. Cleave will consume your Overpower effect to deal increased damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
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| Properties |
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| Class |
Warrior |
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| School |
Physical |
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| Cooldown |
4.5 seconds |
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| Radius |
8 yd |
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| Talents |
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| Talent required |
 [Impale] |
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| Improvements |
 [Barbaric Training],  [Colossal Might],  [Exhilarating Blows],  [Fatality],  [Fervor of Battle],  [Frothing Berserker],  [One Against Many],  [Practiced Strikes],  [Reap the Storm],  [Seismic Reverberation],  [Sharpened Blades],  [Storm of Swords] |
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- Two bodies are better than one.[1]
Cleave is an Arms warrior melee ability that deals damage all enemies in front of the warrior. It is not affected by the global cooldown.
Notes and trivia
- Cleave is also used by many high-level bosses that use mainly physical attacks.
- Cleave is a basic Warrior spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Hey you two...could you stand next to each other for a second..."
Patch changes
Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage is no longer reduced by 9% in PvP combat.
- Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23):
- Now replaces [Whirlwind].
- Cooldown reduced to 4.5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Damage increased by 5%.
Hotfix (2024-01-22): Damage increased by 10%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 5%.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 Arms talent (was a level 40 Arms talent).
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Cleave is no longer maximum target capped and instead deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
- Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 40 (was 75). Now consumes the Overpower effect to deal increased damage.
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now a level 75 Arms talent (was a level 22 Arms ability). Now inflicts Deep Wounds instead of increasing Whirlwind's damage.
Hotfix (2017-06-13): Cleave damage reverted to 7.2.0 values.
- Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Cleave damage increased by 20%.
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added and only available to Arms. Now increases damage by the next [Whirlwind] by 20% for each target hit, up to 5.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Removed.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now deals 82% weapon damage. Cooldown reduced from 3 to 1.5 sec.
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 17%.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Moved to level 20, available in all Stances, damage reduced.
Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Damage reduced.
- Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): Damage increased.
See also
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