Howl of Terror

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Howl of Terror
Ability warlock howlofterror.png
  • Howl of Terror
  • Row 3 warlock talent
  • 40 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Let loose a terrifying howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in fear, disorienting them for 20 sec. Damage may cancel the effect.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown 40 seconds
Talents
Talent required [Fel Armor] or [Fiendish Stride]
Other information
Improvements [Annihilan's Bellow]
Related debuff
  • Magic
  • Howl of Terror
  • Disoriented.
  • Duration: 20 seconds
"Why waste energy on causing death when terror is just as effective?"
—Andarius the Damned
[1]

Howl of Terror is a warlock class talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Mortal Coil].

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 3 class talent (was a level 40 talent).
  • Shadowlands-Icon-Inline.png Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Players and enemies afflicted with Howl of Terror can now take more damage before the ability is canceled.
  • Shadowlands-Icon-Inline.png Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added as a level 40 talent for all warlocks (was a level 45 Affliction talent).
  • BattleForAzeroth-Logo-Small.png Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Removed.
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now a level 45 Affliction talent (was a level 30 talent for all warlocks). Taking damage no longer reduces its cooldown.
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now a level 30 talent, replacing [Demonic Breath] (was a level 30 ability).
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now learned by all warlocks at level 30 (was a level 30 talent).
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 30 talent (was a level 44 ability). Mana cost and cast time removed. Duration increased from 8 to 20 sec. Cooldown is now reduced by 1 second when the warlock is hit by a damaging attack. Icon changed from Spell shadow deathscream.png
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Baseline duration is now 8 sec (previously required rank 2). Now learned at level 44 (was 40).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now costs 15% of base mana.
  • Bc icon.gif Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): The increased chance for a spell to break from taking a critical strike has been removed. Instead, all targets over level 60 have a slightly larger chance to break out of crowd-controlling effects when they take damage.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This spell now uses the same resistance checks as the Warlock spell [Fear].
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Increased the chance of breaking early.

References

Other versions

  • Classic

    Howl of Terror
    Spell shadow deathscream.png
    • Howl of Terror (2 ranks)
    • Level 40 warlock ability
    • 150 Mana
    • 40 sec cooldown
    • 2 sec cast
    • Howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in terror for 10 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
    Properties
    Class Warlock
    School Shadow
    Cooldown 40 seconds
    Other information
    Level learned 40
    Related debuff
    • Magic
    • Howl of Terror
    • Fleeing in terror.
    • Duration: 10 seconds
  • BC Classic

    Howl of Terror
    Spell shadow deathscream.png
    • Howl of Terror (2 ranks)
    • Level 40 warlock ability
    • 150 Mana
    • 40 sec cooldown
    • 1.5 sec cast
    • Howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in terror for 6 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
    Properties
    Class Warlock
    School Shadow
    Cooldown 40 seconds
    Other information
    Level learned 40
    Improvements [Improved Howl of Terror]
    Related debuff
    • Magic
    • Howl of Terror
    • Fleeing in terror.
    • Duration: 6 seconds
  • Wrath Classic

    Howl of Terror
    Spell shadow deathscream.png
    • Howl of Terror (2 ranks)
    • Level 40 warlock ability
    • 8% of base mana
    • 40 sec cooldown
    • 1.5 sec cast
    • Howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in terror for 6 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
    Properties
    Class Warlock
    School Shadow
    Cooldown 40 seconds
    Other information
    Level learned 40
    Improvements [Improved Howl of Terror]
    Glyphs  [Glyph of Howl of Terror]
    Related debuff
    • Magic
    • Howl of Terror
    • Fleeing in terror.
    • Duration: 6 seconds
  • Cataclysm Classic

    Howl of Terror
    Spell shadow deathscream.png
    • Howl of Terror
    • Level 44 warlock ability
    • 8% of base mana
    • 40 sec cooldown
    • 1.5 sec cast
    • Howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in terror for 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect.
    Properties
    Class Warlock
    School Shadow
    Cooldown 40 seconds
    Other information
    Level learned 44
    Improvements [Improved Howl of Terror]
    Glyphs  [Glyph of Howl of Terror]
    Related debuff
    • Magic
    • Howl of Terror
    • Fleeing in terror.
    • Duration: 8 seconds

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