Thunder Clap

For the pet battle ability, see [Thunderclap].

Thunder Clap
Thunder Clap Row 4 warrior talent 20 Rage 6 sec cooldown Instant Blasts all enemies within 8 yards for (49.1% of Attack power) Physical damage and reduces their movement speed by 20% for 10 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. If you have Rend, Thunder Clap affects 5 nearby targets with Rend.
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	6 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Intervene] or [Storm Bolt]
Other information
Improvements	[Crackling Thunder], [Crashing Thunder], [Lightning Strikes], [Strategist], [Thunderlord], [Violent Outburst]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Thunder Strike]
Related buff
Thunder Clap Movement speed reduced by 20%. Duration: 10 seconds

Thunder Clap is a warrior class talent that deals Physical damage and applies a debuff to targets reducing their movement speed. This is the warrior's main AoE tanking ability.

Trivia

• Thunder Clap was first used by Murgen Hammerfall.
• Thunder Clap dealt Nature damage when the game was first released. This was quickly changed.
• During early World of Warcraft development, Thunder Clap was originally a shaman ability.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-05-27): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Rage cost reduced to 20 (was 30) and now applies [Rend] by default if it is known.
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Thunder Clap damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 4 class talent (was a level 19 Protection ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 19 (was 14). Now deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
  
• Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Can no longer be cast while the caster is pacified.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now reduces movement speed by 20% (was 50%).
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-17): Damage reduced by 14%.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now generates 5 Rage, and its damage has been increased.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-16): Most abilities used by Tank specializations have had their damage reduced by 10%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-11): Thunder Clap will now more reliably hit targets near the edge of its radius.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Arms. Damage increased by 48.8%.
  
• Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Snare effect now lasts for 10 seconds or 8 seconds while in PvP combat (up from 6 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2015-01-12): Thunder Clap's damage has been increased by 40%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer available to Fury warriors. Now costs 10 Rage, and also reduces the movement speed of nearby enemies by 50% for 6 sec. No longer applies the Weakened Blows effect.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now applies  [Weakened Blows] instead of increasing time between attacks. Now learned at level 20 (was 9) and can be used in any stance.
  
• Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): This ability now counts as a ranged attack, granting it double damage on critical strikes instead of 150% and ranged miss chance, and still cannot be dodged or parried.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Damage increased, cooldown increased, will now affect all targets within a range.
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): This ability was left at 10% despite the haste effect changes. This means its potency has been reduced slightly.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Visual and animation changed.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Now causes Physical damage instead of Nature damage; damage increased; duration increased with each new rank.
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Damage increased.
  

See also

• Thunder Clap, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Thunder Clap
  Thunder Clap (6 ranks) Level 6 warrior ability 20 Rage 4 sec cooldown Instant Requires Battle Stance Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 10 sec and doing 10 damage to them. Will affect up to 4 targets.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	4 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	6
  Improvements	[Improved Thunder Clap]
  Related buff
  Thunder Clap Time between attacks increased by 10%. Duration: 10 seconds

• BC Classic

  Thunder Clap
  Thunder Clap (7 ranks) Level 6 warrior ability 20 Rage 4 sec cooldown Instant Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 10 sec and doing 10 damage to them. This ability causes additonal threat and will affect up to 4 targets.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	4 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	6
  Improvements	[Improved Thunder Clap]
  Related buff
  Thunder Clap Time between attacks increased by 10%. Duration: 10 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Thunder Clap
  Thunder Clap (9 ranks) Level 6 warrior ability 20 Rage 6 sec cooldown Instant Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 10 sec and doing 15 damage to them. Damage increased by attack power. This ability causes additional threat.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	6
  Improvements	[Improved Thunder Clap], [Incite]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Resonating Power],  [Glyph of Thunder Clap]
  Related buff
  Thunder Clap Time between attacks increased by 10%. Duration: 10 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Thunder Clap
  Thunder Clap Level 9 warrior ability 20 Rage 6 sec cooldown Instant Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance Blasts enemies within 8 yards for 303 damage, and increases the time between their attacks by 20% for 30 sec. Damage increased by attack power.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	9
  Improvements	[Blood and Thunder], [Thunderstruck]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Resonating Power],  [Glyph of Thunder Clap]
  Related buff
  Thunder Clap Time between attacks increased by 20%. Duration: 30 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Thunder Clap
  Thunder Clap Level 20 warrior ability 20 Rage 6 sec cooldown Instant Blasts enemies within 8 yards for 312 damage and applies the Weakened Blows effect. Weakened Blows Demoralizes the target, reducing their physical damage dealt by 10% for 30 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Warrior
  School	Physical
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	20
  Improvements	[Blood and Thunder], [Seasoned Soldier], [Unwavering Sentinel]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Resonating Power],  [Glyph of Thunder Strike]
  Related debuff
  Weakened Blows Reduces physical damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 30 seconds

External links

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