Ghost Wolf

Ghost Wolf
Ghost Wolf 7.2% of base mana Instant cast Turns the Shaman into a Ghost Wolf, increasing movement speed by 30%.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Nature
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Level required	15
Related buff
Magic Ghost Wolf Increases movement speed by 30%.
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• Ghost Wolf
• 7.2% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Turns the Shaman into a Ghost Wolf, increasing movement speed by 30%.

Ghost Wolf is a core shaman ability learned at level 15. It transforms the shaman into the form of a ghost wolf, increasing movement speed by 30%.

Modified by

• Glyph of Ghost Wolf
• Glyph of Ghostly Speed
• Glyph of Lakestrider
• Glyph of the Spectral Wolf
• Glyph of Spirit Raptors
• Glyph of Spirit Wolf

Utility

Howling in the middle of a foggy night...

• Move 30% faster (The Enchant Boot - Minor Speed enchant has no effect on Ghost Wolf speed)
• Attack with a bite attack; damage and attack speed depend on what weapon the shaman has equipped.
• Become hard to see by other players (though this won't affect aggressive mobs).
• Your ability to loot, skin, and gather herbs remains usable.
• Carry the flag in Warsong Gulch.
• Do a silly dance! (/dance)

Tips

• Ghost Wolf is treated as a magical buff and thus can be dispelled by priests, hunters, a felhunter, or another shaman.
• Ghost Wolf can be spellstolen by a mage, though the mage won't take the morph effect, he/she will just dispel the buff.
• Ghost Wolf doesn't make you immune to Polymorph.
• Ghost Wolf changes your type to Beast.
  • You're vulnerable to abilities targeting Beasts such as Track Beasts, Scare Beast, or Hibernate.
  • You're immune to abilities targeting Humanoids, such as Mind Control or Track Humanoids.
• There are four PvP rewards which further increase the speed by +15% speed when in ghost wolf form (will not work for players above level 60).
  • [General's Mail Boots]
  • [Marshal's Mail Boots]
  • [Blood Guard's Mail Greaves]
  • [Knight-Lieutenant's Mail Greaves]
• If [Rockbiter Weapon] has been cast prior to becoming a wolf and the shaman keeps that weapon equipped, it will significantly increase the damage done with each bite.
• Passive abilities from weapons and items and procs are not active.
• Certain buffs from potions and some spells disappear.
• Some weapon buffs' effect are not active (like [Flametongue Weapon], [Windfury Weapon], and [Frostbrand Weapon]).
• In Ghost Wolf, your standard Unarmed DPS is reduced.
• In Ghost Wolf, the caster can't:
  • Cast any spells.
  • Use any skills.
  • Use any non-gathering professions or mining.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Player movement speed cannot be reduced below 100% while in Ghost Wolf if the player is or has been in an indoor environment.
  
• / Patch 4.0.1 (12-Oct-2010): Can now be used indoors.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Can now be learned at level 16. While in this form, snaring effects may not bring the shaman below base normal run speed.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): Can now be learned at level 16. While in this form, snaring effects may not bring the shaman below base normal run speed.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Ghost Wolf’s mana cost is now 13% base.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008): Cast time reduced to 2 seconds, down from 3.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): The shaman talents "Elemental Mastery","Shamanistic Rage" and the troll racial "Berserking" can no longer be used in "Ghost Wolf" form.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Will now correctly have its cast time reduced by Nature's Swiftness.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB