Piercing Howl

Piercing Howl
Piercing Howl 10 Rage Instant Snares all enemies within 15 yards, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Radius	15 yards
Talents
Talented	Yes
Specialization	Fury
Level required	19
Related debuff
Piercing Howl Movement slowed by 50%. Duration: 15 seconds
TCG image

• Piercing Howl
• 10 Rage
• Instant
• Snares all enemies within 15 yards, reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.

“

A warrior's deafening howl can break an enemy's ranks from within. - TCG

”

Piercing Howl is a warrior ability available at level 19 for those with the Fury specialization. It is an AoE Shout debuff that costs 10 Rage. It snares nearby enemies (50% Movement Speed) for 15 seconds and is unaffected by diminishing returns.

Tips

• It provides a rudimentary method of dealing with runners, as unlike Hamstring, it does not require a successful melee hit and, unlike Hamstring, can be used in defensive stance which is particularly helpful for tanks. It also offers a useful method of escaping from a fight gone bad, slowing all pursuers enough for the Warrior to get a decent head start.

• Note that the only effect this has is on enemy movement. It does not do damage, or debuff enemy combat ability at all, so is of no real use during a hectic melee furball. Instead, use Thunder Clap, which affects attack speeds as well.

• Piercing Howl is safe to use around any crowd controled opponents, precisely because it does no damage, although it is a hostile act, so will aggro any neutral mobs in range.

• Available for use in all stances and does not have any weapon requirements.

• Ability also detects stealth.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Piercing Howl is now available to all Fury Warriors as a baseline ability.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (28-August-2012): Updated.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (09-Jan-2007): The daze portion of "Piercing Howl" will now still land even if the target is already snared.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005): No longer has a prerequisite (Improved Demoralizing Shout).
  

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB