Shockwave

Shockwave
Shockwave 40 sec cooldown Instant Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing x damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 4 sec. Cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Instant
Cooldown	40 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Talented	Yes
Level required	60
Related debuff
Shockwave Stunned. Duration: 4 seconds
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• Shockwave
• Instant
• Sends a wave of force in a frontal cone, causing x damage and stunning all enemies within 10 yards for 4 sec. Cooldown reduced by 20 sec if it strikes at least 3 targets.

Shockwave is a warrior talent available at level 60. It provides a point-blank area of effect cone (similar to Cone of Cold) to a distance of about 10 yards. It does considerable damage and a four second stun. Note that those with the Arms specialization deal slightly more damage.

Modified by

Talents

• Anger Management

Modified by

Arms/ Fury abilities

• Recklessness

Tips

• Use right after a pull in a group of mobs, then Thunder Clap, wait for the stun effect to wear off and use Shield Block for initial damage mitigation and good threat boost. Requires the usage of Charge, Bloodrage or Rage Potion to provide sufficient Rage.

• Can be used to (mass) counterspell and to stun running mobs, if timed correctly.

• Because of the considerable damage, this skill should always be on cooldown along with Thunder Clap when AOE tanking. Care must be taken not to overlap this skill's stun debuff with the duration of Shield Block to maximize damage mitigation.

• Because it is based on Attack Power, Battle Shout adds value.

• Very useful in clearing trash mobs. As Area of Effect spells like Death and Decay or Blizzard begin to break aggro, use Shockwave to hold them tight through the end of the spell.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Shockwave now has a 40-second cooldown (was 20 seconds), and striking 3 or more targets will reduce its cooldown by 20 seconds.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (28-August-2012): Minor update.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Added.
  

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