Ghost Wolf



Ghost Wolf is a level 16 shaman ability. It transforms the shaman into the form of a ghost wolf, increasing movement speed by 30%.

Things you can do in Ghost Wolf form

 * 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 battlegrounds such as Warsong Gulch.
 * Do a silly dance!

Tips and tactics

 * In Ghost Wolf, the caster can't:
 * Cast any spells.
 * Use any skills.
 * Use any non-gathering professions or mining.
 * Ghost Wolf is treated as a magical buff and thus can be dispelled by priests, hunters, a felhunter, or another shaman.
 * Ghost Wolf doesn't make you immune to Polymorph. Some players still believe it does.
 * 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.
 * Ghost Wolf can be spellstolen by a mage, though the mage won't take the morph effect, they will just dispel the buff.
 * Passive abilities from Weapons and Items and procs are not active.
 * Buffs from certain 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.
 * For players at or below level 60, there are four PvP rewards which further increase the speed by +15% speed when in ghost wolf form. These 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
 * Can be used to completely ignore the Suppression Device's slowing aura mechanic in Blackwing Lair.

Lore
When Thrall's soul separated from his body and entered the spirit world he transformed himself into a spirit wolf. The Taur-ahe word for "ghost wolf" is "Lo'Gosh." In Micky Neilson's opinion, when a shaman transforms into a ghost wolf the shaman's body becomes incorporeal.