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Spell Lock
Spell shadow mindrot
  • Spell Lock
  • Warlock felhunter pet ability
  • 40 yd range
  • 24 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Counters the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 5 sec.
Usable by
Class Warlock
Pet Felhunter
Properties
School Shadow
Cooldown 24 seconds

Spell Lock is a warlock Felhunter ability granted by Ability warlock demonicempowerment [Command Demon]. When used while the target is in the process of casting a spell, the target will be unable to cast a spell from the same school of magic for 6 seconds. This is an instant-cast ability with a 24-second cooldown, and is learned automatically by the Felhunter at level 50.

Tips and tactics[]

Use of this skill will usually force an NPC caster to enter melee combat, where they are at a considerable disadvantage.

This is an excellent tool against any caster class, and is particularly useful for finishing-off healers, especially when combined with other abilities such as Spell shadow possession [Fear] and Spell shadow deathcoil [Death Coil] to provide a lengthy period of silence.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Interrupt duration decreased to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2018-07-20): Can no longer be cast without a target.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-07-21): Felhunter should now correctly require line-of-sight with its target to use the Spell Lock ability. Previously, it was incorrectly using line-of-sight with the Warlock instead.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2015-04-28): Felhunter's Spell Lock ability and the version of Spell Lock obtained through Warlock grimoireofsacrifice [Grimoire of Sacrifice] should now correctly share a cooldown with each other.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now only interrupts spell casting and no longer Silences the enemy.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now granted by Ability warlock demonicempowerment [Command Demon] (was learned at level 36).
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-04-29): Some interrupts were still incorrectly missing targets. Wind Shear, Spell Lock, Counterspell, Mind Freeze, and hunter pet abilities Nether Shock and Serenity Dust should no longer miss.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): All Silence spells now have diminishing returns. This includes Spell Lock.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Global cooldown removed.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Duration reduced to 5 seconds (rank 1) and 6 seconds (rank 2), and cooldown reduced to 24 seconds.
  • WoW Icon update Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): In addition to interrupting spellcasting, it will now silence the target for a short duration.

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