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Fear Ward

Fear Ward

0.9% of base mana	30 yd range

Instant	3 min cooldown

Requires Priest
Requires level 54

Wards the friendly target against Fear. The next Fear effect used against the target will fail, using up the ward. Lasts 3 min.

Buff

Fear Ward	Magic

Warded against Fear.
3 minutes remaining

Spell Details

Duration

3 minutes

School

Holy

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

Normal

Cost

0.9% of base mana

Range

30 yards (Medium)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

3 minutes

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Immunity - Mechanic (Fleeing)

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Immunity - Mechanic (Turned)

Flags

Cannot be used while shapeshifted

Guides

Healing Priest Guide (Disc/Holy)

Raid and Class
cooldown list.

Ranged DPS
Overview -
Tips and Specs

Shadow Priest Guide

Comments

Comment by ryyz

This is a racial that both Dwarves, and Draeni have/will get, it has a 30 second cooldown, and makes the target "Immune to Fear" Very usefull for fights like Onyxia or Nefarian, where "Stance-Dancing" can't be used at every fear mark due to cooldowns.

Comment by akirabrewer

This skill is great for PvP. It is because those those annoying warlocks will always use this. Immolate, curroption , FEAR (thats where this comes in) and then curse of agony. All dwarf priests should (not forcing you) buff their team with Fear Ward before WSG, AB, or AV match pretty soon Arena.
I hope my information was helpfull.

Comment by Binary

As a raiding dwarf priest, I can't honestly say I use this ability often, and when I do, it can be a bit of a hassle.

For a brief example I'll use the Magmadar fight in Molten Core.
Magmadar uses his ability Panic, fearing away all players within 30 yards. The minimum range to cast Fear Ward is 30 yards as well, so I would sometimes find myself running within range of his fear to Fear Ward others - at least until I learned how to properly use the ability.

What you want to do is Ward your MT (Main Tank, or whomever you're asked to keep Fear Warded) prior to the fight. Fear Ward has a 10 minute cool down, so you shouldn't have a problem.
Stay at your maximum healing range throughout the fight and do what priests do best - heal ;].
As soon as Magmadar uses Panic, run in and re-Fear Ward your MT.
Continue this process, and your Fear Ward should always be cooled down in time to keep your tank warded.

As for PvP uses...besides getting a slight advantage during a Warlock fight, or escaping the occasional AoE fear of a Warrior/Priest, this ability really isn't all that applicable.
But regardless, Fear Ward is one of the higher end racial abilityies - arguably best as far as PvE goes.

Comment by Eskamo

The ability to not be feared is most useful to a MT in PvE situations and the smart horde MT will roll tauren because of the +5% hp racial they have.

I'll leave the rest of the maths up to you.

Comment by MusubiKororin

I just realized, Fear Ward is a Holy spell... so that means shadow priests cant cast this on themselves while in shadowform?

Comment by Pyroshen

I don't understand how blizzard thought it fair to give alliance a second fear ward and leave horde with ZERO.

If they want to balence the game give both factions a chance at using it. They could have just as easily given BE fear ward instead of draenei

Comment by DreaneixTauren

I'm a Draenei Priest in a RP realm, and so far.. I hate this ability. At my level (20's) there doesn't seem to be a lot of "fear' going around, meaning so far I'm wasting time, mana and money getting this...T-T

Comment by archimonde

blizzard wouldn't give horde this cuz they are for the Allies

Comment by krespo

what blood elf priest's have racial spell? i cant find it anywhere? any idea of it?

Comment by Nycteris

Pretty much useless after the cooldown nerf.

Comment by airtonix

nightbane without fearward?

The tank should stance dance whenever the ground begins to shake in order to avoid the fear. Fear Ward and Will of the Forsaken are viable alternatives. For the tank to be feared once during the encounter is usually recoverable for the raid; however, anything more will often end the attempt at Nightbane prematurely.

Comment by Sandeer

Very useful when capping the flag in Warsong Gulch. It often happens the enemy fears you when you are running away with their flag. So when they do, this protects you :P And if they do it again, you just use the pvp trinket.

Comment by Murdran

AFAIK this skill is in the Disc tree for spells now.

Comment by Meltach

http://darklegacycomics.com/45.html

Fear Ward. IT'S OP!

Comment by Ty52

3 minutes cooldown really? agains a spell that can be spammed? this along with shackle undead are in my "never used spells" corner in my spellbar (so I'd atleast remember they existed)

Comment by Azerothi

When you're expecting AoE Fear effects, it's better to be cast on priests since they can use Mass Dispel on others once the other raid/party members feared.

Comment by Azerothi

This ability is useless against warlocks. As a healer, I use this spell on myself before a boss fight where there is mass fear and when all the party members run in fear except me I dispel the tank.

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