Crowd control abilities of the classes

[Suspiria]

Crowd control abilities of the classes


Introduction: In what follows I present the cc (: Crowd control) abilities of each class. I, hereby, chose to write with big bold letters those of the abilities with much more value than the rest (on cc basis, though). That means that there is a classification of these abilities according to the level of controling: 1) Enemy’s movement, 2) Enemy’s ability to act (cast a spell, etc). I chose not to present abilities with only “a % chance”. The main reason I decide to do such a list is my belief that, in these days, the PVP character of the game is much more subjected to the following scheme:

CROWD CONTROL > HEALING > DAMAGE,

implying that what follows in the above row is worse than its previous one.


Warriors

3 cc ABILITIES + 1 secondary.

• Charge
  15 second cooldown
  Stuns you for 1 second, gives the warrior rage.
  Can only be used out of combat.

• Pummel
  10 second cooldown
  5 yard range
  Will interrupt spell casting, and prevent spells from that school for being cast for 4 seconds.

• Intercept
  20-30 second cooldown
  8-25 yard range
  Warrior charges at you, stuns you for 3 seconds.

• Intimidating Shout
  3 min cooldown
  10 yard range
  Fears enemies for 8 seconds.

Rogues

5 cc ABILITIES + 5 secondaries

• Kidney Shot
  20 second cooldown
  Lasts 2-6 seconds
  5 yard range
  Stuns the target. Does not break with damage.

• Cheap Shot
  Lasts 4 seconds
  5 yard range
  Stuns target. Must be used from stealth.

• Blind
  3 min cooldown
  10 yard range
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Disorients the target. Broken with damage.

• Gouge
  10 second cooldown
  Lasts 4-5.5 seconds
  Stuns target. Broken with damage.

• Sap
  Lasts 10 seconds
  5 yard range
  Incapacitates the target. Must be used from stealth. Broken with damage.

• Kick
  10 second cooldown
  5 yard range
  Interrupts spell casting and prevent any spells fromt hat school from being cast for 5 seconds (can also silence all magic for 2 seconds, with Combat talents).

• Cloak of Shadows
  1 min cooldown
  Lasts 5 seconds
  Removes harmful magic effects and makes 90% resistant to spells.

• Deadly Throw
  Lasts 6 seconds
  30 yard range
  Reduces movement speed by 50%.

• Mind-Numbing Poison
  Can increase casting times by 60%.

• Crippling Poison
  Chance to reduce your movement speed by 70%.

Hunters

2 CC ABILITIES + 3 secondaries

• Freezing Trap
  30 second cooldown
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Freezes you in place, disallowing any action (will break on damage).

• Frost Trap
  30 second cooldown
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Will slow hostile players in a 10 yard radius by 60%.

• Concussive Shot
  12 second cooldown
  Lasts 4 seconds
  Dazes you, reducing movement speed by 50%.

• Scatter Shot
  30 second cooldown
  Lasts 4 seconds
  Disorients you (unable to cast or take action).
  Requires Marksmanship talents.

• Silencing Shot
  20 second cooldown
  Lasts 3 seconds
  Silences you (unable to cast any spell).
  Requires Marksmanship talents.

Mages

3 or 2 CC ABILITIES + 3 secondaries (depending on spec).

• Counterspell
  24 second cooldown
  Lasts 8 seconds
  Interrupts spell casting, and stops you from casting spells from the interrupted school.

• Polymorph
  Lasts 10 seconds
  The mage changes you into a harmless critter, preventing you from taking any action. Heals any damage previously done to you. Breaks on damage.

• Freezing trap

Last 20 sec. Places a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches preventing all action. Any damage caused will break the ice.

• Frost Nova

Last 8 sec. Blasts enemies near the caster with frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 seconds.

• Frostbolt

Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec.

• Dragon's breath

Targets in a cone in front of the caster take Fire damage and are Disoriented for 3 sec. Any direct damaging attack will revive targets.

• Blaste wave

A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast Fire damageand Dazing them for 6 sec.

• Cone of cold

Targets in a cone in front of the caster take Frost damage and are slowed by 50% for 8 sec.

Warlocks

Considering pets and common diminishing returns: 3 or 4 CC ABILITIES + 2 secondaries.

• Curse of Tongues
  Lasts 30 seconds
  Increases your casting times by 50%-60%.

• Fear
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Casues you to flee in fear, unable to take any other action.

• Deathcoil
  Lasts 3 seconds
  Causes you to flee in horror, unable to take other action. Deals damage to you, and heals the warlock for that damage.

• Howl of Terror
  Lasts 8 seconds
  Causes up to 5 enemies to flee in fear, unable to take other action.

• Spell Lock
  24 second cooldown
  Silences you for 3 seconds (prevents all spell casting) and interrupts you, preventing any spell from being cast from that school for 6 seconds.
  Felhunter ability.

• Seduction
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Prevents you from taking any action. Breaks on damage.
  Succubus ability.

• Intercept

Charge an enemy, causing 105 damage and stunning it for 3 sec.


Druids

5 CC ABILITIES + 1 secondary

• Cyclone
  Lasts 6 seconds
  Banishes you. You take no damage, but can take no action. Has diminishing returns.
  Requires humanoid or Moonkin form.

• Entangling Roots
  Lasts 10 seconds
  Deals damage and holds you in place. Only works outdoors and breaks on damage. Also has diminishing returns.
  Requires humanoid or Moonkin form.

• Pounce
• Lasts 3-4 seconds.
  Stuns you and deals damage over time.
  Requires Cat form.

• Maim
  Lasts 2-6 seconds.
  Finishing move that does damage and stuns you. Breaks on damage.
  Requires Cat form.

• Bash
  1 minute cooldown
  Lasts 4 seconds
  Stuns you, preventing you from taking any action. Also used as an interrupt for spell casting.
  Requires Bear form.

• Feral Charge
  15 second cooldown
  Lasts 4 seconds
  Requires 8-15 yard range
  Interrupts your spell casting for the duration.
  Requires Bear form.
  Requires Feral talents.

Shaman

5 secondaries

• Earth Shock
  5-6 second cooldown
  Lasts 2 seconds
  Interrupts your spell casting and prevents any spell from that interrupted school from being cast for the duration.

• Frost Shock
  5-6 second cooldown
  Lasts 8 seconds
  Deals damage and reduces your movement speed by 50% for the duration.

• Grounding Totem
  15 second cooldown
  Lasts 45 seconds
  Will absorb one harmful damage spell directed at the shaman, destroying the totem.

• Earthbind Totem
  15 second cooldown
  Lasts 45 seconds
  Slows the movement speed of enemies by 50%.

Paladins

1 CC ability

• Hammer of Justice
  45 second - 1 minute cooldown
  Lasts 6 seconds
  Stuns you.

Priest

2 or 3 CC Abilities + a secondary

• Psychic Scream
  26-30 second cooldown
  Lasts 8 seconds
  Causes 2-5 enemies (depending on rank) within 8 yards to flee in fear for the duration.

• Silence
  45 second cooldown
  Lasts 5 seconds
  Silences the target, preventing all spell casting from him / her.
  Requires Shadow talents.

• Chastise
  30 second cooldown
  Lasts 2 seconds
  Stuns the target.
  Requires Dwarf and Draenei races.

• Mind Control

Controls a humanoid mind.

Comments: Rogues and druids seem to be favoured. Not a surprise for me. Arena ladders may verify that.

[Smok]

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I would also request not using the tiny font as it wreaks havoc with my resoluton and makes it impossible to read. Zooming in makes the large font take up near the whole screen and I can't see a thing. Too much work to zoom in and out with each ability.

[Suspiria]

I dont know if it s worth to be in the library..., i dont know if it is a guide at all..Tiny removed

[Vaell]

Nice glossary of CC, but one or two things I'd add to the warlock section:

Banish, for other warlocks' demons, mages' and shammies' elementals and of course Tree of Life Druids! Not to mention the many demonic mobs around in the game if it's not strictly a PvP guide.

Enslave. You know enslave!!

[Coud]

what's with the mage getting traps? =p

frost mage water elemental also get range frost nova

spell detail here => Freeze - Spell - World of Warcraft

[Theleb]

Paladins also get Repentance, but Shaman's don't get "True CC" in my opinion (See Hex being added in Wrath of the Lich King) as Earthshock is an interupt, Frostshock is a snare, Grounding Totem doesn't stop you casting spells, it merely re-directs one, and Tremor Totem is well, unreliable.

I'd say it would be more accurate to categorise CC (Poly/Fear/Seduction/Cyclone/Repentance/Blind etc) as seperate from Stuns, Snares or Interrupts.