Hibernate

Hibernate
Hibernate (3 ranks) Druid ability 30 yd range 7% of base mana 1.5 sec cast Forces the enemy target to sleep for up to X sec. Any damage will awaken the target. Only one target can be forced to hibernate at a time. Only works on Beasts and Dragonkin.
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Improvements	[Nature's Reach]
Related debuff
Magic Hibernate Asleep. Duration: X sec.

[[Category:druid abilities]][[Category:druid abilities]]

"Has sleep dulled my senses?"

"Let sleeping beasts lie." - Eriun Moonglow^{[citation needed]} 

Hibernate is a Druid crowd control spell, usable on beasts and dragonkin. As with most crowd control effects, any damage done to the target will end the spell. Unlike [Polymorph], it does not heal the target.

Rank table

Rank	Level	Sleep duration	Cost
1	18	20 sec.
2	38	30 sec.
3	58	40 sec.

Notes

• Hibernate is only usable on beasts and dragonkin. This includes hunter pets and shamans and druids in shapeshift forms.
• Both [Nature's Grace] and Nature's Swiftness (druid ability) reduce the casting time of this spell.
• The listed duration is the maximum, and Hibernate has a chance to break early, especially on higher level targets.

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Tips and tactics

• In a PvE setting, Hibernate gives druids a tremendous advantage as it allows you to take on beasts much more powerful than yourself. A good druid can kill an elite beast mob of his or her own level and even one or two levels higher by alternating Hibernate and [Starfire].
• Used in combination with [Soothe Animal], [Entangling Roots] and, where permitted, [Flight Form], Hibernate makes the druid an impressive farming class, allowing you to get to herbs and mining nodes without having to fight for them.
• Hibernate can be used to help crowd control in instances where beasts or dragonkin are present.
• Like most crowd control, Hibernate doubles in function as a spamable counterspell: Even though the target will not remain asleep while players are beating on it, any of its abilities in progress (with a cast time) will be interrupted.
• In PvP, It is good to use against a Hunter's pet, a Druid in Feral forms, and a Shaman in [Ghost Wolf] form. However, due to its cast time, a good player can often shift out of form before the spell is done casting to prevent it from being used on them.

Patch changes

Patch 1.2.0 (2004-12-18): Players now have an increasing chance to break free of the effect, such that it is unlikely the effect will last more than 15 seconds.

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB