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GCD

WoW

Global cooldown: the 1.5 seconds (1 second for some abilities) after using almost anything before you can use anything else. Off-GCD abilities ignore it.

“Bloodrage is off the GCD, weave it in.”

“You're wasting GCDs on Battle Shout mid-fight.”

See also: Cooldown, Rotation

How to use it

  • “Bloodrage is off the GCD, weave it in.”
  • “You're wasting GCDs on Battle Shout mid-fight.”

Related words

  1. CooldownHow long before you can use an ability again. Also the ability itself when it is a big one: 'pop your…
  2. RotationThe order you use your abilities for the most damage or healing. In vanilla it is usually a priority list…

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