knock back abilities in classic?

[dreaderus]

Remind me is there any? I thought blast wave was but I don't think so now came later.

[Wermys]

By mobs. Kept getting kicked off my feet

[Marston]

I am not completely sure, but I think player knockback skills only came with TBC.

[Kralljin]

Thunderstorm / Typhoon / Death Grip were the first knockback abilities useable by players, all added in wotlk.

Npc's however had them since Vanilla, were rather rare however.

[NightElfMohawk]

As others have said, there were no player abilities that had knockback but there were some NPCs that had them.

[garicasha]

Pro tip...some of those NPCs patrol above THE ROOKERY...dun dun dun

[trapmaster]

I'm not def sure if fire mage talent in Blast wave is considered knockback? I couldn't remember it exactly....

[noragrets]

Same as previous posts. Player abilities didn’t have knock-backs in Vanilla, and I don’t recall the mob abilities that do that as particularly “powerful”, unless you count the abomination hook, which can grab you from quite a distance.

[Alex86el]

naahh. its a shame really. cause such abilities are the most fun alongside movement abilities.

of course i'm having fun casting them on other people...
but even when someone else throws ME off a cliff i'm having a laugh! hahah
that's when you know an ability is super fun

[Very Tired]

No abilities, but I think they had the Unstoppable Force back then,

[Cronovey]

I don't think Blast Wave had the knockback component added until Wrath IIRC. It was just a slow back then, and centered around the player like Frost Nova.

[Travkin]

Remind me is there any? I thought blast wave was but I don't think so now came later.

Mind control when a priest would throw you off high places like middle of black mountain straight into the lava

[enigma77]

Nope Blastwave merely dazes you. The knockback part was added in Wrath. Same goes for the other knockback abilities.

[Leih]

First time I remember having player-access to a knockback was when they put in those giant knockback snowballs in AV. I think that wasn't until TBC pre-patch, 2.0.

[gaymer77]

Same as previous posts. Player abilities didn’t have knock-backs in Vanilla, and I don’t recall the mob abilities that do that as particularly “powerful”, unless you count the abomination hook, which can grab you from quite a distance.

I'm sure you're referring to the ones in the Plaguelands lol

[MrCanoehead]

Blast Wave had a knockback in BC, because I remember we had to kick a Mage out of Mount Hyjal for always doing it during the zombie waves.

[enigma77]

I'm probably one of the few people to be glad about that btw. I've always found those abilities annoying.