Polymorph

Polymorph is a mage ability, learned at level 10 or from the Exile's Reach quest A Mage's Knowledge. This ability offers long-duration crowd control that breaks on damage.

• The book Polymorphic Rules & Regulations contains a list of rules to prevent polymorph-related mishaps, which make up the highest number of complaints the Kirin Tor receive. These include rules about what can be polymorphed, what types of creatures a mage can transform a target into, and what spells are dangerous to combine with polymorphs. The book goes on for hundreds of pages.
• During the time of her studies in Dalaran, Jaina Proudmoore polymorphed a squirrel into a sheep.
• When Thrall searched the Stonetalon Peak caverns, several Alliance units polymorphed themselves into sheep as a trap. Thrall quickly realized that he had not seen any sheep in Kalimdor.

• Dak'mal polymorphed Umber Goonrock into a beetle.

• Polymorph has a maximum PvP duration of 6 seconds and is subject to diminishing returns. Its diminishing returns category is shared with Hex.
• Druid shapeshift forms provide immunity to polymorphs. Even if a druid is polymorphed while in their caster form, they can simply break the effect by shapeshifting.
• Although Polymorph causes the target's health to regenerate quickly, it doesn't affect mana in any way.
• Polymorphing a target on the ground will dismount them.

The default version of Polymorph transforms a target into a sheep. A variety of alternate versions for different animals exist:

• Polymorph is...
• One of the Mage's abilities in Warcraft II. Its description in the Tides of Darkness game manual reads: "Perhaps the most fearsome of the Mage spells, Polymorph alters the physical form of its target. This metamorphosis changes man to beast, forever warping both mind and body. This sorcery wholly transforms the victim into a creature of the wilds, thus losing their reasoning - making commands for direction or battle impossible. Although there is no counter for this spell, possessing a greater stamina does decrease the possibility of this enchantment taking effect."
• One of the Sorceress's abilities in Warcraft III. Its description in the Reign of Chaos manual reads: "Long ago, this spell was considered to be the ultimate insult to the enemy. It has the ability to turn any enemy into a mere sheep for a limited duration of time."
• A common mage ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "Baaaaa."
• A basic mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "There was going to be a pun in this flavor text, but it just came out baa-d."
• One of 's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.
• Polymorph: Penguin is a common mage ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "'I thought being turned into a sheep was humiliating enough... now this?!' —Gorebelly"
• Polymorph: Boar is a rare mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "It's always Huffer."
• Poly Bomb is one of 's heroic abilities in Heroes of the Storm. It polymorphs an enemy hero for two seconds, then spreads to nearby enemy heroes. It can spread from hero to hero continually.
• In "The Dark Portal," the opening cinematic for, a human mage polymorphs a tauren into a sheep.
• In the Warcraft film, Khadgar polymorphs a prison guard into a sheep.
• In the animated short Hearth and Home, an orc minion is polymorphed into a sheep.

• Mass Polymorph