Hibernate

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For the Pet Battle ability, see [Hibernate].

Hibernate
Hibernate Level 66 druid ability 30 yd range 6% of base mana 1.5 sec cast Forces the enemy target to sleep for up to 40 sec. Any damage will awaken the target. Only one target can be forced to hibernate at a time. Only works on Beasts and Dragonkin.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	Offensive, Utility
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	66
Related debuff
Magic Hibernate Asleep. Duration: 40 seconds

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

Hibernate is a druid crowd control spell available at level 66.

Notes

Has a PvP duration of 8 seconds, and is subject to diminishing returns.
Hibernate is only usable on beasts and dragonkin. This includes hunter pets as well as shamans in [Ghost Wolf] form and druids in shapeshift forms.
Both [Nature's Grace] and [Nature's Swiftness] 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.

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 [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.
Only one target can be forced to hibernate at a time. Casting Hibernate on a second target will cause the first to awaken.
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. It also has a somewhat shorter PvP duration of 8 seconds, and is subject to diminishing returns.

Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
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.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Facing requirement removed.