Crowd Control (CC) and their Diminishing Returns (DR)

#1 - April 18, 2013, 8:03 p.m.
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Below is a complete list of crowd control and their diminishing returns in World of Warcraft. I'm still unsure of some, I marked those with a question mark (?). Please, report if you have more information on these.

I'm also looking for:
Hunter - Sting (Wasp) ----- It's not sharing diminishing returns with [CS] (perhaps a bug?)
Hunter - Lullaby (Crane) ----- This ability is just confusing in general: it causes the target to fall asleep, but the effect is a stun? http://www.wowhead.com/spell=126246/lullaby#comments
Monk - Breath of Fire, glyphed (Brewmaster) ----- Is this Disorient or Confuse DR?

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Crowd Control: Crowd Control (abbreviated CC) refers to spells and abilities which limit an opponent's ability to fight. Types of CC include Charm, Daze, Fear, Root, Sleep, Slow, Snare, Incapacitate, Disorient and Stun.

Diminishing Return: Diminishing returns (abbreviated DR) means that certain spells and abilities are less effective against player characters if they are used frequently within a short period of time.

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[CO] = Confuse (made this one up myself, couldn’t find it anywhere)
Druid - Disorienting Roar
Hunter - Scatter Shot
Mage - Dragon’s Breath
Priest - Holy Word: Chastise (?)

[CR] = Controlled Root
Death Knight - Chains of Ice
Druid - Entangling Roots, Entangling Roots (Force of Nature Treants), Nature's Grasp, Mass Entanglement, Symbiosis: Frost Nova (Feral)
Hunter - Narrow Escape, Pin (Crab), Web (Spider), Lock Jaw (Dog), Venom Web Spray (Silithid)
Mage - Frost Nova, Freeze (Frost Water Elemental)
Monk - Disable, Symbiosis: Entangling Roots (Mistweaver)
Priest - Void Tendril's Grasp, Mind Blast (Glyphed) (?)
Rogue - Partial Paralysis (?)
Shaman - Earthgrab, Freeze
Warrior - Staggering Shout

[CS] = Controlled Stun
Death Knight - Asphyxiate, Gnaw (Unholy Ghoul), Monstrous Blow (Dark Transformation Unholy Ghoul), Remorseless Winter
Druid - Maim, Pounce, Mighty Bash, Bear Hug, Bash (Force of Nature Treants), Symbiosis: Hammer of Justice (Balance)
Hunter - Binding Shot, Intimidation, Bad Manner (Monkey), Sonic Blast (Bat), Web Wrap (Shale Spider)
Mage - Deep Freeze, Combustion Impact
Monk - Charging Ox Wave, Leg Sweep, Clash, Fists of Fury
Paladin - Hammer of Justice, Holy Wrath, Fist of Justice, Blinding Light (Glyphed)
Rogue - Cheap Shot, Kidney Shot
Shaman - Static Charge (Capacitor Totem), Pulverize (Earth Elemental)
Warlock - Shadowfury, Axe Toss (Felguard, Wrathguard), Summon Infernal
Warrior - Shockwave, Warbringer, Storm Bolt

Tauren - War Stomp

[DA] = Disarm
Hunter - Snatch (Bird of Prey), Clench (Scorpid)
Monk - Grapple Weapon
Priest - Psychic Horror
Rogue - Dismantle
Warlock – Disarm (Voidwalker, Voidlord)
Warrior - Disarm

[DO] = Disorient
Druid - Hibernate
Hunter - Freezing Trap, Wyvern Sting
Mage - Polymorph, Ring of Frost
Monk - Paralysis
Paladin - Repentance
Priest - Shackle Undead
Rogue - Gouge, Sap
Shaman - Hex

Pandaren - Quaking Palm

[F] = Fear
Hunter - Scare Beast
Druid - Symbiosis: Intimidating Shout (Restoration)
Paladin - Blinding Light, Turn Evil
Priest - Psychic Scream, Psychic Terror (Psyfiend)
Rogue - Blind
Warlock - Fear, Howl of Terror, Sleep (?), Seduction (Succubus), Mesmerize (Shivarra)
Warrior - Intimidating Shout

[H] = Horror
Priest - Psychic Horror
Warlock - Mortal Coil, Blood Horror (?)

[RS] = Random Stun
Rogue - Paralysis (Paralytic Poison)
Shaman - Earthquake
Warrior - Dragon Roar

[S] = Silence
Death Knight - Strangulate
Druid - Faerie Fire (Glyphed, Bear Form)
Hunter - Silencing Shot
Mage - Improved Counterspell, Frostjaw
Monk - Spear Hand Strike
Paladin - Avenger's Shield
Priest - Silence
Rogue - Garrote
Warlock - Spell Lock (Felhunter), Optical Blast (Observer)

Blood Elf - Arcane Torrent

[N] = None: Abilities that do not share diminishing returns with any other ability but do have self-diminishing returns
Druid - Cyclone
Hunter - Entrapment
Mage - Ice Ward
Priest - Dominate Mind, Symbiosis: Cyclone (Discipline, Holy)
Shaman - Bind Elemental
Warlock - Banish
Warrior - Charge

[O] = Other
Druid - Wild Charge Immobilize (Bear form) - does not have diminishing returns
Druid - Solar Beam - does not have diminishing returns
Monk - Ring of Peace - does not have diminishing returns
Priest - Sin and Punishment (Shadow PvP gear, 4 piece set bonus) - does not have diminishing returns
Shaman - Symbiosis: Solar Beam (Elemental, Enhancement) - does not have diminishing returns (?)
Warlock - Unstable Affliction Dispel - does not have diminishing returns

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If you spot any mistakes, please report, I made this one a bit in a hurry and might be wrong. If I forgot any crowd control effects (especially Hunter pet ones, there are so many!) please report.

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#31 - April 19, 2013, 10:41 a.m.
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A nice compilation of the current diminishing returns for abilities, Thornass. This has now been added to the "Informative and Useful Threads on PvP" thread for all players to see. We look forward to seeing the thread updated even further.