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{{Infobox Spell
|name = Wind Wave
|image = [[File:Wind Wave.png]]
|release = [[18 March]] [[2002]]
|update = Latest RuneScape News (18 March 2002)
|members = Yes
|level = 62
|spellbook = Normal
|type = Combat
|exp = 36
|element = Air
|damage = 17, 18, 19, or 20
|cost = {{RuneReq|Air=5|Blood=1}}
|speed = 5 ticks
|description = A high level Air missile
|anim = [[File:Wind Wave.gif|300px]]
|sound = [[File:Wind Wave.ogg]]
}}
[[File:Wind Wave icon (mobile).png|left]]
'''Wind Wave''' is an [[Wind spells|air]]-based [[Wave spells|wave spell]] in the [[standard spellbook]], requiring level 62 [[Magic]] to cast. As an [[Combat spells#Offensive spells|offensive combat spell]] it can only be cast on [[Monster|attackable NPCs]], or other players in a [[Player killing|PvP situation]].

It is the second-strongest wind spell in the game, with the strongest being [[Wind Surge]]. It is also the most cost-effective wave spell to cast.

==Damage==
Wind Wave's base maximum hit starts at 17 and increases as the player unlocks additional wave spells, up to 20 at level 75 Magic.
{| class="wikitable"
!{{SCP|Magic|link=yes}} level
!Highest-level wave spell available
!{{Plink|Wind Wave}} base maximum hit
|-
|{{SCP|Magic|62}}- 64
|{{Plink|Wind Wave}}
|17
|-
|{{SCP|Magic|65}}- 69
|{{Plink|Water Wave}}
|18
|-
|{{SCP|Magic|70}}- 74
|{{Plink|Earth Wave}}
|19
|-
|{{SCP|Magic|75}}+
|{{Plink|Fire Wave}}
|20
|}
As with all combat spells, Wind Wave's maximum hit is also increased based on the player's [[Magic damage|magic damage bonus]].

As an air-based spell, Wind Wave's maximum hit is also increased against targets that are [[Elemental weakness|weak to air]].

===Calculator===
{{Magic damage calculator|Wind Wave|weapons=Smoke battlestaff,Thammaron's sceptre (Wilderness),Accursed sceptre (Wilderness),Dragon hunter wand|elementalweakness=y}}

==Cost==
{{Spell cost table
|Rune1 = air
|Rune1num = 5
|Rune2 = blood
|Rune2num = 1
|is_offensive = y
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="3" |Wilderness-only casting
|-
|{{CostLine|Blighted surge sack|cost=no}}
|}

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 29 May 2024
|update = Project Rebalance: Combat Changes
|change =  The maximum hit of the spell now depends on how many [[wave spell]]s the player has unlocked, based on their [[Magic]] level.
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}

{{Standard spellbook}}