The War Within Patch 11.2: Long-awaited WoW lean emote arrives
Lean back in style! Patch 11.2 adds the long-awaited /lean emote to WoW’s PTR, enhancing roleplay and idle animations.
Key takeaways
- New lean emote added in Patch 11.2 PTR: Players can now use the “/lean” emote to casually lean back, enhancing roleplay and idle animations.
- Emote text varies based on perspective: The message displayed will differ depending on whether it’s your character or another player’s character using the emote.
- Lean animation roots date back to Battle for Azeroth: Originally added quietly for humans, the animation has since expanded to more races, with player demand finally prompting an official emote.
One of the most requested social features in World of Warcraft is finally becoming a reality: the /lean emote has officially been added in Patch 11.2 on the Public Test Realm (PTR). The new emote allows players to make their characters casually lean back, delivering a long-desired touch of flavor to in-game roleplay and idle animations. The emote text will appear as:
- “You lean back.”
- “%s leans back.”
These variants will display depending on whether you’re viewing your own character or someone else using the emote.
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The War Within lean emote
The emote dates as far back as Battle for Azeroth expansion, when lean animations were quietly added to human character models. As additional “WALean” animations were introduced to other races throughout Dragonflight and The War Within, players increasingly asked for a usable emote to trigger the pose manually. Now, in Patch 11.2, Blizzard will deliver.
That’s it for our article! Stay tuned for more PTR coverage and let us know what you think—are you excited to lean back in Azeroth?
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