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Classic Era · Era, Hardcore, Anniversary · client build 1.15.9.70576
Penance

Spell

Penance

Holy

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Priest

Instant castMedium Range

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing Holy damage to an enemy, or healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

Penance

Tooltip

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing Holy damage to an enemy, or healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 128. It scales with 0.285 times spell power.

What it does

Penance is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Holy damage (base value 128).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolHoly
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 128
Spell power coefficient: 0.285

Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 61 separate Spell records named "Penance". This page is record #402284. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#281469effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284578journal encounter: Champion of the Light; effect types: noneA different caster
#284588effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284593effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284594used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#284595effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284596used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#286440used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#286441effect types: noneA different effect setup
#286461effect types: noneA different effect setup
#315418used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#315419effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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