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Asphyxiate

Spell

Asphyxiate

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant cast30 sec cooldownMedium Range

Lifts an enemy target off the ground and crushes their throat with dark energy, stunning them for 5 sec.

Asphyxiate

Tooltip

Lifts an enemy target off the ground and crushes their throat with dark energy, stunning them for 5 sec. Functions as a silence if the target is immune to stuns.

Replaces Strangulate.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 298.

What it does

Asphyxiate is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 298

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Asphyxiate". This page is record #108194. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#88175difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Nature; duration: 9 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#93422effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#93423school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#93424used by: Cast by Asphyxiate; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#221562used by: Talent: Death Knight; effect types: noneA different owner
#285266effect types: noneA different effect setup
#457934effect types: noneA different effect setup
#457937effect types: noneA different effect setup
#457959effect types: noneA different effect setup
#457975effect 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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