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Corpse Explosion

Spell

Corpse Explosion

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant cast15 sec cooldownMedium Range

Cause a target corpse to explode in a shower of gore.

Corpse Explosion

Tooltip

Cause a target corpse to explode in a shower of gore. Does not affect mechanical or elemental corpses.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

Corpse Explosion is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 56.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Corpse Explosion is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 15 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 56
Misc value: 28590
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Corpse Explosion appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Death Knight (Death Knight)Skill line

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 23 separate Spell records named "Corpse Explosion". This page is record #127344. 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
#17616cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43999school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77, InstakillA different effect setup
#53717subtext: Rank 1; school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#61614used by: Cast by Corpse Explosion; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#81876school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#150589effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150596effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151224effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184003effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184005effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184018effect types: noneA different effect setup
#262424effect 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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