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Dark Command

Spell

Dark Command

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant cast8 sec cooldownMedium Range

Commands the target to attack you, and increases threat that you generate against the target by 200% for 3 sec.

Dark Command

Tooltip

Commands the target to attack you, and increases threat that you generate against the target by 200% for 3 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Dark Command is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 114, which the datamine does not name. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 11. Its base value is 200.

What it does

Dark Command is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, an 8 sec cooldown and effects that last 3 sec. 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

SchoolPhysical
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration3 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 114
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 11
Value: 200

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?

Dark Command appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Death Knight (Death Knight), learned automaticallySkill line

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Dark Command". This page is record #56222. 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
#75823difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#172962effect types: noneA different effect setup
#222409effect types: noneA different effect setup
#327528effect types: noneA different effect setup
#355492effect 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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