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Obliterate

Spell

Obliterate

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castCombat Range

A brutal instant attack that deals 250% weapon damage.

Obliterate

Tooltip

A brutal instant attack that deals 250% weapon damage. Total damage is increased by 12.5.1% for each of your diseases on the target.

How it works

Each cast of Obliterate costs 1 Power (21). Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Obliterate is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 121, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 250.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 25.

What it does

Obliterate is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 250).

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
Cost1 Power (21)
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 121
Value: 1
Effect #2Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 250
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 25

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?

Obliterate appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Obliterate for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Obliterate". This page is record #49020. 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
#56061effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#67725difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72360difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#137747cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148785cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149312cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, Knock Back, Instakill, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#159335effect types: noneA different effect setup
#171715effect types: noneA different effect setup
#171716effect types: noneA different effect setup
#185173effect types: noneA different effect setup
#193019effect types: noneA different effect setup
#193023effect 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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