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Soul Sever

Spell

Soul Sever

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Severs the target's soul from their body, killing them instantly.

Soul Sever

Tooltip

Severs the target's soul from their body, killing them instantly.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Soul Sever is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it kills the target outright.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Instakill (1)

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 23 separate Spell records named "Soul Sever". This page is record #45917. 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
#45918effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#82215used by: Cast by Soul Sever; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#82219school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#82220school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#82255school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#116278school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#117337duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#154803effect types: noneA different effect setup
#190485effect types: noneA different effect setup
#198703effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1286573effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1286617effect 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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