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Sudden Death

Spell

Sudden Death

Physical

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Warrior

Instant castSelf Only

Your autoattack and Strikes of Opportunity hits have a chance of resetting the cooldown on your Colossus Smash.

Sudden Death

Tooltip

Your autoattack and Strikes of Opportunity hits have a chance of resetting the cooldown on your Colossus Smash.

Your Execute hits have a 100% chance of making any Overpower free for 10 sec.

How it works

Its aura has a 10% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 10.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 7.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 100.

What it does

Sudden Death is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chance10%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10
Misc value: 11
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 7
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 100

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?

Sudden Death appears in: 6 talents.

Talents

  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #117306)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121773)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121852)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121886)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #137670)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Sudden Death". This page is record #29725. 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
#52437duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#280721effect types: noneA different effect setup
#280776effect 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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