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Army of the Dead

Spell

Army of the Dead

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Summon or empower Lesser Ghouls to form an unholy army of 8.

Army of the Dead

Tooltip

Summon or empower Lesser Ghouls to form an unholy army of 8. While active, summoning a Lesser Ghoul will instead execute Orders based on nearby enemies.

Death Orders
Lesser Ghouls strike with you, dealing Shadow damage to your target.

Epidemic Orders
Lesser Ghouls erupt in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.

How it works

Army of the Dead is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 8.5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Summon (effect type 28).
  3. Effect 3 is Quest Complete (effect type 16).

What it does

Army of the Dead is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it summons a creature and has a Quest Complete effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 8.5 yards
Effect #2Summon (28)
Misc value: 111101, 3772
Effect #3Quest Complete (16)
Misc value: 44188

Raw client values from the current retail game build. 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 36 separate Spell records named "Army of the Dead". This page is record #221180. 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
#183990school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#183992school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#183995used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#205491used by: Cast by And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Our Dead; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Dummy, SummonA helper record another spell casts
#233112duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#245162school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#280312used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Dummy, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#280313duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#280440subtext: PvP Talent; used by: Cast by Ghoulish Monstrosity; duration: 3.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#280447subtext: PvP Talent; used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Dummy, SummonA different rank or variant
#357890duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#357891used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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