TheWoWDBSpell
Assassinate
Physical
Tooltip
Garona expertly drives one dagger into a vital organ and uses the other to cut out her victim's throat.
What it does
Assassinate is a spell with a 0.5 sec cast and a range of 15 yards. When cast it kills the target outright.
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 facts
SchoolPhysical
Cast time0.5 sec
EffectInstakill
RangeFifteen yards
Spell ID179796Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 15 yards (Fifteen yards) |
| Cast time | 0.5 sec |
| Effect #1 | Instakill (1) |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Assassinate". This page is record #179796. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #53214 | subtext: Rank 1; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #60045 | cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #60046 | cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Instakill, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #60047 | used by: Cast by Assassinate; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #64063 | cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #179792 | used by: Cast by Sneaking with Garona; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #325395 | used by: Cast by Weave Shadowclones; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy | A helper record another spell casts |
| #333406 | journal encounter: Domina Venomblade; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different caster |
| #341586 | used by: Cast by Assassinate; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #341587 | used by: Cast by Assassinate; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165, Teleport, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #341859 | cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, effect 93; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #341861 | used by: Cast by Assassinate; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 93 | A 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.