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Critical Strikes

Spell

Critical Strikes

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your chance to critically strike by 5%.

Critical Strikes

Tooltip

Increases your chance to critically strike by 5%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 290. Its base value is 5.

What it does

Critical Strikes 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 current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 290
Value: 5

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Critical Strikes appears in: 2 class specialization.

Class specialization

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Critical Strikes". This page is record #157447. 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
#157442used by: RogueA different owner
#157443used by: HunterA different owner
#157444used by: Enhancement ShamanA different owner
#157445used by: Brewmaster MonkA different owner
#221351used by: Havoc Demon HunterA different owner

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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