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Deadly Poison

Spell

Deadly Poison

Nature

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Rogue

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Coats your weapons with a Lethal Poison that lasts for 60 min.

Deadly Poison

Tooltip

Coats your weapons with a Lethal Poison that lasts for 60 min. Each strike has a chance to poison the enemy for Nature damage over 12 sec. Subsequent poison applications will instantly deal (8.1% of Attack Power) Nature damage.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 4.

Deadly Poison is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. It scales with 0.1137 times attack power. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 271.

What it does

Deadly Poison is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and 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

SchoolNature
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 4
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Attack power coefficient: 0.1137
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 271

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?

Deadly Poison appears in: 1 skill line and 2 spells that cast it.

Skill lines

  • RogueSkill line

Spells that cast it

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

Related

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Cut to the ChaseCut to the Chase
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DetectionDetection

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 54 separate Spell records named "Deadly Poison". This page is record #2818. 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
#2823used by: Talent: Rogue; school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1 hr; effect values: 1, 4 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip textA different owner
#3583used by: Cast by Deadly Poison; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#10022duration: none; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#13582cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21787used by: Cast by Deadly Poison; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#21788duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#32970duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#32971used by: Cast by Deadly Poison; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#34616cast time: 1 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34655used by: Cast by Deadly Poison; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#34657subtext: Passive; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different rank or variant
#36872duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 30 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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