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Death from Above

Spell

Death from Above

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Swimming out over open water within the Darkest Depths while under the effects of Bioluminescence will trigger Gaze from Below as unseen creatures observe the player's movement.

Death from Above

Tooltip

Swimming out over open water within the Darkest Depths while under the effects of Bioluminescence will trigger Gaze from Below as unseen creatures observe the player's movement.

When Gaze from Below expires, the player is instantly killed.

How it works

Death from Above is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1).
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 160, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Flying Death.

What it does

Death from Above is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it kills the target outright. It also casts Flying Death.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Instakill (1)
Effect #2Effect 160
Trigger spell: Flying Death

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?

Death from Above appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 43 separate Spell records named "Death from Above". This page is record #1277696. 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
#311767duration: 1.9 sec; effect types: Jump to Destination, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#311774used by: Cast by Death From Above; effect types: School Damage, effect 144A helper record another spell casts
#1216709journal encounter: The Gobfather; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 7.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1216734school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1216735school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1216743used by: Cast by Death From Above; school: Fire; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1216747used by: Cast by Death From Above; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1227426duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1227430different tooltip textA variant record
#1244098used by: Cast by Death From Above; effect types: Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1250732effect types: Trigger Spell, effect 160A different effect setup
#1253310effect types: DummyA 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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