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Death from Above

Spell

Death from Above

Physical

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Instant castFifteen yards

Inflicts Physical damage to enemies at the targeted location and knocks them back.

Death from Above

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to enemies at the targeted location and knocks them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 600. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Death from Above is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 15 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 600) in an 8 yard radius.

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
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 600
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 150
Misc value: 75
Radius: 10 yards

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 #160156. 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
#147010used by: Cast by Death From Above; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#152150duration: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156327effect types: Dummy, Jump; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156527effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#160157school: Fire; effect types: Jump to DestinationA different effect setup
#163786duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#164061cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173021school: Fire; effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173022school: Nature; effect types: effect 165, effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175245duration: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Jump to Destination, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#175246effect types: Dummy, Jump; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175247effect types: Dummy; 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.

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