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Death from Above

Spell

Death from Above

Physical

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Rogue

Instant cast30 sec cooldownFifteen yards

Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack.

Death from Above

Tooltip

Finishing move that empowers your weapons with energy to perform a deadly attack.

How it works

Each cast of Death from Above costs 15 Energy. Casting it triggers a 2 sec global cooldown.

Death from Above is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 288.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 263.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 184963.

What it does

Death from Above is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 15 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 sec. 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
Cost15 Energy
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 288
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 263
Effect #4Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell id 184963

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: 3 pvp talents.

PvP talents

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 #269513. 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
#173022used by: Cast by Death from Above; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: effect 165, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#175245effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Jump to Destination, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#175246used by: Cast by Death from Above; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Jump; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#175247used by: Cast by Death from Above; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#178070duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#178153duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#178236duration: none; effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215212duration: none; effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#269512duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#283019cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Jump; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#311767duration: 1.9 sec; effect types: Jump to Destination, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#311774used by: Cast by Death From Above; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 144A 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.

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