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Death Knives

Spell

Death Knives

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Sylvanas places a mark on players inflicting 15 Shadow damage every second for 4 sec.

Death Knives

Tooltip

Sylvanas places a mark on players inflicting 15 Shadow damage every second for 4 sec.

When removed, Death-touched blades fling out from the marked players in targeted directions, inflicting 35 Shadow damage every second for 9 sec to players of any struck target.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec (60 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Death Knives is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 20
Misc value: 500, 2

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Death Knives". This page is record #358434. 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
#358433journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#358463duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#358499duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#358516duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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