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Death's Grasp

Spell

Death's Grasp

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Hands of the dead emerge at the location of players, inflicting 30 Shadow damage to players and slowing them by 40% for 3 sec.

Death's Grasp

Tooltip

Hands of the dead emerge at the location of players, inflicting 30 Shadow damage to players and slowing them by 40% for 3 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 12 times over the full 6 sec.

What it does

Death's Grasp is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.5 sec

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's Grasp appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Death's Grasp". This page is record #1263756. 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
#111570cast time: 3.2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#111573school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1263763duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1263764used by: Cast by Death's Grasp; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#1263766used by: Cast by Death's Grasp; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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