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Death's Grasp

Spell

Death's Grasp

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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

Death's Grasp is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -40. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Death's Grasp is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 30) in a 6 yard radius and applies an aura in a 6 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.

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
Duration3 sec
MechanicSnared
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 30
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -40
Radius: 6 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's Grasp 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 6 separate Spell records named "Death's Grasp". This page is record #1263766. 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
#1263756journal encounter: Scourgelord Tyrannus; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1263763duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1263764duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger MissileA 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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