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Decapitate

Spell

Decapitate

Physical

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2 secCombat Range

Attempts to decapitate the target, inflicting 85 Physical damage and additional and causing them to bleed for 8 Physical damage every 1 sec for 15 sec.

Decapitate

Tooltip

Attempts to decapitate the target, inflicting 85 Physical damage and additional and causing them to bleed for 8 Physical damage every 1 sec for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 11. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 85.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 15 times over the full 15 sec (120 base in total).

What it does

Decapitate is a Physical spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 85) and applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic. It stacks up to 5 times.

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration15 sec
MechanicBleeding
Dispel typeDispel type id 11
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks5
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 85
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8
Period: every 1 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Decapitate". This page is record #314847. 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
#135549cast time: 1.2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144093cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149334cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 165, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#274778duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#319334duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#410252cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#410254journal encounter: Time-Lost Battlefield; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#410255cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 96; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#410258used by: Cast by Decapitate; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#451060cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#451067cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 254; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#451070used by: Cast by Decapitate; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; 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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