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Decapitate

Spell

Decapitate

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Swings twice with deadly accuracy, inflicting 45 Physical damage each time, applying.

Decapitate

Tooltip

Swings twice with deadly accuracy, inflicting 45 Physical damage each time, applying. This attack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 96, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Anchor Here.

What it does

Decapitate is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. It also casts Anchor Here.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 96
Trigger spell: Anchor Here

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 #410255. 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; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144093duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149334duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 165, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#274778cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#314847cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#319334cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#410252duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#410254journal encounter: Time-Lost Battlefield; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#410258used by: Cast by Decapitate; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#451060effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#451067cast time: 3 sec; effect types: effect 254; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#451070used by: Cast by Decapitate; 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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