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Desecrate

Spell

Desecrate

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 340.729 Shadow damage to enemies and creates a Desecrated Weapon at the location.

Desecrate

Tooltip

Inflicts 340.729 Shadow damage to enemies and creates a Desecrated Weapon at the location.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 340.729. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Desecrate is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 340.729) in a 15 yard radius and summons a creature.

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
DurationInfinite
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 340.729
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Summon (28)
Misc value: 72154, 64

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?

Desecrate 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 17 separate Spell records named "Desecrate". This page is record #144758. 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
#144745school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#144748difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Looking For Raid, Normal, Heroic, Mythic; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#183743school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#185590journal encounter: Archimonde; school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#317547cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#345007school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#345008school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365576duration: 24 hr; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#365905cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365912school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#368277school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368280duration: none; effect types: School DamageA 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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