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Desecrate

Spell

Desecrate

Fire

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1.5 sec5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Archimonde desecrates the land, inflicting 77.7297 Physical damage to all players of the targeted location, summoning a spire of corruption.

Desecrate

Tooltip

Archimonde desecrates the land, inflicting 77.7297 Physical damage to all players of the targeted location, summoning a spire of corruption. The spire inflicts 50000 Shadow damage every 3 sec. to all players.

Each active spire increases the damage done by Desecration.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Desecrate is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 5 sec cooldown.

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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 5 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?

Desecrate appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Archimonde in Hellfire Citadel
    Journal section: Stage One: The Defiler > Demonic Art: Desecration
    Encounter creatures: ArchimondeRaid boss ability

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 #185590. 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; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#144748difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Looking For Raid, Normal, Heroic, Mythic; used by: Cast by Desecrate; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#144758used by: Cast by Desecrate; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183743school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#317547school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#345007school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#345008school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365576school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 24 hr; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#365905school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365912school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#368277school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368280school: Shadow; cast time: instant; 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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