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Desecration

Spell

Desecration

Shadow

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Instant cast8 sec cooldownExtended Range

Defiles the ground at the feet of the caster.

Desecration

Tooltip

Defiles the ground at the feet of the caster. Grasping arms of the dead deal damage and hinder the movement of enemies in the area by 50%.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Desecration.

What it does

Desecration is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 50 yards and an 8 sec cooldown. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Desecration (record #93688).

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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Desecration

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 45 separate Spell records named "Desecration". This page is record #93687. 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
#67779used by: Cast by Desecration; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#67781used by: Cast by Desecration; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#67782school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#67804duration: 15 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#93688used by: Cast by Desecration; school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#93690school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#93691used by: Cast by Desecration; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#117399school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117423school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117463school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117464school: Physical; duration: 210 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117619school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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