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Desolation

Spell

Desolation

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Your Blood Strikes cause you to deal 5% additional damage with all attacks for the next 20 sec.

Desolation

Tooltip

Your Blood Strikes cause you to deal 5% additional damage with all attacks for the next 20 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is 5.

What it does

Desolation is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: 5
Misc value: 127

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 "Desolation". This page is record #66803. 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
#63583effect values: 1 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#66800effect values: 2 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#66801effect values: 3 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#66802effect values: 4 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#310323used by: Cast by Desolation; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#310324used by: Cast by Desolation; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#310325journal encounter: Vexiona; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#315906school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#327982duration: 3 min; effect values: 0 (this record: 5)Different tuning
#327992journal encounter: Sire Denathrius; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#362427school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365033journal encounter: The Jailer; school: Physical; cast time: 6 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster

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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