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Desperate Measures

Spell

Desperate Measures

Holy

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10 secSelf Only

Upon reaching 1% health, the caster becomes immune to all damage and begins casting, healing 20% of the caster's maximum life.

Desperate Measures

Tooltip

Upon reaching 1% health, the caster becomes immune to all damage and begins casting, healing 20% of the caster's maximum life.

The cast is interrupted if both Pashmar and Silivaz are defeated.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 136, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Desperate Measures is a Holy spell with a 10 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast time10 sec
Effect #1Effect 136
Value: 100
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 10

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?

Desperate Measures appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Desperate Measures". This page is record #300088. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#263601school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#458718used by: Talent: Priest; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner

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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