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Desperate Measures

Spell

Desperate Measures

Holy

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Priest

Instant castSelf Only

Desperate Prayer lasts an additional 10 sec.

Desperate Measures

Tooltip

Desperate Prayer lasts an additional 10 sec.

Angelic Bulwark's absorption effect is increased by 15% of your maximum health.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 10000.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 219. Its base value is 15.

What it does

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

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10000
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 219
Value: 15
Misc value: 12, 3801

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 talent.

Talents

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 #458718. 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; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#300088difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: The Queen's Court; cast time: 10 sec; effect types: effect 136, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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