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Execute

Spell

Execute

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Attempts to finish off a wounded enemy, inflicting 120% normal weapon damage.

Execute

Tooltip

Attempts to finish off a wounded enemy, inflicting 120% normal weapon damage. Execute can only be used on enemies that have 20% or less health.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 120.

What it does

Execute is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 120).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 120

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 33 separate Spell records named "Execute". This page is record #7160. 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
#5308used by: Fury Warrior; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Energize; different tooltip textA different owner
#38959effect values: 200 (this record: 120); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#56426different tooltip textA variant record
#61140effect values: 200 (this record: 120); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#77720effect values: 150 (this record: 120)Different tuning
#127493cast time: 2.7 sec; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140817effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143502cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148918effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#155556effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#163201used by: Warrior; effect types: Trigger Spell, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#187433cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: effect 160A 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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