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Festering Scythe

Spell

Festering Scythe

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Festering Strike now follows up with a Festering Scythe that costs no Runes.

Festering Scythe

Tooltip

Festering Strike now follows up with a Festering Scythe that costs no Runes.

Slashes through all enemies within 14 yds in front of you, dealing (101.2% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and hastening all of your plagues on targets hit to deal damage 35% faster for 25 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 219. Its base value is -500.

What it does

Festering Scythe is a 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 219
Value: -500
Misc value: 21, 5916

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?

Festering Scythe 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 8 separate Spell records named "Festering Scythe". This page is record #455397. 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
#458123duration: 15 sec; effect values: 458128 (this record: -500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#458128school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#459238duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1235165duration: 1.5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1241077school: Shadow; duration: 25 sec; effect values: -35 (this record: -500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1241719school: Frost; duration: 0.6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -500)Different tuning
#1241732school: Frost; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA 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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