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Forbidden Knowledge

Spell

Forbidden Knowledge

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Army of the Dead siphons the power of the fallen, transforming Death Coil and Epidemic into Necrotic Coil and Graveyard for 30 sec.

Forbidden Knowledge

Tooltip

Army of the Dead siphons the power of the fallen, transforming Death Coil and Epidemic into Necrotic Coil and Graveyard for 30 sec.

Unleash a vortex of necrotic energy and bone, dealing (205.3% of Attack Power) Shadowstrike damage up to 3 foes and (64.6% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all pierced enemies.

The dead erupt beneath all foes with Virulent Plague, dealing (112% of Attack Power) Shadow damage and (52.7% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to enemies nearby.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Forbidden Knowledge is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 3.

What it does

Forbidden Knowledge 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 4
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 3

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?

Forbidden Knowledge appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Forbidden Knowledge for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)Talent
  • Forbidden Knowledge (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 22 separate Spell records named "Forbidden Knowledge". This page is record #1242158. 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
#359015duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371352difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#371356used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#371357used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#371358school: Arcane; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389840effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#389842school: Arcane; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394766school: Arcane; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1242223school: Physical, Shadow; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 0, 3); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1244516school: Physical, Shadow; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1256565effect values: 3, 1 (this record: 0, 3); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1256566effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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