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Forbidden Knowledge

Spell

Forbidden Knowledge

PhysicalShadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

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

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 285. It triggers Graveyard.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 285. It triggers Necrotic Coil.

What it does

Forbidden Knowledge is a Physical and Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Graveyard and Necrotic Coil.

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, Shadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 285
Trigger spell: Graveyard
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 285
Trigger spell: Necrotic Coil

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 22 separate Spell records named "Forbidden Knowledge". This page is record #1242223. 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
#359015school: Physical; duration: 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; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#371357used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; duration: none; 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
#389840school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#389842school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394766school: Arcane; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1242158used by: Talent: Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: 0, 3 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip textA different owner
#1244516duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1256565used by: Talent: Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: 3, 1 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip textA different owner
#1256566used by: Talent: Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, 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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