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Grasp of Death

Spell

Grasp of Death

Shadow

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1 secSelf Only

The Jailer's grasp tightens around players, inflicting 25 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 40 sec.

Grasp of Death

Tooltip

The Jailer's grasp tightens around players, inflicting 25 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 40 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Grasp of Death is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 25
Radius: 100 yards

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?

Grasp of Death appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Grasp of Death". This page is record #347668. 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
#32889cast time: instant; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#347681cast time: 4.5 sec; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357431used by: Cast by The Jailer's Gaze; cast time: instant; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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