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Grasp of Malice

Spell

Grasp of Malice

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The Remnant of Ner'zhul unfurls ethereal fingers that erupt, inflicting 50 Shadow damage to all players caught in the effect, knocking them back.

Grasp of Malice

Tooltip

The Remnant of Ner'zhul unfurls ethereal fingers that erupt, inflicting 50 Shadow damage to all players caught in the effect, knocking them back.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Grasp of Malice is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 50.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100.

What it does

Grasp of Malice is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 50) and has a Knock Back effect. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 50
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 400

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 Malice appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Grasp of Malice". This page is record #350076. 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
#350077duration: 3 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#350080effect types: Dummy, effect 160; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#350082effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#350694effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#353332cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355123used by: Cast by Grasp of Malice; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#357810duration: 3 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357811effect types: Dummy; 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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