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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Instant cast5 sec cooldownCombat Range

Impales an enemy, inflicting Physical damage every 3 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Impales an enemy, inflicting Physical damage every 3 sec. for 9 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Impale is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 70. Its base value is 55 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (165 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Impale.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Impale.

What it does

Impale is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards, a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and launches a missile. It also casts Impale (record #114980) and Impale (record #114987).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration9 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 70
Value: 55
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Impale
Effect #3Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Impale

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 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #114974. 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
#96421duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#104019school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106400duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106444difficulty rows: 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); used by: Cast by Impale; duration: 45 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#111813used by: Cast by Cancel Impale; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#114980used by: Cast by Impale; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#114987used by: Cast by Impale; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#121247effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#121289duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#126360duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#127502used by: Cast by Spearthrower; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#133942duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; 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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