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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Instant castTower 100

Impales an enemy, inflicting Physical damage and knocking units back.

Impale

Tooltip

Impales an enemy, inflicting Physical damage and knocking units back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 31.6025. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 31.6025) in a 15 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 15 yard radius.

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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 31.6025
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 30
Radius: 15 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?

Impale appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #127502. 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
#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
#114974duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#114980used by: Cast by Impale; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#114987used by: Cast by Impale; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#121247duration: 9 sec; effect 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
#126360effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133942effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133943effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#133944effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#134691duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137685used by: Cast by Launch Spear; effect types: School DamageA 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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