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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 2 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 2 sec. for 8 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 900. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2.329 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (9.32 base in total).

What it does

Impale is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura in a 10 yard radius every 2 sec. It stacks up to 3 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 900
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 250
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2.329
Radius: 10 yards
Period: every 2 sec

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 #26025. 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
#15860duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16001duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24049duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26548effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28783cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29583duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32716duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34451duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#34580duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39061duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48261duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53454duration: none; effect types: 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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