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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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1 sec3 sec cooldownLonger Range

Spikes pierce the floor and then rise up, dealing 28.7865 Physical damage and knocking up enemy targets in a line away from the caster.

Impale

Tooltip

Spikes pierce the floor and then rise up, dealing 28.7865 Physical damage and knocking up enemy targets in a line away from the caster.

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 Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 1 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 28.7865. Its area radius is 45 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 300. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and a 3 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 28.7865) in a 45 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 45 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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 1 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 28.7865
Radius: 45 yards
Effect #3Knock Back (98)
Value: 300
Radius: 45 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #28783. 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
#15860cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16001cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24049cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26025cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26548cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29583cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32716cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34451cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34580cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39061cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48261cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53454cast time: instant; 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 sighted3 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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