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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Deals a vicious attack that causes the target to bleed profusely until healed past 90% of its maximum health.

Impale

Tooltip

Deals a vicious attack that causes the target to bleed profusely until healed past 90% of its maximum health. Deals 8.32667 damage every 2 sec. for 1 min or until removed via healing.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 11.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8.3267 per tick. It applies the bleeding mechanic. It ticks every 2 sec, 30 times over the full 1 min (249.8 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 90.
  3. Effect 3 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura with the bleeding mechanic every 2 sec and deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150). The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic.

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
Duration1 min
MechanicBleeding
Dispel typeDispel type id 11
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8.3267
Mechanic: Bleeding
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 90
Effect #3Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150

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 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Thorim in Ulduar
    Journal section: Stage One: Prove Your Worth > The Hallway > Iron Ring Guard
    Encounter creatures: Sif, ThorimRaid boss ability

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 #62418. 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
#58666duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Sanctuary; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58672used by: Cast by Stomp; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#58978duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59256duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59268duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59446duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60882duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Sanctuary; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61164duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62310duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62331effect values: 5.35, 90, 150 (this record: 8.33, 90, 150)Different tuning
#62928duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65919used by: Cast by Pursuing Spikes; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA 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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