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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Instant castMonster Shoot

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 2 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 2 sec. for 10 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5.6604 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 5 times over the full 10 sec (28.3 base in total).

What it does

Impale is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5-30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura 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
Range5-30 yards (Monster Shoot)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5.6604
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 #96421. 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
#72670duration: 5 min; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77235duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79444duration: 9 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83783duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#85816cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; 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 values: 0 (this record: 5.66); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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
#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 values: 0 (this record: 5.66)A helper record another spell casts
#114987used by: Cast by Impale; duration: 9 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 5.66)A 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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