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Imprison

Spell

Imprison

Shadow

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Demon Hunter

Instant cast45 sec cooldownTwenty yards

Imprisons a demon, beast, or humanoid, incapacitating them for 1 min.

Imprison

Tooltip

Imprisons a demon, beast, or humanoid, incapacitating them for 1 min. Damage will cancel the effect. Limit 1.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 1 procs.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 6. Its base value is 1000.

What it does

Imprison is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards, a 45 sec cooldown and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the sapped 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

SchoolShadow
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown45 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
MechanicSapped
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Proc charges1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 6
Value: 1000

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 27 separate Spell records named "Imprison". This page is record #332544. 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
#255949school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#255951school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#255955school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#255957school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#255958school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#361879duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)Different tuning
#386745school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#386754used by: Cast by Imprison; school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#386761school: Nature; duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#386787school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#405218school: Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#408944used by: Cast by Imprison; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000); 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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