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Increased Critical Spell

Spell

Increased Critical Spell

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your critical strike by 42.

Increased Critical Spell

Tooltip

Increases your critical strike by 42.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 189. Its base value is 42.

What it does

Increased Critical Spell is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 189
Value: 42
Misc value: 1792

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

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Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Increased Critical Spell". This page is record #23570. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#29069effect values: 28 (this record: 42); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39420effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#39422effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#39447effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#39507effect values: 28 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#39881effect values: 28 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41676effect values: 28 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41785effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41829effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41833effect values: 15 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41850effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning
#41854effect values: 14 (this record: 42)Different tuning

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
Listed asIncreased Critical Spell Nature
Effect rows sighted1 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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