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Initiative

Spell

Initiative

Physical

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Demon Hunter

Instant castSelf Only

Damaging an enemy before they damage you increases your critical strike chance by 10% for 5 sec.

Initiative

Tooltip

Damaging an enemy before they damage you increases your critical strike chance by 10% for 5 sec.

Vengeful Retreat refreshes your potential to trigger this effect on any enemies you are in combat with.

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 4. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Initiative 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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10

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?

Initiative appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Initiative for Demon Hunter (Havoc, Vengeance, Devourer)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Initiative". This page is record #388108. 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
#391215duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#1261044effect values: 0 (this record: 10); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1261108duration: 5 sec; effect values: 50 (this record: 10); different tooltip textDifferent 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.

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