What it does
Instakill is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it kills the target outright.
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 facts
Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Effect #1 | Instakill (1) Value: 100 |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Instakill". This page is record #1228328. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #80468 | effect values: 0 (this record: 100) | Different tuning |
| #99316 | used by: Cast by Consume; effect values: 0 (this record: 100); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #101333 | used by: Cast by Consume; effect values: 0 (this record: 100); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #102133 | effect values: 0 (this record: 100) | Different tuning |
| #118443 | effect values: 0 (this record: 100) | Different tuning |
| #190345 | used by: Cast by Opening; cast time: 0.1 sec; effect types: Instakill, Trigger Missile | A helper record another spell casts |
| #195625 | cast time: 0.1 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 100) | Different tuning |
| #213303 | used by: Cast by Chopping; cast time: 0.1 sec; effect types: Instakill, Trigger Missile | A helper record another spell casts |
| #233218 | used by: Cast by Storm Brew; school: Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; effect types: effect 165 | A helper record another spell casts |
| #419503 | effect types: effect 140 | A different effect setup |
| #420645 | effect types: effect 140 | A different effect setup |
| #456976 | effect values: 0 (this record: 100) | 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.