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Malefic Grasp

Spell

Malefic Grasp

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

While Darkglare is active, your Drain Soul becomes Malefic Grasp.

Malefic Grasp

Tooltip

While Darkglare is active, your Drain Soul becomes Malefic Grasp.

Binds the target in twilight, dealing (1053% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 4 sec.

When Malefic Grasp deals damage, it causes all of your other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 30% of their normal periodic damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Malefic Grasp is a Shadow 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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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?

Malefic Grasp appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Malefic Grasp for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Malefic Grasp". This page is record #1261149. 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
#170619cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0.06 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#235155school: Physical; effect values: 20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1261153duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1279659duration: 20 sec; effect types: Area Aura (Party), Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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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