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Necromancer's Cunning

Spell

Necromancer's Cunning

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

When your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.

Necromancer's Cunning

Tooltip

When your Lesser Ghouls expire, they explode in viscera, dealing Shadow damage to enemies nearby.

How it works

Necromancer's Cunning is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Necromancer's Cunning 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
Value: 100
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Necromancer's Cunning appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Necromancer's Cunning". This page is record #288848. 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
#1278154school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: 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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