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Necrotic Touch

Spell

Necrotic Touch

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Your melee attacks deal an additional 10% damage as shadow damage.

Necrotic Touch

Tooltip

Your melee attacks deal an additional 10% damage as shadow damage.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Necrotic Touch 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 10.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 0, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 9.

What it does

Necrotic Touch is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10
Effect #2Effect 0
Value: 9

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?

Necrotic Touch appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Necrotic Touch". This page is record #71877. 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
#71875used by: Cast by Item - Icecrown 25 Normal Slow Melee Weapon Proc; effect values: 9, 9 (this record: 10, 9)A helper record another spell casts
#71879duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#309566used by: Cast by Black Bruise; school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#309567used by: Cast by Necrotic Touch; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#315088used by: Cast by Necromancer Auto Attack Override; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#322879school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360261school: Physical; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA 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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