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Outbreak

Spell

Outbreak

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts the target with Dread Plague and Virulent Plague.

Outbreak

Tooltip

Inflicts the target with Dread Plague and Virulent Plague.

A malicious plague that deals (439.1% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec. Explodes for (184.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to nearby enemies and infects one when the host dies. Can only be applied to 1 hosts at a time.

An infectious plague that spreads to all nearby enemies, dealing (202.9% of Attack Power) Shadow damage over 24 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Outbreak costs 1 Runes. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Outbreak is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Dread Plague.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Virulent Plague.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 1000.

What it does

Outbreak is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. It also casts Dread Plague and Virulent Plague.

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
Cost1 Runes
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Dread Plague
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Virulent Plague
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 1000

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?

Outbreak appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Outbreak for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)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 "Outbreak". This page is record #77575. 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
#50304used by: Cast by Swine Flu; school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#196780effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196782duration: 3 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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