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Penance

Spell

Penance

Holy

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Instant castSelf Only

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 8 Holy damage to an enemy or 2% healing of maximum health to an ally every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Penance

Tooltip

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 8 Holy damage to an enemy or 2% healing of maximum health to an ally every 1 sec for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 500 yards.

What it does

Penance is a Holy spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 500 yards

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?

Penance appears in: 2 boss encounters.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 61 separate Spell records named "Penance". This page is record #284578. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#279096duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#279097used by: Cast by PenanceA helper record another spell casts
#279098effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#281469effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284588no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#284593duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284594used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: effect 136; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#284595duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284596used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#286440used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: effect 136; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#286441duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#286461no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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