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Penance

Spell

Penance

Holy

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

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 effect type 136, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 2.

What it does

Penance is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 500 yards.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 136
Value: 2

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: 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 61 separate Spell records named "Penance". This page is record #284594. 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
#279097effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#279098effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#281469effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284578journal encounter: Champion of the Light; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#284588effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#284593duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#284595duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#284596effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#286440effect values: 8 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#286441duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#286461effect types: DummyA 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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