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Penance

Spell

Penance

Holy

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Priest

Instant castLong Range

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing Holy damage to an enemy or healing to an ally over 2 sec.

Penance

Tooltip

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing Holy damage to an enemy or healing to an ally over 2 sec. Castable while moving.

When you heal with Penance, everyone with your Atonement is healed for (18.7% of Spell Power).

How it works

It works on charges (charge category 1230); the charge count and recharge time live in a client table the datamine does not carry, so they are not stated here. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 120.

What it does

Penance is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Recovery time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
ChargesCharge category id 1230 (charge count not in the datamine)
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 120

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 class specialization.

Class specialization

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 #47540. 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
#47666used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#47750used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#47757duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#47758duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#54518duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#54520used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#66097duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#66098difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#69905effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69906duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#71139used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#163290duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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