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Pierce Armor

Spell

Pierce Armor

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Reduces an enemy's armor by 50% for 6 sec.

Pierce Armor

Tooltip

Reduces an enemy's armor by 50% for 6 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 101. Its base value is -50.

What it does

Pierce Armor is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 6 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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 101
Value: -50
Misc value: 1

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Pierce Armor". This page is record #86070. 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
#6016duration: 10 sec; effect values: -10 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#12097duration: 15 sec; effect values: -75 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#38187duration: 20 sec; effect values: -75 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#39214duration: 8 sec; effect values: -75 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#46202duration: 10 sec; effect values: -30 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#53418duration: 8 secA variant record
#55318duration: 10 secA variant record
#126463duration: 8 sec; effect values: 15 (this record: -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#153794cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#218990duration: 8 sec; effect values: -75 (this record: -50)Different tuning
#270380school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 50 (this record: -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#424414journal encounter: Captain Dailcry; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 7 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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