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Piercing Strike

Spell

Piercing Strike

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Reduces an enemy's armor by 5% for 8 sec.

Piercing Strike

Tooltip

Reduces an enemy's armor by 5% for 8 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 101. Its base value is -5.

What it does

Piercing Strike is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 3 times.

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
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 101
Value: -5
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 5 separate Spell records named "Piercing Strike". This page is record #173849. 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
#37998duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#255803effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#271333cast time: 0.4 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#438218difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: The Silken Court; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 35 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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