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Piercing Strike

Spell

Piercing Strike

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Strikes an enemy, stunning them for 8 sec and increasing all damage they take by 50%.

Piercing Strike

Tooltip

Strikes an enemy, stunning them for 8 sec and increasing all damage they take by 50%.

How it works

Piercing Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 50.

What it does

Piercing Strike is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 8 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 50
Misc value: 127

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 #255803. 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
#173849effect types: 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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