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Piercing Strike

Spell

Piercing Strike

Physical

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1.5 secTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Anub'arash pierces his current target, inflicting 160 Physical damage and increasing damage inflicted by 100% for 35 sec.

Piercing Strike

Tooltip

Anub'arash pierces his current target, inflicting 160 Physical damage and increasing damage inflicted by 100% for 35 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Piercing Strike is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 160. It applies the infected mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 255. Its base value is 100.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Piercing Strike is a Physical spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 200 yards and effects that last 35 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 160) with the infected mechanic and applies an aura. It stacks up to 10 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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration35 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 160
Mechanic: Infected
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 255
Value: 100
Misc value: 22
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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?

Piercing Strike appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Piercing Strike". This page is record #438218. 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
#37998cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173849cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#255803cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect 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

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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