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Plague Strike

Spell

Plague Strike

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castCombat Range

A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 37 modified by attack power and plagues the target, dealing 1.38936 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Plague Strike

Tooltip

A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 37 modified by attack power and plagues the target, dealing 1.38936 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Plague Strike costs 2 Runes. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 3.

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 121, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 37.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 0.3473 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (1.39 base in total).

What it does

Plague Strike is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.

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

SchoolShadow
Cost2 Runes
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Effect 121
Value: 37
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 0.3473
Misc value: 127
Period: every 3 sec

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 24 separate Spell records named "Plague Strike". This page is record #59133. 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
#53694subtext: Rank 6; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#54469effect types: effect 121, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55255subtext: Rank 6; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#55321subtext: Rank 6; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#56361effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57599school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58839school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58843school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59985school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60186subtext: Rank 6; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#61109school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61600school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; 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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