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Purgatory

Spell

Purgatory

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

An unholy pact that prevents fatal damage, instead absorbing incoming healing equal to the damage prevented, lasting 3 sec.

Purgatory

Tooltip

An unholy pact that prevents fatal damage, instead absorbing incoming healing equal to the damage prevented, lasting 3 sec.

If any healing absorption remains when this effect expires, you will die. This effect may only occur every 4 min.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 316.

What it does

Purgatory is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 316
Misc value: 127, 40

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?

Purgatory appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Purgatory for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Purgatory". This page is record #114556. 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
#123982effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#235308cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77, 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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