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Summon Doomguard

Spell

Summon Doomguard

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castLong Range

Summons a Doomguard for 15 min to assault the target with its Doom Bolts.

Summon Doomguard

Tooltip

Summons a Doomguard for 15 min to assault the target with its Doom Bolts.

How it works

Each cast of Summon Doomguard costs 10 Soul Shards.

Summon Doomguard is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 5 yards. It triggers Summon Doomguard.

What it does

Summon Doomguard is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. It also casts Summon Doomguard (record #60478).

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
Cost10 Soul Shards
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Value: 1
Radius: 5 yards
Trigger spell: Summon Doomguard

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 11 separate Spell records named "Summon Doomguard". This page is record #18540. 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
#22865duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60478used by: Cast by Summon Doomguard; school: Physical; duration: 15 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#105059used by: Cast by Summon Doomguard; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#105061school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#157757subtext: Summon; cast time: 6 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#183541school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#216518school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#280365school: Physical; duration: 25 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1251878effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1276672used by: Talent: Warlock; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Summon, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Listed asRitual of Doom
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Reagents sighted1 reagent rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 60 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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