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Ritual Sacrifice

Spell

Ritual Sacrifice

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The caster prepares a target for sacrifice, stunning them for 1 sec and placing them atop a sacrifical altar.

Ritual Sacrifice

Tooltip

The caster prepares a target for sacrifice, stunning them for 1 sec and placing them atop a sacrifical altar.

How it works

Ritual Sacrifice is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3 per tick. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 1209600 times over the full 168 hr (3.6288e+06 base in total).

What it does

Ritual Sacrifice is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 168 hr. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 0.5 sec. The client files the whole spell under the rooted mechanic.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration168 hr
MechanicRooted
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3
Period: every 0.5 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Ritual Sacrifice appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Ritual Sacrifice". This page is record #1259794. 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
#265387school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#279966school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#279968school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#279972school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#279974school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#1259785school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1259786duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1259789duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1265767school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1270245school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 254A 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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