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Shadow of Death

Spell

Shadow of Death

Physical

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

Physical spell.

Shadow of Death

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Shadow of Death is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 500 yards. When cast it kills the target outright.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Instakill (1)

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 9 separate Spell records named "Shadow of Death". This page is record #186635. 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
#40251journal encounter: Teron Gorefiend; school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#179864journal encounter: Gorefiend; school: Shadow; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#179865used by: Cast by Shadow of Death; school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#182135school: Shadow; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#182137school: Shadow; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#182141school: Shadow; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#449638used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#449858school: Shadow; effect types: Energize; 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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