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Shadow of Death

Spell

Shadow of Death

Physical

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Your Dark Harvest spell is empowered by the demonic entity within you, causing it to grant 1 Soul Shard that each contain a Succulent Soul every 1 sec while channeled.

Shadow of Death

Tooltip

Your Dark Harvest spell is empowered by the demonic entity within you, causing it to grant 1 Soul Shard that each contain a Succulent Soul every 1 sec while channeled.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Shadow of Death is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 3.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Shadow of Death 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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 3
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow of Death appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Shadow of Death for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)
    Hero talent tree: Soul HarvesterTalent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Shadow of Death". This page is record #449638. 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 values: 0.69, 0 (this record: 3, 1); 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
#186635effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#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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