Suicide

What it does

Suicide is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 sec. When cast it kills the target outright and 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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

Duration1 sec

EffectsInstakill, Apply Aura

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID27965

Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Duration	1 sec
Effect #1	Instakill (1)
Effect #2	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4

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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 40 separate Spell records named "Suicide". This page is record #27965. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record	What differs from this record	Likely reason
#7	used by: Cast by Plagued Blood Explosion; duration: none; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#8329	used by: Cast by Suicide; duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A helper record another spell casts
#28012	duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#35301	duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A different effect setup
#38763	duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A different effect setup
#45254	used by: Cast by Butcher; duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A helper record another spell casts
#46751	duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A different effect setup
#47769	duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Instakill	A different effect setup
#67375	duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A different effect setup
#87255	duration: none; effect types: Instakill	A different effect setup
#99270	duration: 35 sec; effect types: Instakill, Summon	A different effect setup
#99590	used by: Cast by Quake; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 94, Instakill, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts

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: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70334, 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

Effect rows sighted2 effect rows 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