Suicide

What it does

Suicide is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

EffectInstakill

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID8329

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

Where is this spell used?

Suicide appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

SuicideTriggers this spell

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

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Effect #1	Instakill (1) Spell power coefficient: 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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 40 separate Spell records named "Suicide". This page is record #8329. 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; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#27965	duration: 1 sec; effect types: Instakill, Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#28012	effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#35301	effect values: 1 (this record: 0)	Different tuning
#38763	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#45254	used by: Cast by Butcher	A helper record another spell casts
#46751	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#47769	effect types: Dummy, Instakill	A different effect setup
#67375	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#87255	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#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 sighted1 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