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Summon Imp

Spell

Summon Imp

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Summons an Imp to accompany the caster until dismissed.

Summon Imp

Tooltip

Summons an Imp to accompany the caster until dismissed.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Summon Imp is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature in a 3 yard radius.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Summon (28)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 12922, 67
Radius: 3 yards

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 52 separate Spell records named "Summon Imp". This page is record #165736. 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
#129409no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#151376school: Physical; different tooltip textA variant record
#159022school: PhysicalA variant record
#180481used by: Cast by Summon Imp; school: Physical; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183021school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183024school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#202873duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202875duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202876duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202877duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202957duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202959duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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