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The Cleaver

Spell

The Cleaver

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

The Butcher's Cleaver cuts its victims down to the bone, causing them to bleed profusely over time.

The Cleaver

Tooltip

The Butcher's Cleaver cuts its victims down to the bone, causing them to bleed profusely over time. This effect stacks.

This attack will not apply its bleed component if it is avoided.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

The Cleaver is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers The Cleaver.

What it does

The Cleaver is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100). It also casts The Cleaver (record #156147).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: The Cleaver

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?

The Cleaver appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "The Cleaver". This page is record #156143. 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
#156147used by: Cast by The Cleaver; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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.

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