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PhysicalTooltip
Your attacks and damaging spells have a chance to drain the target, dealing Shadow damage and healing you for the same amount. Additionally, you can breathe underwater indefinitely.
How it works
Its aura has a 20% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 15 sec.
Touch of the Grave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Touch of the Grave.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 82.
What it does
Touch of the Grave is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Touch of the Grave (record #127802).
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
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Proc chance | 20% |
| Proc cooldown | 15 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 42 Trigger spell: Touch of the Grave |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 82 |
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?
Touch of the Grave appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Racial - Undead (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Death Knight, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter, Evoker and Adventurer), learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Racial - Undead spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Touch of the Grave". This page is record #5227. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #111224 | used by: Cast by Touch of the Grave; school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #111606 | school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #127802 | used by: Cast by Touch of the Grave; school: Shadow; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #189233 | used by: Cast by Touch of the Grave; school: Frost; duration: 6 sec; effect values: -30, -40 (this record: 0, 0); different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #189234 | school: Frost; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #245245 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Instakill; different tooltip text | A 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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