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Wraith Walk

Spell

Wraith Walk

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant cast1 min cooldownSelf Only

Embrace the power of the Shadowlands, removing all root effects and increasing your movement speed by 70% for 4 sec.

Wraith Walk

Tooltip

Embrace the power of the Shadowlands, removing all root effects and increasing your movement speed by 70% for 4 sec. Taking any action cancels the effect.

While active, your movement speed cannot be reduced below 170%.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Wraith Walk is built from 7 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 31. Its base value is 70.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 305. Its base value is 170.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Wraith Walk.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 106.
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 152. Its base value is -5.
  7. Effect 7 is effect type 0, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Wraith Walk is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Wraith Walk (record #212654).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration4 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 31
Value: 70
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 305
Value: 170
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Misc value: 127
Effect #4Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Wraith Walk
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 106
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 152
Value: -5
Effect #7Effect 0
Value: 100

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?

Wraith Walk appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Wraith Walk for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)Talent
  • Wraith Walk (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Wraith Walk". This page is record #212552. 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
#212654used by: Cast by Wraith Walk; duration: 0.0 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#218999duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#219006duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#219014duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#223804duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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