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Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight for the Death Knight. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channelling Army of the Dead, the Death Knight takes less damage equal to his Dodge plus Parry chance.
How it works
Each cast of Army of the Dead costs 1 Power (20). Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
Army of the Dead is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 8 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Army of the Dead.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -50.
- Effect 3 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.
What it does
Army of the Dead is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 10 min cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Army of the Dead (record #42651).
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 1 Power (20) |
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 10 min |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 4 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 23 Period: every 0.5 sec Trigger spell: Army of the Dead |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 87 Value: -50 Misc value: 127 |
| Effect #3 | Effect 77 |
Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Army of the Dead appears in: 1 talent.
Talents
- Army of the Dead for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)Talent
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Unholy spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Army of the Dead". This page is record #42650. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #42651 | used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Dummy, Summon; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #45486 | used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A helper record another spell casts |
| #45487 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #45493 | school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #45494 | used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Summon | A helper record another spell casts |
| #49099 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #49100 | used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; school: Physical; duration: 5 min; effect types: Dummy, Summon | A helper record another spell casts |
| #61382 | school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #61383 | used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A helper record another spell casts |
| #67761 | difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A per-difficulty version |
| #67762 | difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Army of the Dead; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text | A per-difficulty version |
| #183990 | effect types: none | 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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