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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Army of the Dead

Spell

Army of the Dead

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight for the Death Knight.

Army of the Dead

Tooltip

Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight for the Death Knight. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can.

How it works

Army of the Dead is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Army of the Dead is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 40 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration40 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Summon (28)
Misc value: 24207, 687

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 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Army of the Dead". This page is record #42651. 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
#42650used by: Talent: Death Knight; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA different owner
#45486school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#45487school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#45493school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#45494school: Physical; duration: 6 secA variant record
#49099school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#49100school: Physical; duration: 5 minA variant record
#61382school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#61383school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#67761difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#67762difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA per-difficulty version
#183990effect types: noneA 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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