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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)
Assassinate

Spell

Assassinate

Physical

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1 secSelf Only

Instantly kills the victim.

Assassinate

Tooltip

Instantly kills the victim.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Assassinate.

What it does

Assassinate is a spell with a 1 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it kills the target outright. It also casts Assassinate (record #60047).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Instakill (1)
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Assassinate

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Assassinate". This page is record #60046. 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
#53214subtext: Rank 1; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#60045cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60047used by: Cast by Assassinate; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#64063cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#179792used by: Cast by Sneaking with Garona; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#179796effect types: noneA different effect setup
#325395used by: Cast by Weave Shadowclones; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#333406journal encounter: Domina Venomblade; effect types: noneA different caster
#341586used by: Cast by Assassinate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#341587used by: Cast by Assassinate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#341859effect types: noneA different effect setup
#341861used by: Cast by Assassinate; effect types: noneA 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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