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Avoidance

Spell

Avoidance

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Reduces the damage your pet takes from creature area of effect attacks by an additional 90%.

Avoidance

Tooltip

Reduces the damage your pet takes from creature area of effect attacks by an additional 90%.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 310. Its base value is -90.

What it does

Avoidance is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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 timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 310
Value: -90
Misc value: 127

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?

Avoidance appears in: 7 skill lines.

Skill lines

  • Pet - Generic Hunter, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Pet - Water Elemental, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Pet - Primal Fire Elemental, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Pet - Primal Earth Elemental, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Pet - Primal Storm Elemental, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Pet - Water Elemental Minor Talent Version, learned automaticallySkill line
  • Second Pet - Hunter, learned automaticallySkill line

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 10 separate Spell records named "Avoidance". This page is record #65220. 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
#32233used by: Pet - Felguard; different tooltip textA different owner
#32600duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#62137used by: Pet - Ghoul; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#63623different tooltip textA variant record
#143927effect types: noneA different effect setup
#146343effect types: noneA different effect setup
#190019used by: Pet - Infernal; effect types: noneA different owner
#269360effect types: noneA different effect setup
#281827effect 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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