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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)
Blood Plague

Spell

Blood Plague

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A disease dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Blood Plague

Tooltip

A disease dealing Shadow damage over 12 sec. Has a 50% chance to remove one heal over time effect whenever it does damage.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 330 per tick. It applies the infected mechanic. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (1320 base in total).

What it does

Blood Plague is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the infected mechanic every 3 sec. The client files the whole spell under the infected mechanic.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
MechanicInfected
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 330
Misc value: 127
Mechanic: Infected
Period: every 3 sec

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 "Blood Plague". This page is record #60950. 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
#55078used by: Death Knight; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#55264used by: Cast by Plague Strike; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55322used by: Cast by Plague Strike; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55973different tooltip textA variant record
#57601used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#58840used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#58844used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#59984used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#61111used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#61601used by: Cast by Plague StrikeA helper record another spell casts
#67722difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Plague Strike; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#69911difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Plague Strike; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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