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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)
Cheat Death

Spell

Cheat Death

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castSelf Only

You have a chance to completely avoid any damaging attack that would otherwise kill you and reduce all damage taken by 90% for 3 sec.

Cheat Death

Tooltip

You have a chance to completely avoid any damaging attack that would otherwise kill you and reduce all damage taken by 90% for 3 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once per minute.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Cheat Death is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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 #1Dummy (3)

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 4 separate Spell records named "Cheat Death". This page is record #31231. 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
#28845effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28846used by: Cast by Cheat Death; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31230subtext: Rank 3; used by: Talent: Rogue; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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