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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)
Cleanse

Spell

Cleanse

Holy

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Paladin

Instant castLong Range

Cleanses a friendly target, removing 1 poison effect, 1 disease effect, and 1 magic effect.

Cleanse

Tooltip

Cleanses a friendly target, removing 1 poison effect, 1 disease effect, and 1 magic effect.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Cleanse is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1.
  3. Effect 3 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Cleanse is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it dispels effects.

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

SchoolHoly
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dispel (38)
Value: 1
Misc value: 4
Effect #2Dispel (38)
Value: 1
Misc value: 3
Effect #3Dispel (38)
Value: 1
Misc value: 1

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?

Cleanse appears in: 1 class specialization.

Class specialization

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 22 separate Spell records named "Cleanse". This page is record #4987. 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
#28787school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28788used by: Cast by Cleanse; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29380no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#32400different tooltip textA variant record
#39078no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#57767no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#66116difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)A per-difficulty version
#144448effect types: noneA different effect setup
#144449effect types: noneA different effect setup
#144450effect types: noneA different effect setup
#144626effect types: noneA different effect setup
#147657effect 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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