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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)
Corpse Explosion

Spell

Corpse Explosion

Shadow

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1.5 secMedium Range

Causes a corpse to explode, inflicting 300 Shadow damage on enemies near the corpse.

Corpse Explosion

Tooltip

Causes a corpse to explode, inflicting 300 Shadow damage on enemies near the corpse.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Corpse Explosion.

What it does

Corpse Explosion is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. It also casts Corpse Explosion (record #61614).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Effect #1Effect 140
Trigger spell: Corpse Explosion

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 23 separate Spell records named "Corpse Explosion". This page is record #17616. 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
#43999school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77, InstakillA different effect setup
#53717subtext: Rank 1; school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#61614used by: Cast by Corpse Explosion; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#81876effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150589effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150596effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151224effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184003effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184005effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184018effect types: noneA different effect setup
#262424effect types: noneA different effect setup
#262425used by: Cast by Corpse Explosion; 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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