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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)
Death and Decay

Spell

Death and Decay

Shadow

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2 sec30 sec cooldownMedium Range

700 to 900 shadow damage inflicted every 2 sec to all targets in the affected area.

Death and Decay

Tooltip

700 to 900 shadow damage inflicted every 2 sec to all targets in the affected area.

How it works

Each cast of Death and Decay costs 1000 Mana. It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 3. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 700 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 5 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 10 times over the full 20 sec (7000 base in total).

What it does

Death and Decay is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 5 yard radius every 2 sec.

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
Cost1000 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 700
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 5 yards
Period: every 2 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 46 separate Spell records named "Death and Decay". This page is record #37788. 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
#34642duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39658no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#43265subtext: Rank 1; used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#52212used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#53721cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#56359cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60160cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#60953cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#61112cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#61603cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#71001difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#79887effect 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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