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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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Instant cast30 sec cooldownMedium Range

This ability produces a high amount of threat.

Death and Decay

Tooltip

This ability produces a high amount of threat.

How it works

Each cast of Death and Decay costs 1 Power (20). Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 34 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (340 base in total).

What it does

Death and Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 10 yard radius every 1 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
Cost1 Power (20)
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 226
Value: 34
Radius: 10 yards
Period: every 1 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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 46 separate Spell records named "Death and Decay". This page is record #49936. 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
#34642cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#37788cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39658cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#43265subtext: Rank 1; used by: Death KnightA different rank or variant
#52212used by: Death Knight; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#53721different tooltip textA variant record
#56359cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60160different tooltip textA variant record
#60953different tooltip textA variant record
#61112different tooltip textA variant record
#61603different tooltip textA variant record
#71001difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); 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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