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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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3 secLonger Range

Inflicts 2625 to 3375 Shadow damage and then an additional 2625 to 3375 Shadow damage every 2 sec to all enemies in the affected area.

Death and Decay

Tooltip

Inflicts 2625 to 3375 Shadow damage and then an additional 2625 to 3375 Shadow damage every 2 sec to all enemies in the affected area.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Death and Decay is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2625. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2625 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 2 sec.

What it does

Death and Decay is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 2625) in a 10 yard radius and leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 10 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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time3 sec
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2625
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2625
Radius: 10 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 #56359. 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; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37788cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39658cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43265subtext: Rank 1; used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; 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; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60160cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60953cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61112cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61603cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71001difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; 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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