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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 Grip

Spell

Death Grip

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Draws your target before you with a beam of unholy power.

Death Grip

Tooltip

Draws your target before you with a beam of unholy power. This will also taunt the target, forcing enemies to attack you for 3 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Jump to Destination (effect type 42).

What it does

Death Grip is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it makes the caster jump to a location. The client files the whole spell under the gripped mechanic.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
MechanicGripped
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Jump to Destination (42)
Misc value: 150

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 55 separate Spell records named "Death Grip". This page is record #49575. 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
#49576used by: Death Knight; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#51399duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 114; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53276effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55719effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57602effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57603duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57604no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#61094school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64429effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#64430used by: Cast by Death Grip; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#64431used by: Cast by Crippling Defeat; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#66017difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); effect types: Dummy; 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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