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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)
Decapitate

Spell

Decapitate

Physical

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3 secSelf Only

Attempts to decapitate all targets in melee range of the caster, causing 300% weapon damage.

Decapitate

Tooltip

Attempts to decapitate all targets in melee range of the caster, causing 300% weapon damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 300. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Decapitate is a Physical spell with a 3 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 300) in an 8 yard radius.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 300
Radius: 8 yards

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 24 separate Spell records named "Decapitate". This page is record #54670. 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
#24241used by: Cast by Decapitate; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#25669cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#96682effect types: noneA different effect setup
#96684effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134912effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134916used by: Cast by Decapitate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#134919used by: Cast by Decapitate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#134990effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134992used by: Cast by Decapitate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#135000effect types: noneA different effect setup
#135549effect types: noneA different effect setup
#144093effect 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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