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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)
Defile

Spell

Defile

Shadow

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2 sec3 sec cooldownTower 80

Defiles the area under a random target.

Defile

Tooltip

Defiles the area under a random target. Any enemies got within this area will be dealt shadow damage and cause the area to grow. Lasts 30s.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Defile is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 80 yards, a 3 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range80 yards (Tower 80)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 38757, 64

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 55 separate Spell records named "Defile". This page is record #72762. 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
#27192cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27193cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27194cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27195cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27196cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27197cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27198cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27199cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27200cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#72743school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#72754difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); used by: Cast by Defile; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72756difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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