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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)
Desecration

Spell

Desecration

Shadow

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Paladin

Instant castSelf Only

Consecrates the land beneath caster, doing 512 Shadow damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.

Desecration

Tooltip

Consecrates the land beneath caster, doing 512 Shadow damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.

How it works

Each cast of Desecration costs 660 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 64 per tick. It scales with 0.143 times spell power. Its area radius is 6 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (512 base in total).

What it does

Desecration is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 6 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
Cost660 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 64
Spell power coefficient: 0.143
Radius: 6 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 45 separate Spell records named "Desecration". This page is record #36473. 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
#67778difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#67779used by: Cast by Desecration; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#67781difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Desecration; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#67782school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#67804duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#93687effect types: noneA different effect setup
#93688used by: Cast by Desecration; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#93690effect types: noneA different effect setup
#93691used by: Cast by Desecration; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#117399effect types: noneA different effect setup
#117423effect types: noneA different effect setup
#117463effect 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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