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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)
Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Hunter

Instant castMonster Shoot

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 3 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 3 sec. for 9 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 250 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It applies the bleeding mechanic. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (750 base in total).

What it does

Impale is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5-30 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the bleeding mechanic every 3 sec. The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic. It stacks up to 3 times.

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
Range5-30 yards (Monster Shoot)
Cast timeInstant
Duration9 sec
MechanicBleeding
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 250
Spell power coefficient: 1
Mechanic: Bleeding
Period: every 3 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 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #29583. 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
#15860no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#16001no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#24049duration: 10 secA variant record
#26025duration: 8 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26548duration: 8 secA variant record
#28783cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32716no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#34451duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34580duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39061duration: 12 secA variant record
#48261effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53454duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA 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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