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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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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy and causes it to Bleed for additional damage every 2 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy and causes it to Bleed for additional damage every 2 sec. for 8 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Impale is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3500.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 438 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It applies the bleeding mechanic. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (1752 base in total).

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 3500) and applies an aura with the bleeding mechanic every 2 sec. 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 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3500
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 438
Spell power coefficient: 1
Mechanic: Bleeding
Period: every 2 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 #55622. 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
#53454duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53455duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53456duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53457used by: Cast by Impale; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#53458used by: Cast by Impale; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55929duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 96; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56090duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58459duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58666duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Sanctuary; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58672used by: Cast by Stomp; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#58978no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#59256duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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