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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

Deals a vicious attack that causes the target to bleed profusely until healed past 90% of its maximum health.

Impale

Tooltip

Deals a vicious attack that causes the target to bleed profusely until healed past 90% of its maximum health. Deals 1125 damage every 2 sec. for 1 min or until removed via healing.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Impale is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1125 per tick. It applies the bleeding mechanic. It ticks every 2 sec, 30 times over the full 1 min (33750 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 90.
  3. Effect 3 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura with the bleeding mechanic every 2 sec and deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150). The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic.

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
Duration1 min
MechanicBleeding
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1125
Mechanic: Bleeding
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 90
Effect #3Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150

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 #62331. 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
#58666duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Sanctuary; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58672used by: Cast by Stomp; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#58978duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59256duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59268duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59446duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60882duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Sanctuary; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61164duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62310duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62418journal encounter: ThorimA different caster
#62928duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65919difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); used by: Cast by Pursuing Spikes; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA 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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