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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 castSix yards

Fires spikes up through the floor above Anub'arak, inflicting 14138 to 15862 Physical damage to anyone in their path.

Impale

Tooltip

Fires spikes up through the floor above Anub'arak, inflicting 14138 to 15862 Physical damage to anyone in their path. This attack ignores armor, but cannot penetrate Permafrost.

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 14138. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Impale is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 6 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 14138) in a 6 yard radius.

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
Range6 yards (Six yards)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 14138
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Impale appears in: 3 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #65919. 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
#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
#59446effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60882effect 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
#62331duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62418journal encounter: Thorim; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#62928duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66331duration: 30 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69062duration: 5 min; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#72669duration: 5 min; effect types: School Damage, Summon; 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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