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Sudden Death

Spell

Sudden Death

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Your melee hits have a 8% chance of allowing the use of Execute regardless of the target's health state.

Sudden Death

Tooltip

Your melee hits have a 8% chance of allowing the use of Execute regardless of the target's health state. In addition, you keep at least 7 rage after using Execute.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 6. It triggers Sudden Death.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 7.

What it does

Sudden Death is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Sudden Death (record #52437).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 6
Misc value: 11
Trigger spell: Sudden Death
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 7

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?

Sudden Death appears in: 6 talents.

Talents

  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #117306)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121773)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121852)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121886)Talent
  • Sudden Death for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #137670)Talent

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Sudden Death". This page is record #29725. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#52437duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#280721effect types: noneA different effect setup
#280776effect 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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