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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)
Plague Strike

Spell

Plague Strike

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 37 modified by attack power and plagues the target, dealing 292 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Plague Strike

Tooltip

A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 37 modified by attack power and plagues the target, dealing 292 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 52373.

What it does

Plague Strike is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 77
Value: 52373

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 24 separate Spell records named "Plague Strike". This page is record #52379. 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
#50688subtext: Rank 6; school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#52373subtext: Rank 1; school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: effect 121, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#53694subtext: Rank 6; school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#54469school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: effect 121, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55255subtext: Rank 6; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#55321subtext: Rank 6; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#56361school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57599effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58839effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58843effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59133subtext: Rank 1; school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: effect 121, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#59985effect types: effect 121, Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; 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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