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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)
Raise Dead

Spell

Raise Dead

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Raises the dead back to life to serve as undead slaves to the Lich King.

Raise Dead

Tooltip

Raises the dead back to life to serve as undead slaves to the Lich King.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 0.5 sec. It triggers Raise Dead.

What it does

Raise Dead is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec. It also casts Raise Dead (record #72376).

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Raise Dead

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 69 separate Spell records named "Raise Dead". This page is record #71769. 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
#48597duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48605duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 61A different effect setup
#51516school: Physical; duration: 10 secA variant record
#51517used by: Cast by Raise Dead; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#52150school: Physical; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58814school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#58815used by: Cast by Raise Dead; school: Physical; duration: 90 sec; effect types: Dummy, Summon, effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#69350school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69431school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#69562cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#72376used by: Cast by Raise Dead; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#79905effect 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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