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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)
Retaliation

Spell

Retaliation

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 5 sec.

Retaliation

Tooltip

Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 5 sec. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 0.5 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Retaliation.

What it does

Retaliation is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Retaliation (record #22858).

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
Duration5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown0.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Spell power coefficient: 1
Trigger spell: Retaliation

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 18 separate Spell records named "Retaliation". This page is record #40546. 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
#22857duration: 15 secA variant record
#22858used by: Cast by Retaliation; duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#52423school: Arcane; duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#52424used by: Cast by Retaliation; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#65932duration: 12 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#65934duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#115511effect types: noneA different effect setup
#129758used by: Cast by Impervious Shield; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#137616effect types: noneA different effect setup
#223592effect types: noneA different effect setup
#223593effect types: noneA different effect setup
#264085effect 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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