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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 cast5 min cooldownSelf Only

Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 12 sec.

Retaliation

Tooltip

Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 12 sec. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked. will cause retaliation.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 2 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 20 procs.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Retaliation is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 5 min cooldown and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Cooldown5 min
Global cooldown2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Proc charges20
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 #65932. 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 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#22858used by: Cast by Retaliation; duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#40546duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#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
#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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