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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)
Riposte

Spell

Riposte

Physical

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Rogue

Instant castSelf Only

A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack.

Riposte

Tooltip

A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals Physical damage and disarms the target for until cancelled.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 15 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Riposte.

What it does

Riposte is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Riposte (record #41392).

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
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Riposte

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 "Riposte". This page is record #41393. 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
#34097duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34099used by: Cast by Riposte Stance; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#41392used by: Cast by Riposte; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#104729effect types: noneA different effect setup
#104730used by: Cast by Riposte; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#104731effect types: noneA different effect setup
#123435effect types: noneA different effect setup
#123436used by: Cast by Riposte; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#133998effect types: noneA different effect setup
#141154effect types: noneA different effect setup
#161797used by: Blood Death Knight; effect types: noneA different owner
#161798used by: Protection Warrior; effect types: noneA different owner

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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