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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)
Ritual Strike

Spell

Ritual Strike

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A powerful strike that corrupts the enemy, dealing Shadow damage over 8 sec.

Ritual Strike

Tooltip

A powerful strike that corrupts the enemy, dealing Shadow damage over 8 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2000 per tick. Its area radius is 4 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (16000 base in total).

What it does

Ritual Strike is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 4 yard radius every 1 sec.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2000
Radius: 4 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Ritual Strike appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Ritual Strike". This page is record #59930. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#48277effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#48331school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger MissileA 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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