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A word of dark binding that inflicts 450 to 522 Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to the damage inflicted upon the target.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.
- Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 450. It scales with 0.429 times spell power.
What it does
Shadow Word: Death is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and a 12 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 450).
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 12 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Value: 450 Spell power coefficient: 0.429 |
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?
Shadow Word: Death appears in: 1 talent and 1 taught spell.
Talents
- Shadow Word: Death for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow)Talent
Taught spells
- Shadow Word: DeathLearned from this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Shadow Magic spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Death". This page is record #32379. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #32409 | duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #41375 | effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #47697 | effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #51818 | effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #56920 | effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #347159 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #361460 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #369658 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #448533 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #1240008 | effect types: none | A 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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