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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)
Summon Skeletons

Spell

Summon Skeletons

Shadow

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2 sec6 sec cooldownTwenty yards

Summons two Skeleton Minions near the caster.

Summon Skeletons

Tooltip

Summons two Skeleton Minions near the caster.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Summon Skeletons is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Summon Skeletons.

What it does

Summon Skeletons is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 20 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 2 min. When cast it summons a creature in a 3 yard radius. It also casts Summon Skeletons (record #52612).

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 min
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 28878, 61
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Summon Skeletons

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 17 separate Spell records named "Summon Skeletons". This page is record #52611. 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
#29237school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon, Summon, SummonA different effect setup
#33977school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#43557school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#52612used by: Cast by Summon Skeletons; cast time: instant; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#150588effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150594effect types: noneA different effect setup
#150601journal encounter: Death Speaker Blackthorn; effect types: noneA different caster
#150603effect types: noneA different effect setup
#163254effect types: noneA different effect setup
#195005used by: Cast by Summon Skeletons; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#195176used by: Cast by Summon Skeletons; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#195177effect 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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