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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)
Unbalancing Strike

Spell

Unbalancing Strike

Physical

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Instant castEight yards

Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target unbalanced, reducing their defense skill by 200 for 15 sec.

Unbalancing Strike

Tooltip

Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target unbalanced, reducing their defense skill by 200 for 15 sec.

How it works

Unbalancing Strike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 200.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 30. Its base value is -200.

What it does

Unbalancing Strike is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 8 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) and 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
Range8 yards (Eight yards)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 30
Value: -200
Misc value: 95

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?

Unbalancing Strike appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Thorim in Ulduar
    Journal section: Stage Two: Keeper of Storms > Thorim
    Encounter creatures: Sif, ThorimRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Unbalancing Strike". This page is record #62130. 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
#26613duration: 6 secA variant record
#55470duration: 6 secA variant record
#67237duration: 6 secA variant record

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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