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Death Coil

Spell

Death Coil

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant cast2 min cooldownMedium Range

Causes the enemy target to run in horror for 3 sec and causes 920 Shadow damage.

Death Coil

Tooltip

Causes the enemy target to run in horror for 3 sec and causes 920 Shadow damage. The caster gains 100% of the damage caused in health.

How it works

Each cast of Death Coil costs 565 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Death Coil is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 920. It scales with 0.214 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. It scales with 1 times spell power. It applies the horrified mechanic.
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.

What it does

Death Coil is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 2 min cooldown and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 920) and applies an aura with the horrified mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost565 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown2 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 920
Spell power coefficient: 0.214
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Spell power coefficient: 1
Mechanic: Horrified
Effect #3Effect 77

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Death Coil sounds

The sounds the game plays when Death Coil is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

DeathCoiltargetSoundKit 743

  1. Deathcoiltarget2.2s · ID 568670 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MissileShadowLoopSoundKit 3015

  1. Shadowmissileloop4.0s · ID 569778 · spells/missile
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 38 separate Spell records named "Death Coil". This page is record #28412. 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
#30500effect types: noneA different effect setup
#30741effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32709effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33130effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34437effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39661effect types: noneA different effect setup
#41070effect types: noneA different effect setup
#44142effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46283effect types: noneA different effect setup
#47541used by: Death Knight; effect types: noneA different owner
#47632effect types: noneA different effect setup
#47633effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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