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Decapitate

Spell

Decapitate

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Attempts to decapitate the target, causing 564 damage.

Decapitate

Tooltip

Attempts to decapitate the target, causing 564 damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 564.

What it does

Decapitate is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 564).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 564

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

Decapitate sounds

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

RendTargetSoundKit 3134

  1. Rendtarget0.7s · ID 568003 · spells
    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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Decapitate 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 24 separate Spell records named "Decapitate". This page is record #24241. 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
#25669duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#54670effect types: noneA different effect setup
#96682effect types: noneA different effect setup
#96684effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134912effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134916effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134919effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134990effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134992effect types: noneA different effect setup
#135000effect types: noneA different effect setup
#135549effect types: noneA different effect setup
#144093effect 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 sighted1 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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