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Decimate

Spell

Decimate

Shadow

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Instant castVery Short Range

Reduces a target's chance to block by 70% for 30 sec.

Decimate

Tooltip

Reduces a target's chance to block by 70% for 30 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 51. Its base value is -70. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Decimate is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range10 yards (Very Short Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 51
Value: -70
Spell power coefficient: 1

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

Decimate sounds

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

SwingWeaponSpecialWarriorSoundKit 3091

  1. Swingweaponspecialwarriora0.6s · ID 569828 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Swingweaponspecialwarriorc0.6s · ID 569827 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Swingweaponspecialwarriorb0.6s · ID 569830 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Swingweaponspecialwarriord0.7s · ID 569829 · spells/warriorswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

CleaveTargetSoundKit 3112

  1. Cleavetarget1.5s · ID 568227 · 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 27 separate Spell records named "Decimate". This page is record #13459. 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
#10268school: Physical; duration: 3 min; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#28374school: Nature; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 77, Apply Aura, effect 61A different effect setup
#28375school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#51339effect types: noneA different effect setup
#54426effect types: noneA different effect setup
#71123effect types: noneA different effect setup
#126288effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165924used by: Cast by Decimate; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#165925effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165926effect types: noneA different effect setup
#165927effect types: noneA different effect setup
#166187effect 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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