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Impale

Spell

Impale

Physical

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Hunter

Instant castGeoff Monster Shoot

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 3 sec.

Impale

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy every 3 sec. for 9 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 3. Its base value is 116.939 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (350.82 base in total).

What it does

Impale is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5-30 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec. It stacks up to 3 times.

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
Range5-30 yards (Geoff Monster Shoot)
Cast timeInstant
Duration9 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 116.939
Spell power coefficient: 1
Period: every 3 sec

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

Impale sounds

The sounds the game plays when Impale 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 159 separate Spell records named "Impale". This page is record #15860. 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
#16001effect values: 233.88 (this record: 116.94)Different tuning
#24049duration: 10 sec; effect values: 500 (this record: 116.94)Different tuning
#26025duration: 8 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26548duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1000 (this record: 116.94)Different tuning
#28783cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#29583effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32716effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34451effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34580effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39061effect types: noneA different effect setup
#48261effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53454effect 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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