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Corrupts the target, causing 40 Shadow damage over 12 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Corruption costs 35 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 10 per tick. It scales with 0.08 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (40 base in total).
What it does
Corruption is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 35 Mana |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 2 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 12 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 Value: 10 Spell power coefficient: 0.08 Period: every 3 sec |
Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Corruption appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Warlock, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 78 separate Spell records named "Corruption". This page is record #172. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #13530 | duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #16402 | duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #16985 | used by: Blacksmithing; school: Physical; cast time: 1 min; duration: none; effect types: Create Item | A different owner |
| #17510 | duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #18088 | used by: Cast by Blade of the Wretched; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #18376 | duration: 24 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #18656 | duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #21068 | duration: 24 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #23642 | cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled | A variant record |
| #28829 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #30938 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #31405 | effect types: none | A 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.
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