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Aura of Dread

Spell

Aura of Dread

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Surrounds the caster in an evil aura that deals 942 to 1057 Shadow damage per second to all enemies within 7 yards of the caster.

Aura of Dread

Tooltip

Surrounds the caster in an evil aura that deals 942 to 1057 Shadow damage per second to all enemies within 7 yards of the caster. In addtion, these targets will take 5% more Shadow damage for 5 sec. This effect stacks up to 200 times.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its area radius is 7 yards. It ticks every 1 sec. It triggers Aura of Dread.

What it does

Aura of Dread is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura in a 7 yard radius every 1 sec. It also casts Aura of Dread (record #83971).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Radius: 7 yards
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Aura of Dread

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Aura of Dread". This page is record #83970. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#41142journal encounter: Illidan Stormrage; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#78494school: PhysicalA variant record
#78495effect types: effect 129, effect 129; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83971used by: Cast by Aura of Dread; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#268085effect types: noneA different effect setup
#268086effect types: noneA different effect setup
#268088journal encounter: Heartsbane Triad; effect types: noneA different caster
#272619effect types: noneA different effect setup
#340870journal encounter: Artificer Xy'mox; effect types: noneA different caster
#340872effect 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.

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