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Banishment

Spell

Banishment

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Enemies filled with pride are banished to a realm of corruption, leaving behind a physical manifestation of their pride.

Banishment

Tooltip

Enemies filled with pride are banished to a realm of corruption, leaving behind a physical manifestation of their pride. Once banished, they cannot escape until the physical form of their pride has been destroyed and suffer 125000 Shadow damage every 3 sec.

How it works

Banishment is built from 6 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 261.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 241.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 437. Its base value is 11.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 125000 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec.
  6. Effect 6 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 149092.

What it does

Banishment is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 3 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 997
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 261
Misc value: 173
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 241
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 437
Value: 11
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 125000
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #6Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell id 149092

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. 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 18 separate Spell records named "Banishment". This page is record #145215. 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
#40825used by: Cast by Banish the Demons: Banishment Periodic Aura; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#116272school: none; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145217school: Physical; effect types: Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect, Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#145684school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#146623school: Physical; duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#146823school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147028school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148705school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: TeleportA different effect setup
#199869effect types: noneA different effect setup
#199873used by: Cast by Banishment; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#208877effect types: noneA different effect setup
#337205used by: Cast by Banishment; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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