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Consuming Shadows

Spell

Consuming Shadows

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals 100 Shadow damage and reduces movement speed by 30% for 1.5 sec.

Consuming Shadows

Tooltip

Deals 100 Shadow damage and reduces movement speed by 30% for 1.5 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Consuming Shadows is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -30. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Consuming Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 100) in a 5 yard radius and applies an aura in a 5 yard radius.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration1.5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 100
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -30
Radius: 5 yards

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Consuming Shadows appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 29 separate Spell records named "Consuming Shadows". This page is record #17716. 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
#3716subtext: Basic Attack; used by: Pet - Voidwalker; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy, effect 142; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#17715duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24614duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24615different tooltip textA variant record
#69405cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#151245effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151246effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151285effect types: noneA different effect setup
#151288effect types: noneA different effect setup
#224196effect types: noneA different effect setup
#224197effect types: noneA different effect setup
#304879effect 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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