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Darkness

Spell

Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 292500 to 307500 Shadow damage to all enemies.

Darkness

Tooltip

Inflicts 292500 to 307500 Shadow damage to all enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 292500. Its area radius is 200 yards.

What it does

Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 292500) in a 200 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 292500
Radius: 200 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?

Darkness 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 53 separate Spell records named "Darkness". This page is record #117701. 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
#45996used by: Cast by Darkness Pre-effect; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#46268used by: Cast by Darkness; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#46269effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#109413school: Physical; duration: 28 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#116575school: Nature; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137382duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137393school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#138682used by: Cast by Darkness; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#138683effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#138684effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#184674used by: Cast by Nightmare Visage; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#184682used by: Cast by Special; 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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