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Darkness

Spell

Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at enemies, inflicting 27300 to 28700 Shadow damage.

Darkness

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at enemies, inflicting 27300 to 28700 Shadow damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 27300. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 27300) in a 5 yard radius. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 27300
Spell power coefficient: 1
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?

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 #138682. 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
#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
#117701used by: Cast by Shield of Darkness; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#137382duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, School DamageA different effect setup
#137393school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#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
#196718used by: Talent: Demon Hunter; effect types: noneA different owner
#203130effect types: noneA different effect setup
#203131effect 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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