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Despair

Spell

Despair

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range

The caster drains the victim for 25500 to 34500 health as Shadow damage.

Despair

Tooltip

The caster drains the victim for 25500 to 34500 health as Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 25500.

What it does

Despair is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 25500).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 25500

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Despair 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 31 separate Spell records named "Despair". This page is record #128168. 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
#108450used by: Cast by Apply Mask; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#114739school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128169duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#132229school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#132367school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144728school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145725school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#200642effect types: noneA different effect setup
#216020effect types: noneA different effect setup
#223100effect types: noneA different effect setup
#270830effect types: noneA different effect setup
#291910effect 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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