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Insect Swarm

Spell

Insect Swarm

Nature

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1.5 secMedium Range

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks by 3% and causing Nature damage over 12 sec.

Insect Swarm

Tooltip

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks by 3% and causing Nature damage over 12 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Insect Swarm costs 35 Mana. Casting it triggers a 2 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (18 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 54. Its base value is -3. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Insect Swarm is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura.

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

SchoolNature
Cost35 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 54
Value: -3
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 13 separate Spell records named "Insect Swarm". This page is record #83017. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#65855difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#114506cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#114515cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118073cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#125010cast time: 3 secA variant record
#165154effect types: noneA different effect setup
#182907effect types: noneA different effect setup
#210507effect types: noneA different effect setup
#215169effect types: noneA different effect setup
#247076effect types: noneA different effect setup
#353652used by: Cast by Insect Plague; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#415462effect 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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