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Petrifying Gaze

Spell

Petrifying Gaze

Nature

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1.5 secFifteen yards

Petrifies the target, reducing movement, attack and casting speed by 10%.

Petrifying Gaze

Tooltip

Petrifies the target, reducing movement, attack and casting speed by 10%. The target will be petrified at 5 stacks, stunning them for 5 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 2. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -10.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 193. Its base value is -10.

What it does

Petrifying Gaze is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 15 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic. It stacks up to 5 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

SchoolNature
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration10 sec
MechanicSnared
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks5
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -10
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 193
Value: -10

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?

Petrifying Gaze 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 20 separate Spell records named "Petrifying Gaze". This page is record #86581. 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
#74983cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86676school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133769used by: Cast by Petrifying Gaze; school: Physical; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#133770school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 11 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#133772used by: Cast by Petrifying Gaze; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 11 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#140248school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#200429effect types: noneA different effect setup
#200431used by: Cast by Petrifying Gaze; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#257626effect types: noneA different effect setup
#257628effect types: noneA different effect setup
#258390effect types: noneA different effect setup
#263841used by: Pet - Basilisk; effect types: noneA different owner

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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