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Ruin

Spell

Ruin

Nature

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1 sec4 sec cooldownLonger Range

Creates an area of ruinous earth, inflicting 50000 Nature damage every 1 sec.

Ruin

Tooltip

Creates an area of ruinous earth, inflicting 50000 Nature damage every 1 sec. to units caught within the area of effect and slowing their movement speed by 30%.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Ruin is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 45 yards, a 4 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 10 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

SchoolNature
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 989
Radius: 10 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 19 separate Spell records named "Ruin". This page is record #142401. 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
#139073school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139074used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Nature, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#142403cast time: instant; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#142447school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 secA variant record
#142448cast time: instant; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211383effect types: noneA different effect setup
#279947effect types: noneA different effect setup
#279948effect types: noneA different effect setup
#309852journal encounter: Ra-den the Despoiled; effect types: noneA different caster
#309854used by: Cast by Ruin; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#350447effect types: noneA different effect setup
#351228effect 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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