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Screeching Swarm

Spell

Screeching Swarm

Shadow

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1.5 secTower 100

The Screeching Swarm absorbs 15000 healing and inflicts 15000 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Screeching Swarm

Tooltip

The Screeching Swarm absorbs 15000 healing and inflicts 15000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. The Swarm will detach from its host after 10 sec. The Swarm inflicts 7800 to 8200 damage every to enemies.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 301. Its base value is 15000.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15000 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (150000 base in total).

What it does

Screeching Swarm is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 301
Value: 15000
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15000
Misc value: 127
Period: every 1 sec

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 5 separate Spell records named "Screeching Swarm". This page is record #111600. 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
#107354school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#111611school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#111643school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#111644used by: Cast by Screeching Swarm; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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