TheWoWDB
Spell
Absorbing
Physical
What it does
Absorbing is a spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 5 yards.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell facts
SchoolPhysical
Cast time1.5 sec
RangeCombat Range
Spell ID217184Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 5 yards (Combat Range) |
| Cast time | 1.5 sec |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) Radius: 5 yards |
Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "Absorbing". This page is record #217184. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #193365 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #239492 | cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #280636 | effect types: Quest Complete; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #290822 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #291566 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #294032 | used by: Cast by Absorbing; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #294034 | used by: Cast by Absorbing; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #342342 | used by: Cast by AI Cast; effect types: effect 90 | A helper record another spell casts |
| #342345 | effect types: effect 90 | A different effect setup |
| #342346 | effect types: effect 90 | A different effect setup |
| #342347 | effect types: effect 90 | A different effect setup |
| #368709 | cast time: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A 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.