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Acolyte's Essence

Spell

Acolyte's Essence

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The essence absorbs into a player when touched, inflicting 8 Shadow damage and an additional 16 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Acolyte's Essence

Tooltip

The essence absorbs into a player when touched, inflicting 8 Shadow damage and an additional 16 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Traveling through an removes this affliction..

Traveling through an while afflicted destabilizes the conduit and removes this affliction.

Upon removal, the victim gets. for 10080 min.

Upon expiration, the victim gets and the essence reforms.

Traveling through an while afflicted destabilizes the conduit.

How it works

Acolyte's Essence is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 1 sec, 604800 times over the full 168 hr.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Acolyte's Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 168 hr. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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 Details

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration168 hr
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Acolyte's Essence appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Acolyte's Essence". This page is record #445152. 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
#445051duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#445079used by: Cast by Queen's Summons; duration: none; effect types: Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#445129used by: Cast by Acolyte's Essence; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#445161duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#445162duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#445164duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#445177duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#445208duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#451848duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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