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Bind in Darkness

Spell

Bind in Darkness

FrostShadow

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Blood Boil deals 50% increased damage, and is now Shadowfrost.

Bind in Darkness

Tooltip

Blood Boil deals 50% increased damage, and is now Shadowfrost.

Shadowfrost damage applies 2 stacks to Reaper's Mark and 4 stacks when it is a critical strike.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Bind in Darkness is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 15. It triggers Bind in Darkness.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 220. Its base value is 60.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 50.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 60. It triggers Bind in Darkness.

What it does

Bind in Darkness is a Frost and Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Bind in Darkness (record #443532).

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

SchoolFrost, Shadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 15
Trigger spell: Bind in Darkness
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 220
Value: 60
Misc value: 48
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 50
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 60
Trigger spell: Bind in Darkness

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?

Bind in Darkness appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Bind in Darkness for Death Knight (Blood, Frost, Unholy)
    Hero talent tree: DeathbringerTalent
  • Bind in Darkness (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Bind in Darkness". This page is record #440031. 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
#443532used by: Cast by Bind in Darkness; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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