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Black Hole

Spell

Black Hole

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Physical spell.

Black Hole

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Black Hole is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 24 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration24 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 38885

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Black Hole". This page is record #1246786. 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
#1214719school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Teleport, effect 340; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1222199duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1222274school: Shadow; cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1222305school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1224400used by: Cast by Black Hole; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: effect 267; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1230169duration: 1 hr; effect values: 9 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1232987journal encounter: Dimensius, the All-Devouring; duration: 1 hr; different tooltip textA different caster
#1233399duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1241228duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1247807duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1262283school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1296955duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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