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Black Hole

Spell

Black Hole

Shadow

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Tears a hole in the fabric of reality, inflicting 12.9548 Physical damage to all players every 1 sec.

Black Hole

Tooltip

Tears a hole in the fabric of reality, inflicting 12.9548 Physical damage to all players every 1 sec. and pulling them towards the Black Hole. If any player enters the Black Hole, they will unleash a Singularity.

How it works

Black Hole is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  4. Effect 4 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Black Hole is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 4346
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 4347
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 4348
Effect #4Dummy (3)
Value: 200
Radius: 8 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Black Hole appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Xhul'horac in Hellfire Citadel
    Journal section: Stage Two: Grasp of the Void > Omnus
    Encounter creatures: Xhul'horacRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Black Hole". This page is record #186546. 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
#46282cast time: instant; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62168used by: Cast by Black Hole Trigger; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#62169school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138601cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: effect 144, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138605cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169851school: Arcane; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172610school: Arcane; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183790school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186547school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229042cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229044school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371919cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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