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Black Tide

Spell

Black Tide

HolyNatureShadowArcane

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The aftershocks trigger a wave of void to cascade from the Darkwell, inflicting 240 Cosmic damage and an additional 6 Cosmic damage every 1 sec to players caught within.

Black Tide

Tooltip

The aftershocks trigger a wave of void to cascade from the Darkwell, inflicting 240 Cosmic damage and an additional 6 Cosmic damage every 1 sec to players caught within.

How it works

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

What it does

Black Tide is a Holy, Nature, Shadow and Arcane spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 5.5 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

SchoolHoly, Nature, Shadow, Arcane
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5.5 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 40290

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 Tide 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 6 separate Spell records named "Black Tide". This page is record #1263253. 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
#1254635duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1263255duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1263256difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1285719difficulty rows: Normal, Story; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1287074duration: 10 min; effect types: 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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