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Black Winds

Spell

Black Winds

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Summons forth chaotic storms of darkness that traverse the platform.

Black Winds

Tooltip

Summons forth chaotic storms of darkness that traverse the platform. Touching a storm inflicts 189.197 Shadow damage and an additional 55.9756 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec for 12 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Black Winds is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 139.939.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 55.9756 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 8 times over the full 12 sec (447.8 base in total).

What it does

Black Winds is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 139.939) and applies an aura every 1.5 sec. It stacks up to 100 times.

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
Duration12 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks100
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 139.939
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 55.9756
Period: every 1.5 sec

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 Winds 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 Winds". This page is record #242017. 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
#239417duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#239418cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#241988used by: Cast by Shadowy Blades; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#242002school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 254A different effect setup
#242008school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 203A 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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