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Carrion Swarm

Spell

Carrion Swarm

Shadow

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2.5 secFive Hundred Yards

Inflicts 167.927 Shadow damage to enemies in front of the Dread Lord and reduces healing received by 75% for 5 sec.

Carrion Swarm

Tooltip

Inflicts 167.927 Shadow damage to enemies in front of the Dread Lord and reduces healing received by 75% for 5 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Carrion Swarm is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 167.927. Its area radius is 40 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -75. Its area radius is 40 yards.

What it does

Carrion Swarm is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 500 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 167.927) in a 40 yard radius and applies an aura in a 40 yard radius.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 167.927
Radius: 40 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -75
Radius: 40 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 51 separate Spell records named "Carrion Swarm". This page is record #249230. 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
#233155journal encounter: Mephistroth; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#233175school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#233176used by: Cast by Carrion Swarm; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#233177cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#239633cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240105cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#242055duration: 8 sec; effect values: 50.39, 10.72 (this record: 167.93, -75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#245267cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246942duration: 8 sec; effect values: 447.8, 83.96 (this record: 167.93, -75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#249229school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#251955cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#252064cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage; 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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