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Cloud of Carrion

Spell

Cloud of Carrion

NatureShadow

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2.5 secSelf Only

Mal'Ganis causes a cloud of insects to surround the target, inflicting 6 Plague damage every 1 sec and growing in intensity over time.

Cloud of Carrion

Tooltip

Mal'Ganis causes a cloud of insects to surround the target, inflicting 6 Plague damage every 1 sec and growing in intensity over time.

If the target comes within 5 yards of another player, the insects will jump to that player and reset the intensity.

Upon removal, the target is afflicted.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Cloud of Carrion is a Nature and Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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

SchoolNature, Shadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 100 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?

Cloud of Carrion 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 15 separate Spell records named "Cloud of Carrion". This page is record #360006. 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
#360008cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360012cast time: instant; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360015cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360017school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360181school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360182cast time: instantA variant record
#360189school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360386difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA per-difficulty version
#366573different tooltip textA variant record
#366574used by: Cast by Swarming Retreat; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#366575cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#366578cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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