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Consuming Darkness

Spell

Consuming Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Deals Shadow damage to all enemies within the area.

Consuming Darkness

Tooltip

Deals Shadow damage to all enemies within the area. Lasts 25 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 41.5096 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 7 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 25 times over the full 25 sec (1037.74 base in total).

What it does

Consuming Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 25 sec. When cast it leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 7 yard radius every 1 sec.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration25 sec
Effect #1Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 41.5096
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 7 yards
Period: every 1 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?

Consuming Darkness appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Consuming Darkness". This page is record #109198. 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
#88954difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#109196cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#308061school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#364448duration: none; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#364449cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1280076duration: 6 sec; 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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