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Consuming Shadows

Spell

Consuming Shadows

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Instant castSelf Only

Causes the caster to periodically inflict 1.80848 Shadow damage to all enemies in a selected area, slowing their movement to 30%.

Consuming Shadows

Tooltip

Causes the caster to periodically inflict 1.80848 Shadow damage to all enemies in a selected area, slowing their movement to 30%. Lasts 15 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 1 sec, 15 times over the full 15 sec. It triggers Consuming Shadows.

What it does

Consuming Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Consuming Shadows (record #24615).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Spell power coefficient: 1
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Consuming Shadows

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 29 separate Spell records named "Consuming Shadows". This page is record #24614. 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
#3716subtext: Basic Attack; used by: Pet - Voidwalker; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#17715duration: 8 secA variant record
#17716used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#24615used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#69405cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#151245used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; school: Physical; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#151246school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#151285school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#151288duration: 1 min; effect values: 3.89 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#224196used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#224197duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#304879used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 2 (this record: 0)A helper record another spell casts

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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