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Consuming Shadows

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Consuming Shadows

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1.5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Reduces the attack and casting speeds of an enemy target by 50% and slows its movement by 50%.

Consuming Shadows

Tooltip

Reduces the attack and casting speeds of an enemy target by 50% and slows its movement by 50%. Lasts 20 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Consuming Shadows is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 193. Its base value is -50.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50.

What it does

Consuming Shadows is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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 time1.5 sec
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 193
Value: -50
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50

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 #69405. 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; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#17715cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17716used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; cast time: instant; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#24614cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24615used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; cast time: instant; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#151245used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#151246school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#151285school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#151288cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224196used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#224197cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#304879used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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.

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