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Corrupted Vortex

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Corrupted Vortex

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Players standing in the vortex suffer 9 Frost damage every 1 sec and are drawn towards its center.

Corrupted Vortex

Tooltip

Players standing in the vortex suffer 9 Frost damage every 1 sec and are drawn towards its center.

How it works

Corrupted Vortex is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 9 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 60 times over the full 1 min (540 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Corrupted Vortex is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and 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

SchoolFrost
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 9
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1635, 7

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?

Corrupted Vortex 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 4 separate Spell records named "Corrupted Vortex". This page is record #397799. 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
#397796duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#397797duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 284; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#397798effect types: School Damage, Create Area Effect; 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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