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Corrupting Essence

Spell

Corrupting Essence

Shadow

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3 secExtended Range

The droplet erupts with Void upon death and splashes players and Sentinels.

Corrupting Essence

Tooltip

The droplet erupts with Void upon death and splashes players and Sentinels. This inflicts 11.9965 Shadow damage and causes the target to take 5% increased damage for 20 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Corrupting Essence is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 12. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Corrupting Essence is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 yard radius and deals Shadow damage (base value 12) in a 5 yard radius. It stacks up to 20 times.

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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time3 sec
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks20
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 30
Misc value: 127
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 12
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 30
Misc value: 127
Radius: 5 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?

Corrupting Essence 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 8 separate Spell records named "Corrupting Essence". This page is record #1261531. 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
#208568cast time: instant; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#208569cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#317358school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1233526cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1241520cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1242262cast time: instant; duration: 3.5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1242264cast time: instant; duration: 0.4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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