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Corrupting Essence

Spell

Corrupting Essence

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

The caster bursts upon death creating a zone of Nightmare corruption inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec for until cancelled.

Corrupting Essence

Tooltip

The caster bursts upon death creating a zone of Nightmare corruption inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec for until cancelled.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5.0378 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.

What it does

Corrupting Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5.0378
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Corrupting Essence". This page is record #208569. 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
#208568duration: 16 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#317358school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 5.04)Different tuning
#1233526cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1241520duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1242262duration: 3.5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 5.04)Different tuning
#1242264duration: 0.4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1261531journal encounter: Crown of the Cosmos; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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