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Corruption

Spell

Corruption

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Corrupts the target, causing 5.25 Shadow damage over 14 sec.

Corruption

Tooltip

Corrupts the target, causing 5.25 Shadow damage over 14 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 0.75 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 7 times over the full 14 sec (5.25 base in total).

What it does

Corruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 14 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration14 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 0.75
Period: every 2 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 78 separate Spell records named "Corruption". This page is record #285140. 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
#210239school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#242939cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 5.6 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#248349duration: 15 sec; effect values: 600 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#249747cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251406effect values: 2.94 (this record: 0.75)Different tuning
#262404school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 0.75)Different tuning
#262413school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 0.75)Different tuning
#270450cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#270999cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 0.74 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#273036school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 0.75)Different tuning
#312638duration: none; effect values: 0 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#334342subtext: Rank 3; duration: none; effect values: 400 (this record: 0.75); different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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