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Corruption

Spell

Corruption

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Corrupts nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec.

Corruption

Tooltip

Corrupts nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec. for 24 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 4.1729 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 8 times over the full 24 sec (33.38 base in total).

What it does

Corruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 24 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration24 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 4.1729
Period: every 3 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 #60016. 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
#39621duration: 15 sec; effect values: 33 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#41988cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 50 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#47782cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 50 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#56898cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 72 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#57645effect values: 1.07 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#58811duration: 15 sec; effect values: 72 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#61563duration: 12 sec; effect values: 11.13 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#65810duration: 18 sec; effect values: 14.27 (this record: 4.17); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#70602duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 4.17); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#70904duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#71937effect values: 6.42 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning
#79930cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 4.17)Different tuning

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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