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Cosmic Sting

Spell

Cosmic Sting

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Gemellus stings a player with Cosmic Void, inflicting 10 Shadow damage and an additional 5 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.

Cosmic Sting

Tooltip

Gemellus stings a player with Cosmic Void, inflicting 10 Shadow damage and an additional 5 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.

On expiration, are created at the player's location.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Cosmic Sting is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 10.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec (20 base in total).

What it does

Cosmic Sting is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 10) and applies an aura every 1 sec. It stacks up to 10 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 10
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Cosmic Sting appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Cosmic Sting". This page is record #1223958. 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
#1223957cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1223961school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1283904cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1283913duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1284954cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1284958journal encounter: Gemellus; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 12, 5 (this record: 10, 5); 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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