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Curse of Weakness

Spell

Curse of Weakness

Shadow

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2 secMedium Range

Afflict an enemy with a fel curse, reducing damage done by 15% for 8 sec.

Curse of Weakness

Tooltip

Afflict an enemy with a fel curse, reducing damage done by 15% for 8 sec. The power drained flows into one of the caster's allies, increasing damage done for the duration.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 2.

Curse of Weakness is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is -15.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Fel Empowerment.

What it does

Curse of Weakness is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Fel Empowerment.

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 time2 sec
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: -15
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Effect 140
Trigger spell: Fel Empowerment

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 14 separate Spell records named "Curse of Weakness". This page is record #183899. 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
#702used by: Warlock; cast time: instant; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#8552cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#11980cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12493cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12741cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17227cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18267cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21007cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199892subtext: PvP Talent; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#315079cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#411167school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#411715cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: 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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