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Dark Bindings

Spell

Dark Bindings

Shadow

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Phantasmal chains attach you to another, inflicting 11.6595 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec.

Dark Bindings

Tooltip

Phantasmal chains attach you to another, inflicting 11.6595 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec. for 30 sec. While chained will be triggered if Dark Bindings expires, your partner dies, or you stand near anyone with Dark Bindings that is not your partner. will inflict 582.973 Shadow damage if triggered. Standing near your partner will dispel the chains.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Dark Bindings is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 296.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 11.6595 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 20 times over the full 30 sec (233.19 base in total).

What it does

Dark Bindings is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1.5 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 296
Misc value: 4248
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 11.6595
Period: every 1.5 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?

Dark Bindings appears in: 1 boss encounter and 3 spells that cast it.

Boss encounters

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 "Dark Bindings". This page is record #185510. 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
#409576duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#409578used by: Cast by Dark Bindings; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#409581cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 203; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#409585school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#413785duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#413787cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 203; different tooltip textA 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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