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Dark Fissure

Spell

Dark Fissure

Shadow

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2 secSelf Only

Smashes the ground in front of the caster, dealing 100 Shadow damage to all enemies within 7 yards of the impact location.

Dark Fissure

Tooltip

Smashes the ground in front of the caster, dealing 100 Shadow damage to all enemies within 7 yards of the impact location. In addtion, a dark fissure will open at the targeted location which deals 29.0567 Shadow damage per second to all enemies. Lasts 60 sec.will increase in size over time. Lasts 60 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Dark Fissure is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 7 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Dark Fissure is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 2 min. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) in a 6 yard radius and summons a creature.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 min
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 7 yards
Effect #2Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #3Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 40784, 64

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 8 separate Spell records named "Dark Fissure". This page is record #76047. 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
#76066cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#76085used by: Cast by Dark Fissure; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#91371cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#91375used by: Cast by Dark Fissure; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#243999journal encounter: Varimathras; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#244003cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#244005difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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