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Dark Matter

Spell

Dark Matter

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Calls down Dark Matter from the void, inflicting Shadow damage to all enemies of the impact and stunning them for 2 sec.

Dark Matter

Tooltip

Calls down Dark Matter from the void, inflicting Shadow damage to all enemies of the impact and stunning them for 2 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its base value is 2.5. It triggers Dark Matter.

What it does

Dark Matter is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Dark Matter (record #1269589).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Value: 2.5
Trigger spell: Dark Matter

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 26 separate Spell records named "Dark Matter". This page is record #1269588. 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
#319259cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1230978school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1230979journal encounter: Dimensius, the All-Devouring; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1230988school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1230989effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1230999journal encounter: Dimensius, the All-Devouring; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#1231003school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1253616school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1256307used by: Talent: Demon Hunter; school: Holy, Fire, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#1256308school: Holy, Fire, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1269587cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1269589used by: Cast by Dark Matter; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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