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Dark Matter

Spell

Dark Matter

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

A cloud of Dark Matter surrounds the target, increasing damage taken by 50%, decreasing movement speed by 30% and dealing 14.2743 Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Dark Matter

Tooltip

A cloud of Dark Matter surrounds the target, increasing damage taken by 50%, decreasing movement speed by 30% and dealing 14.2743 Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -30. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 14.2743. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Dark Matter is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 yard radius and deals Shadow damage (base value 14.2743) in a 5 yard radius.

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 timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 50
Misc value: 127
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -30
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3School Damage (2)
Value: 14.2743
Radius: 5 yards

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 #51012. 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
#51000used by: Cast by Dark Matter; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#51001school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#59868effect values: 100, -50, 30.93 (this record: 50, -30, 14.27); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#65025school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248227school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#254612school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#255514used by: Cast by Dark Matter; duration: none; effect types: effect 165, Knock BackA helper record another spell casts
#255515school: Physical; cast time: 8 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#318971cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#318972duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#318973used by: Cast by Dark Matter; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#318974used by: Cast by Dark Matter; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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