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Dark Ritual

Spell

Dark Ritual

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

The vile ritual performed by the Prophet's illusions increase all Shadow damage players take by 4% every 5 sec.

Dark Ritual

Tooltip

The vile ritual performed by the Prophet's illusions increase all Shadow damage players take by 4% every 5 sec.

This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 4.

What it does

Dark Ritual is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 40 times.

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
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks40
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 4
Misc value: 32

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 Ritual appears in: 1 boss encounter and 2 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 18 separate Spell records named "Dark Ritual". This page is record #309657. 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
#253240school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 4)Different tuning
#306456used by: Cast by Dark Ritual; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#306457duration: 168 hr; effect values: 0 (this record: 4)Different tuning
#306458used by: Cast by Dark Ritual; duration: 18 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#308579school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#309511school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 4)Different tuning
#309537used by: Cast by Dark Ritual; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#309582school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#309656effect values: 0 (this record: 4)Different tuning
#322171cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#322411duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#322414used by: Cast by Dark Ritual; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA 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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