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Dark Star

Spell

Dark Star

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A star materializes from the Twisting Nether, pulling players towards its center for 5 sec.

Dark Star

Tooltip

A star materializes from the Twisting Nether, pulling players towards its center for 5 sec.

Upon emergence, players within the are as ripple outward. Inflicts 1.2 Cosmic damage to all players every 1 sec.

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 23. It ticks every 1 sec. It triggers Dark Star.

What it does

Dark Star is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Dark Star (record #1225452). It stacks up to 99 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Dark Star

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 22 separate Spell records named "Dark Star". This page is record #1225453. 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
#397632subtext: Offensive; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397633subtext: Offensive; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397634subtext: Offensive; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397635subtext: Offensive; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397636subtext: Offensive; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#1225405school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1225452used by: Cast by Dark Star; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#1225473school: Physical; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226659school: Physical; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226660school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1248134school: Physical; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1248137journal encounter: Nexus-King Salhadaar; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster

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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