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Dark Tear

Spell

Dark Tear

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

The Horrific Summoner opens a tear, allowing creatures to continually come through to assault the players every 20 sec as long as the passage remains open.

Dark Tear

Tooltip

The Horrific Summoner opens a tear, allowing creatures to continually come through to assault the players every 20 sec as long as the passage remains open.

If the channel completes, it triggers a.

How it works

Dark Tear is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 20 sec, 6 times over the full 2 min. It triggers Dark Tear.

What it does

Dark Tear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 2 min. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 20 sec. It also casts Dark Tear (record #299615).

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
Duration2 min
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 20 sec
Trigger spell: Dark Tear

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 Tear appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Dark Tear". This page is record #294515. 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
#299615used by: Cast by Dark Tear; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#473023used by: Cast by Close Rift; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#473629school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#473631duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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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