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Dark Transformation

Spell

Dark Transformation

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant cast45 sec cooldownVision Range (AOI)

Corrupt and evolve your Ghoul into a Monstrosity, greatly empowering its abilities for 15 sec.

Dark Transformation

Tooltip

Corrupt and evolve your Ghoul into a Monstrosity, greatly empowering its abilities for 15 sec.

Death Coil and Epidemic extends the duration of this effect by 1.1 sec.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 1.5 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Dark Transformation is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is 200.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 56. Its base value is 1.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61.
  4. Effect 4 is effect type 137, which the datamine does not name.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 56. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Dark Transformation is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards, a 45 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown45 sec
Category cooldown1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 2534
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: 200
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 56
Value: 1
Misc value: 141244, 1
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Effect #4Effect 137
Misc value: 3
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 56
Value: 1
Misc value: 205163, 1

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 Transformation appears in: 1 talent and 1 taught spell.

Talents

Taught spells

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Dark Transformation". This page is record #1233448. 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
#63560duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#70895school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#70900school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#180805school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#325554subtext: Rank 2; used by: Unholy Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#344955duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1235391effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1306626duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1306636school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1306637used by: Cast by Dark Transformation; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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