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Darkening Soul

Spell

Darkening Soul

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Xavius taints the target's soul, inflicting 16.7927 Shadow damage every 1 sec until removed.

Darkening Soul

Tooltip

Xavius taints the target's soul, inflicting 16.7927 Shadow damage every 1 sec until removed.
Dispelling this Darkening Soul inflicts 134.341 Shadow damage to all enemies in a yd radius.
The dispeller gains 25 Corruption and suffers Shadow damage.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Darkening Soul is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 16.7927 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Darkening Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura. It stacks up to 100 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks100
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 16.7927
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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?

Darkening Soul appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts 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 6 separate Spell records named "Darkening Soul". This page is record #206651. 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
#222207school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222209used by: Cast by Darkening Soul; school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#222222school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#440042school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#441572school: Fire, Shadow; duration: 15 sec; 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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