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Darkening Soul

Spell

Darkening Soul

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Grants a chance for enemies that attack you to have their souls Darkened, reducing the damage they deal to you.2% for 20 sec.

Darkening Soul

Tooltip

Grants a chance for enemies that attack you to have their souls Darkened, reducing the damage they deal to you.2% for 20 sec. Additional applications increase the effectiveness of Darkening Soul but do not refresh its duration.

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 269.

What it does

Darkening Soul is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 15 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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks15
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 269
Misc value: 127

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 spell that casts it.

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 #222209. 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
#206651journal encounter: Xavius; school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#222207duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#222222duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#440042duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#441572school: Fire, Shadow; duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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