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Darkness

Spell

Darkness

Physical

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Demon Hunter

Instant cast5 min cooldownSelf Only

Summons darkness around you in a 12 yd radius, granting friendly targets a 15% chance to avoid all damage from an attack.

Darkness

Tooltip

Summons darkness around you in a 12 yd radius, granting friendly targets a 15% chance to avoid all damage from an attack. Lasts 8 sec.

Chance to avoid damage increased by 100% when not in a raid.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Darkness is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Darkness is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 5 min cooldown and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect and 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 6615
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 100

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?

Darkness appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Darkness for Demon Hunter (Havoc, Vengeance, Devourer)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 53 separate Spell records named "Darkness". This page is record #196718. 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
#137393duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#138682used by: Cast by Darkness; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#138683school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#138684school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#184674used by: Cast by Nightmare Visage; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#184682used by: Cast by Special; school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#203130school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#203131school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#209426effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#228383school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#232006school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#232007school: Shadow; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, 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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