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Darkness

Spell

Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 25 Shadow damage.

Darkness

Tooltip

Inflicts 25 Shadow damage.
The victim's movement speed is slowed by 60% for 1.5 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 300 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -60. Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25) in a 300 yard radius and applies an aura in a 300 yard radius.

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
Duration1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 300 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -60
Radius: 300 yards

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 53 separate Spell records named "Darkness". This page is record #232007. 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
#184674used by: Cast by Nightmare Visage; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#184682used by: Cast by Special; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#196718used by: Talent: Demon Hunter; school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#203130duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#203131duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#209426school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#228383duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#232006duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#288557school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#307807school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#309906duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#311657used by: Cast by Combat Phase Aura Two; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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