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Darkness

Spell

Darkness

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Summons darkness around you in a 12 yard radius, granting friendly targets a 40% chance to avoid all damage from an attack.

Darkness

Tooltip

Summons darkness around you in a 12 yard radius, granting friendly targets a 40% chance to avoid all damage from an attack. Lasts 6 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 40.

What it does

Darkness is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 8 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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Misc value: 127, -50
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 40
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 53 separate Spell records named "Darkness". This page is record #398132. 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
#340334school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: effect 203A different effect setup
#347403effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#348426duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 0, 40)Different tuning
#360163duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Power Burn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360167duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#361628subtext: Utility; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397309subtext: Utility; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397310subtext: Utility; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397311subtext: Utility; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#398130effect values: 0, 30 (this record: 0, 40); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#398131effect values: 0, 35 (this record: 0, 40); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#444413duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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