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Death and Decay

Spell

Death and Decay

Shadow

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3 secLonger Range

Inflicts 15.7017 Shadow damage and then an additional 15.7017 Shadow damage every 2 sec to all enemies in the affected area.

Death and Decay

Tooltip

Inflicts 15.7017 Shadow damage and then an additional 15.7017 Shadow damage every 2 sec to all enemies in the affected area.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3.

Death and Decay is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 15.7017. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15.7017 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 2 sec.

What it does

Death and Decay is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 15.7017) in a 10 yard radius and leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 10 yard radius every 2 sec.

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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time3 sec
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 15.7017
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15.7017
Radius: 10 yards
Period: every 2 sec

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 46 separate Spell records named "Death and Decay". This page is record #56359. 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
#34642cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37788cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39658cast time: 2 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43265used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#52212used by: Death Knight; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#53721cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60160cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60953cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61112cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61603cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71001cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79887cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area 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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