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Decay

Spell

Decay

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

An aura of decay lingers, inflicting 22.3902 Nature damage to nearby enemies.

Decay

Tooltip

An aura of decay lingers, inflicting 22.3902 Nature damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Decay is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 8835

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?

Decay appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

  • Helya in Trial of Valor
    Journal section: Stage Three: Helheim's Last Stand > Helya > Orb of Corrosion; Stage Three: Helheim's Last Stand > Decaying Minion; Stage Two: From the Mists > Decaying Minion
    Encounter creatures: HelyaRaid boss ability

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 14 separate Spell records named "Decay". This page is record #228121. 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
#17052duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#160013difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Brackenspore; school: Nature; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#173246difficulty rows: Mythic; school: Nature; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#228127school: Nature; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#230195duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#230898used by: Cast by Decay; duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 144, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#245098difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic; journal encounter: Felhounds of Sargeras; school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, effect 203; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#254383school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360164effect types: Apply Aura, Power Burn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360166effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#375360effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1284531difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Story; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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