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Decay

Spell

Decay

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Inflicts 2780 Shadow damage every 3 sec for 12 sec to enemies in a 25 yard frontal cone.

Decay

Tooltip

Inflicts 2780 Shadow damage every 3 sec for 12 sec to enemies in a 25 yard frontal cone. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 2780 per tick. Its area radius is 25 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (11120 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 203, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Corrupting Maw.

What it does

Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 25 yard radius every 3 sec. It also casts Corrupting Maw. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 2780
Radius: 25 yards
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #3Effect 203
Trigger spell: Corrupting Maw

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.

Boss encounters

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 #245098. 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
#17052school: Physical; duration: 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
#228121journal encounter: Helya; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster
#228127school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#230195school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#230898used by: Cast by Decay; school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 144, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#254383duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360164school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Power Burn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360166school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#375360school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect 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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