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Decay

Spell

Decay

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 0.0001.

What it does

Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 0.0001).

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 0.0001

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 14 separate Spell records named "Decay". This page is record #254383. 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; effect values: 38.86 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#173246difficulty rows: Mythic; school: Nature; cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 38.86 (this record: 0); 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; 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
#245098difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic; journal encounter: Felhounds of Sargeras; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, effect 203; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#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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