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Decaying Breath

Spell

Decaying Breath

NatureShadow

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4 secExtended Range

Unleashes decaying breath at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting 40 Plague damage to all players impacted.

Decaying Breath

Tooltip

Unleashes decaying breath at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting 40 Plague damage to all players impacted.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40. Its area radius is 50 yards.

What it does

Decaying Breath is a Nature and Shadow spell with a 4 sec cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals Nature and Shadow damage (base value 40) in a 50 yard radius.

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

SchoolNature, Shadow
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 40
Radius: 50 yards

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?

Decaying Breath 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 2 separate Spell records named "Decaying Breath". This page is record #1215738. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#264159school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Dummy, Weapon % Damage, Apply 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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