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Deceiver's Veil

Spell

Deceiver's Veil

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shadows gather, restricting your ability to target or any friendly player or enemy more than 8 yards away.

Deceiver's Veil

Tooltip

Shadows gather, restricting your ability to target or any friendly player or enemy more than 8 yards away. causing all spells and abilities to miss, and reducing healing done by 100%.

Additionally, players are affected by Choking Shadows.

How it works

Deceiver's Veil is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 225. Its base value is 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 1 sec.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 54. Its base value is -100.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 55. Its base value is -100.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 136. Its base value is -100.

What it does

Deceiver's Veil is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 225
Value: 12
Misc value: 8
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 54
Value: -100
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 55
Value: -100
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 136
Value: -100
Misc value: 127

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?

Deceiver's Veil 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 3 separate Spell records named "Deceiver's Veil". This page is record #236555. 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
#241983cast time: 7.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#242696effect types: Apply Aura, 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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