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Defile

Spell

Defile

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The Jailer defiles part of the chamber for 1 min, inflicting 13.0026 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within the area.

Defile

Tooltip

The Jailer defiles part of the chamber for 1 min, inflicting 13.0026 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within the area. Each time a player suffers damage from Defile the area of effect greatly increases.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 13.0026 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260. Its base value is 13.

What it does

Defile is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura.

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 3
Value: 13.0026
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Value: 13
Misc value: 1828, 7

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?

Defile 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 55 separate Spell records named "Defile". This page is record #365174. 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
#314566duration: 40 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#314575duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#314577used by: Cast by Defile; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#314578used by: Cast by Defile; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#365167school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365169school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365170used by: Cast by Defile; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#367526school: Physical; duration: 4 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371160subtext: Offensive; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#371161subtext: Offensive; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 13, 0 (this record: 13, 13); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#417272cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#417280school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA 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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