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Defiling Taint

Spell

Defiling Taint

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

The Essence Defiler channels dark energy into the Avatar of Sethraliss, preventing all external healing.

Defiling Taint

Tooltip

The Essence Defiler channels dark energy into the Avatar of Sethraliss, preventing all external healing.

How it works

Defiling Taint is built from 4 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 118. Its base value is -100.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 301. Its base value is 9999.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 486.

What it does

Defiling Taint is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Misc value: 318506, 828
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -100
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 301
Value: 9999
Misc value: 127
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 486

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.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Defiling Taint". This page is record #1301202. 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
#1301199journal encounter: Avatar of Sethraliss; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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