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Desolation

Spell

Desolation

Physical

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

The Jailer launches a deadly attack on Azeroth, reducing Azeroth’s lifeforce by up to 20%.

Desolation

Tooltip

The Jailer launches a deadly attack on Azeroth, reducing Azeroth’s lifeforce by up to 20%. Each player in the area of effect reduces the damage to Azeroth but suffers 50 Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Desolation.

What it does

Desolation is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Desolation (record #369932).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Desolation

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 24 separate Spell records named "Desolation". This page is record #365035. 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
#66802school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66803school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#310323used by: Cast by Desolation; school: Shadow; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#310324used by: Cast by Desolation; school: Shadow; cast time: 4 secA helper record another spell casts
#310325journal encounter: Vexiona; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#315906effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#327982school: Shadow; duration: 3 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#327992journal encounter: Sire Denathrius; school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#362427effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#365033journal encounter: The Jailer; cast time: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#365034school: Shadow; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#369932used by: Cast by Desolation; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts

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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