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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 Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Desolation is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards.

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 #1Dummy (3)

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?

Desolation appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Desolation". This page is record #369932. 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
#310323school: Shadow; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#310324school: Shadow; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#310325journal encounter: Vexiona; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#315906no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#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
#362427no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#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
#365035effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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