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Despair

Spell

Despair

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Increases damage taken from melee attacks by 50% for 1 min.

Despair

Tooltip

Increases damage taken from melee attacks by 50% for 1 min. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Despair.

What it does

Despair is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Despair (record #1297986).

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Despair

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 31 separate Spell records named "Despair". This page is record #1297992. 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
#307375duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#357144journal encounter: Fatescribe Roh-Kalo; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#365220school: PhysicalA variant record
#390147school: PhysicalA variant record
#390157school: PhysicalA variant record
#1249034used by: Cast by Despair; school: Nature; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1249035school: Nature; different tooltip textA variant record
#1265323used by: Cast by Desecrated Chalice; school: Physical; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1271469cast time: 3 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1297986used by: Cast by Despair; duration: 1 min; effect values: 50 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1307009journal encounter: The Coiled Altar; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different caster
#1307032different tooltip textA variant record

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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