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Despair

Spell

Despair

Shadow

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3 secMedium Range

Inflicts Shadow damage and reduces healing taken by 2%.

Despair

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage and reduces healing taken by 2%.

How it works

Each cast of Despair costs 75 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 400.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -2.

What it does

Despair is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 400) and applies an aura. It stacks up to 15 times.

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
Cost75 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time3 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks15
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 400
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -2
Misc value: 127

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 31 separate Spell records named "Despair". This page is record #223100. 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
#144728school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145725school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#200642cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216020cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#270830duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#291910school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#297548used by: Cast by Despair; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#297555used by: Cast by Despair; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#297556school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#304634used by: Cast by Despair; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#307359journal encounter: Vexiona; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#307375cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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