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Despair

Spell

Despair

Shadow

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3 secSelf Only

The Fatespawn Monstrosity unleashes a wave Despair upon all players, inflicting 20 Shadow damage every 2 sec and reducing their movement speed by 33% for 6 sec.

Despair

Tooltip

The Fatespawn Monstrosity unleashes a wave Despair upon all players, inflicting 20 Shadow damage every 2 sec and reducing their movement speed by 33% for 6 sec.

How it works

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 Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 20 per tick. Its area radius is 25 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec (60 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -33. It applies the snared mechanic. Its area radius is 25 yards.

What it does

Despair is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 25 yard radius every 2 sec and applies an aura with the snared mechanic in a 25 yard radius. It stacks up to 3 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Duration6 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 20
Radius: 25 yards
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -33
Mechanic: Snared
Radius: 25 yards

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?

Despair appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 31 separate Spell records named "Despair". This page is record #357144. 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
#223100duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, 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; 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; effect values: 10, 0 (this record: 20, -33); different tooltip textA different caster
#307375cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#365220school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#390147school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#390157school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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