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Despotic Command

Spell

Despotic Command

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Salhadaar attempts to bend several players to his will, inflicting 6 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within yd of afflicted players for 13 sec.

Despotic Command

Tooltip

Salhadaar attempts to bend several players to his will, inflicting 6 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within yd of afflicted players for 13 sec.

When this aura expires, Salhadaar shrouds the wearer in and creates a pool of at the wearer's location.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 6. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Despotic Command is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 6) in a 5 yard radius.

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 6
Radius: 5 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Despotic Command". This page is record #1260835. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#1248697difficulty rows: Normal, Mythic; journal encounter: Fallen-King Salhadaar; duration: 13 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1260808duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#1260823cast time: 1 sec; 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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