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Devour Soul

Spell

Devour Soul

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Devour the souls of all players, reducing their maximum health, damage dealt, and healing done by 3%.

Devour Soul

Tooltip

Devour the souls of all players, reducing their maximum health, damage dealt, and healing done by 3%. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Devour Soul is built from 6 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 429. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 136. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 421. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 133. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is -3. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Devour Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius. It stacks up to 20 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 timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks20
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: -3
Misc value: 127
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 429
Value: -3
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 136
Value: -3
Misc value: 127
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 421
Value: -3
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 133
Value: -3
Misc value: 1
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: -3
Radius: 100 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 6 separate Spell records named "Devour Soul". This page is record #304254. 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
#231735school: Fire; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#240013used by: Cast by Devour Soul; duration: 12 secA helper record another spell casts
#240014school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#240019used by: Cast by Devour Soul; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#334884difficulty rows: Normal, Mythic; journal encounter: Huntsman Altimor; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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