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Dispersion

Spell

Dispersion

Shadow

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Priest

Instant cast2 min cooldownSelf Only

Disperse into pure shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 75% for 6 sec and healing you of your maximum health over its duration, but you are unable to attack or cast spells.

Dispersion

Tooltip

Disperse into pure shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 75% for 6 sec and healing you of your maximum health over its duration, but you are unable to attack or cast spells.

Increases movement speed by 50% and makes you immune to all movement impairing effects.

Castable while stunned, feared, or silenced.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Dispersion is built from 8 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -75.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 60.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 31. Its base value is 50.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 20. Its base value is 25 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec (150 base in total).
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 77.
  7. Effect 7 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 77.
  8. Effect 8 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 7.

What it does

Dispersion is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 2 min cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Cooldown2 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -75
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 100
Misc value: 23
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 60
Misc value: 127
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 31
Value: 50
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 20
Value: 25
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 77
Misc value: 7
Effect #7Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 77
Misc value: 11
Effect #8Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 7
Misc value: 23

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?

Dispersion appears in: 1 class specialization.

Class specialization

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Dispersion". This page is record #47585. 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
#65544school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79811school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120044school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#156868school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140A different effect setup
#164444school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#165766school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173206school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#201250school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201251used by: Cast by Dispersion; school: Physical; duration: 90 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#201257used by: Cast by Dispersion; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#373016subtext: Utility; school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397275subtext: Utility; school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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