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Dragging Chains

Spell

Dragging Chains

Shadow

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Instant cast5 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

The Stygian Abductor unleashes chains at their target and all players, inflicting 60 Shadow damage divided evenly among all players struck.

Dragging Chains

Tooltip

The Stygian Abductor unleashes chains at their target and all players, inflicting 60 Shadow damage divided evenly among all players struck.

In addition, the Abductor begins to pull each hit target off the platform. The force of this effect is reduced by the number of players being chained. After struggling for 6 sec, the Abductor is pulled from the skies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Dragging Chains is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its area radius is 6.5 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 12 times over the full 6 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 485. Its area radius is 6.5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 60. Its area radius is 6.5 yards.

What it does

Dragging Chains is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range, a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 6.5 yard radius every 0.5 sec, applies an aura in a 6.5 yard radius and deals Shadow damage (base value 60) in a 6.5 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
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Radius: 6.5 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 485
Radius: 6.5 yards
Effect #3School Damage (2)
Value: 60
Radius: 6.5 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Dragging Chains appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • The Eye of the Jailer in Sanctum of Domination
    Journal section: Stage Three: Immediate Extermination > Stygian Abductors; Stage One: His Gaze Upon You > Stygian Abductors
    Encounter creatures: Eye of the JailerRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Dragging Chains". This page is record #349979. 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
#349978school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#355180school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#356009school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#356010cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 0, 100, 20 (this record: 0, 0, 60); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#356073cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#358609duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358760school: Physical; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA 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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