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Dread Breath

Spell

Dread Breath

Shadow

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4 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Vaelgor roars toward a targeted player, fearing them.

Dread Breath

Tooltip

Vaelgor roars toward a targeted player, fearing them. The dragon's breath inflicts 60 Shadow damage and an additional 37.5 Shadow damage every 3 sec, increasing movement speed, for 9 sec.

How it works

Dread Breath is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). It triggers Dread Breath.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards. It triggers Dread Breath.

What it does

Dread Breath is a Shadow spell with a 4 sec cast and an unlimited range. It also casts Dread Breath (record #1244225) and Dread Breath (record #1255979).

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 time4 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Misc value: 236919, 330
Trigger spell: Dread Breath
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 yards
Trigger spell: Dread Breath

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?

Dread Breath appears in: 1 boss encounter and 3 spells that cast it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Dread Breath". This page is record #1244221. 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
#1244225used by: Cast by Dread Breath; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1255595cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1255612difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1255979difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic; used by: Cast by Dread Breath; cast time: instant; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1257842cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1280242cast time: instant; 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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