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Encroaching Shadows

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Encroaching Shadows

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shadow spell.

Encroaching Shadows

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Encroaching Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 min. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration12 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 17867

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 15 separate Spell records named "Encroaching Shadows". This page is record #307318. 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
#204215school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251031cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307312used by: Cast by Encroaching Shadows; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#307314used by: Cast by Encroaching Shadows; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#307316used by: Cast by Encroaching Shadows; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#307317difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Vexiona; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#307319duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#391235school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#449332journal encounter: Rasha'nan, Speaker Shadowcrown; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#449335used by: Cast by Encroaching Shadows; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#449685duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#453869used by: Cast by Airship Fast Mover; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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