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Engulfing Shadows

Spell

Engulfing Shadows

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal Shadow damage and restore to you.

Engulfing Shadows

Tooltip

Chance on landing a direct damage spell to deal Shadow damage and restore to you.

How it works

Its aura has a 10% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Engulfing Shadows.

What it does

Engulfing Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Engulfing Shadows (record #27860).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chance10%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Spell power coefficient: 1
Trigger spell: Engulfing Shadows

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 2 separate Spell records named "Engulfing Shadows". This page is record #21978. 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
#27860used by: Cast by Engulfing Shadows; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, EnergizeA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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