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Erupting Darkness

Spell

Erupting Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Hurls a powerful blast of energy that inflicts Shadow damage to the current target.

Erupting Darkness

Tooltip

Hurls a powerful blast of energy that inflicts Shadow damage to the current target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Erupting Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 200 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it summons a creature in a 3 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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 132115, 3133
Radius: 3 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?

Erupting Darkness appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 16 separate Spell records named "Erupting Darkness". This page is record #260464. 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
#260465school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 254A different effect setup
#260468duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260479duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#260481duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#260504school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#272021duration: 30 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#273363journal encounter: Zul, Reborn; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#334051cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419685duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#1214634used by: Cast by Unleash Darkness; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#1214638school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#1214645duration: none; effect types: School DamageA 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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