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Expel Soul

Spell

Expel Soul

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Expels the soul of the target, and forces the victim's body to run away.

Expel Soul

Tooltip

Expels the soul of the target, and forces the victim's body to run away. While the victim's soul is exposed they suffer 8 Shadow damage every 1 sec. and have their attack and casting speeds reduced by 50%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Expel Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 164130, 64

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?

Expel Soul 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 15 separate Spell records named "Expel Soul". This page is record #319420. 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
#213638school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#213648journal encounter: The Soultakers; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#272233cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#272234duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#272238school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288857school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288858duration: none; effect types: effect 165, Knock Back, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288859school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#290085effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#319390cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, DummyA different effect setup
#319414duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#319633duration: 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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