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Exploit Weakness

Spell

Exploit Weakness

Physical

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Instant castFifteen yards

Senses an enemy's weakness, increasing the chance of critically striking the target by 100% for 15 sec.

Exploit Weakness

Tooltip

Senses an enemy's weakness, increasing the chance of critically striking the target by 100% for 15 sec. Also increases damage the target suffers by 50%.

How it works

Exploit Weakness is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 197. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 50.

What it does

Exploit Weakness is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 15 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 197
Value: 100
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 50
Misc value: 127

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 9 separate Spell records named "Exploit Weakness". This page is record #185976. 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
#6595duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#8355duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24016duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40461used by: Cast by Rogue Tier 6 Trinket; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#70728used by: Cast by Item - Hunter T10 2P Bonus; school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#244892journal encounter: Antoran High Command; duration: 20 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#329755duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#342084duration: 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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