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Explosive Corruption

Spell

Explosive Corruption

NatureShadow

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

G'huun spreads corruption to a random player that explodes after 6 sec, inflicting 40.0112 Plague damage to all players, creating a patch.

Explosive Corruption

Tooltip

G'huun spreads corruption to a random player that explodes after 6 sec, inflicting 40.0112 Plague damage to all players, creating a patch.

In addition, when expires, it creates 5 that radiate outward.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 39.9984. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Explosive Corruption is a Nature and Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 500 yards. When cast it deals Nature and Shadow damage (base value 39.9984) in a 5 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

SchoolNature, Shadow
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 39.9984
Radius: 5 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?

Explosive Corruption appears in: 1 boss encounter and 2 spells that cast it.

Boss encounters

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 9 separate Spell records named "Explosive Corruption". This page is record #272508. 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
#269805school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#272504effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#272505cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#272506difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Explosive Corruption; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#274262duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277082school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#277083used by: Cast by Reaping; effect types: effect 165A helper record another spell casts
#277088effect types: DummyA 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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