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Festering Scythe

Spell

Festering Scythe

Shadow

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Death Knight

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Hastens your Plagues on the target by 35%.

Festering Scythe

Tooltip

Hastens your Plagues on the target by 35%.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is -35.

What it does

Festering Scythe is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 25 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration25 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: -35
Misc value: 19

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 8 separate Spell records named "Festering Scythe". This page is record #1241077. 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
#455397used by: Talent: Death Knight; school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: -500 (this record: -35); different tooltip textA different owner
#458123school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 458128 (this record: -35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#458128duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#459238school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1235165school: Physical; duration: 1.5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1241719school: Frost; duration: 0.6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -35)Different tuning
#1241732school: Frost; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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