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Festering Wound

Spell

Festering Wound

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Physical spell for Death Knights.

Festering Wound

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 4. It triggers Scourge Strike.

What it does

Festering Wound is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Scourge Strike. It stacks up to 6 times.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks6
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Trigger spell: Scourge Strike

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 11 separate Spell records named "Festering Wound". This page is record #1227017. 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
#38254school: Nature; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164479used by: Cast by Festering Maw; school: Nature; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#194311school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, DummyA different effect setup
#195757used by: Cast by Festering Wound; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, EnergizeA helper record another spell casts
#197147used by: Death Knight; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different owner
#220417effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295873school: Shadow; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#295874school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295875school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1227025school: none; duration: noneA variant record

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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