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Genetic Alteration

Spell

Genetic Alteration

NatureShadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster hurls vials of genetic altering plague at all players.

Genetic Alteration

Tooltip

The caster hurls vials of genetic altering plague at all players. While affected, victims drop a pool of Noxious Spores near their current location every 8 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its area radius is 100 yards. It ticks every 8 sec, 75 times over the full 10 min.

What it does

Genetic Alteration is a Nature and Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius every 8 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Radius: 100 yards
Period: every 8 sec

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 3 separate Spell records named "Genetic Alteration". This page is record #320248. 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
#143278used by: Cast by Mad Scientist; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#143279used by: Cast by Genetic Alteration; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 10 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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