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Gloom

Spell

Gloom

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Ezzorak ejects a moving mass of pure darkness in a frontal direction, inflicting 15 to 45 Shadow damage to all players upon arrival, creating a Gloomfield.

Gloom

Tooltip

Ezzorak ejects a moving mass of pure darkness in a frontal direction, inflicting 15 to 45 Shadow damage to all players upon arrival, creating a Gloomfield.

Gloom damage done and the size of Gloomfield decreases up to 4 times as players contact the darkness, applying Gloomtouched.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). It triggers Gloomfield.

What it does

Gloom is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 min. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect. It also casts Gloomfield.

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
Duration10 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 38757
Trigger spell: Gloomfield

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?

Gloom appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 23 separate Spell records named "Gloom". This page is record #1245417. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#223205duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#364031journal encounter: Anduin Wrynn; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#443399used by: Cast by Gloom Splatter; duration: 12 minA helper record another spell casts
#443403journal encounter: Queen Ansurek; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#443724school: Nature; duration: 12 minA variant record
#444523used by: Cast by Conduit Collapse; duration: 12 minA helper record another spell casts
#448078used by: Cast by Gloom Eruption; duration: 12 minA helper record another spell casts
#449374duration: 8 minA variant record
#449795duration: 8 minA variant record
#1245391journal encounter: Vaelgor & Ezzorak; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1245500duration: none; effect types: School Damage, DummyA different effect setup
#1265877duration: 1 secA 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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