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Gloom Touch

Spell

Gloom Touch

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The afflicts transported players with dark energy, inflicting 8.33 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec to players of the victims for 12 sec.

Gloom Touch

Tooltip

The afflicts transported players with dark energy, inflicting 8.33 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec to players of the victims for 12 sec.

Upon removal, a occurs and forms.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Gloom Touch is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 8 times over the full 12 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 30.

What it does

Gloom Touch is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1.5 sec and 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
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 1.5 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 30

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 Touch appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Gloom Touch". This page is record #464056. 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
#447965duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#447967different tooltip textA variant record
#447972used by: Cast by Gloom Touch; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#455086duration: 8 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#455091duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#455099difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#464055school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#465111used by: Cast by Gloom Touch; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#465112used by: Cast by Gloom Touch; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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