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Grasp of Emptiness

Spell

Grasp of Emptiness

Shadow

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2 secSelf Only

Ancient obelisks grasp a player with Void energy, inflicting 11 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing their movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.

Grasp of Emptiness

Tooltip

Ancient obelisks grasp a player with Void energy, inflicting 11 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing their movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. Upon removal, fires out through each obelisk.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Grasp of Emptiness is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 yards

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?

Grasp of Emptiness 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 16 separate Spell records named "Grasp of Emptiness". This page is record #1232467. 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
#1232470cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1232798school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1233118school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1233243school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1233248school: Physical; cast time: instantA variant record
#1260007school: Physical; cast time: instantA variant record
#1260026cast time: 0.8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#1260027cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1260061school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1260062school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1260063school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1260064school: Physical; cast time: instantA 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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