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Grasping Hands

Spell

Grasping Hands

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Summons ethereal hands from the beyond that will hold passing victims in their grasp.

Grasping Hands

Tooltip

Summons ethereal hands from the beyond that will hold passing victims in their grasp.
While rooted, the victim takes 2 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Grasping Hands is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 30 times over the full 30 sec (60 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Grasping Hands is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the rooted mechanic.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
MechanicRooted
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1677, 7

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 "Grasping Hands". This page is record #333710. 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
#181299journal encounter: Kormrok; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different caster
#319558used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#319567duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#319585used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#319589school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#319639used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#333712used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#333713used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#333714school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#342691effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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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