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Grasping Hands

Spell

Grasping Hands

Physical

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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Summons spectral hands from beyond the veil at several locations nearby.

Grasping Hands

Tooltip

Summons spectral hands from beyond the veil at several locations nearby. Players of the impact suffer 30 Shadow damage.
If the hands manage to grab a player, they are rooted for 10 sec and suffer 11 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

How it works

Grasping Hands is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 333713. Its area radius is 100 yards. It triggers Grasping Hands.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Grasping Hands is a spell with a 2 sec cast and an unlimited range. It also casts Grasping Hands (record #333713).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 333713
Radius: 100 yards
Trigger spell: Grasping Hands
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 100 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Grasping Hands". This page is record #333714. 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; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different caster
#319558used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#319567school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#319585used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#319589cast time: instant; effect values: 319585, 0 (this record: 333713, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#319639used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#333710school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#333712used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#333713used by: Cast by Grasping Hands; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#342691school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect 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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