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Gripping Shadows

Spell

Gripping Shadows

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Inflicts 11.6595 Shadow damage and increases damage taken by Gripping Shadows for 15 sec.

Gripping Shadows

Tooltip

Inflicts 11.6595 Shadow damage and increases damage taken by Gripping Shadows for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Gripping Shadows is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 11.6595. It applies the shackled mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Gripping Shadows.

What it does

Gripping Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 11.6595) with the shackled mechanic. It also casts Gripping Shadows (record #190482).

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 11.6595
Mechanic: Shackled
Effect #2Effect 140
Trigger spell: Gripping Shadows

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?

Gripping Shadows appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Mannoroth in Hellfire Citadel
    Journal section: Wrath of Gul'dan; Stage Four: EMPOWERMENT! > Wrath of Gul'dan
    Encounter creatures: MannorothRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Gripping Shadows". This page is record #186350. 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
#87624school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#87629duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#190482used by: Cast by Gripping Shadows; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#190736effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#221208school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#221217school: Physical; cast time: 12 sec; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249465school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249466school: Physical; cast time: 12 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249467used by: Cast by Gripping Shadows; effect types: effect 145, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#274245duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA 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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