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Halo

Spell

Halo

Shadow

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Priest

1.5 sec1 min cooldownLong Range

Creates a ring of Shadow energy around you that quickly expands to a 40 yd radius, healing allies for (161% of Spell Power) and dealing Shadow damage to enemies.

Halo

Tooltip

Creates a ring of Shadow energy around you that quickly expands to a 40 yd radius, healing allies for (161% of Spell Power) and dealing Shadow damage to enemies. Healing reduced beyond 6 targets.

Generates 5 Insanity.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Halo is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 6.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395. Its base value is 40.
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.
  5. Effect 5 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 500.

What it does

Halo is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 2.5 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect, applies an aura and restores a resource (base value 500).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2.5 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 6
Misc value: 658
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Value: 40
Misc value: 33742
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 34681
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 34682
Effect #5Energize (30)
Value: 500
Misc value: 13

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?

Halo appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Halo for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow)
    Hero talent tree: ArchonTalent
  • Halo (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Halo". This page is record #120644. 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
#97598school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#120517school: Holy; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura, Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120692school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120696school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157762school: Holy; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157795school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 136; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#161172school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#390964cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#390971cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#449840school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#453094cast time: instant; duration: 3 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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