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Hollowing Strikes

Spell

Hollowing Strikes

Shadow

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Nek'zali's melee attacks tear away a part of the target's soul, inflicting 2 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorption effects received by 5% for 15 sec.

Hollowing Strikes

Tooltip

Nek'zali's melee attacks tear away a part of the target's soul, inflicting 2 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorption effects received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Hollowing Strikes is built from 8 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -5.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 15.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (10 base in total).
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 422. Its base value is -5.
  5. Effect 5 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 542. It triggers Somewhat Hollowed.
  7. Effect 7 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 542. It triggers Very Hollowed.
  8. Effect 8 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 542. It triggers VERY, Very Hollowed.

What it does

Hollowing Strikes is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 3 sec. It also casts Somewhat Hollowed, Very Hollowed and VERY, Very Hollowed. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -5
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 15
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 422
Value: -5
Effect #5Dummy (3)
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 542
Misc value: 1, 7
Trigger spell: Somewhat Hollowed
Effect #7Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 542
Misc value: 8, 11
Trigger spell: Very Hollowed
Effect #8Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 542
Misc value: 12, 15
Trigger spell: VERY, Very Hollowed

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?

Hollowing Strikes appears in: 2 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Hollowing Strikes". This page is record #1284109. 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
#1284110journal encounter: Nek'zali the Soulcoiler; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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