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Hopelessness

Spell

Hopelessness

Shadow

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30 secAnywhere - Unlimited

When the cast completes, or when the Hopeless Reflection's health is completely restored, inflicts 559.756 Shadow damage to all players and creates a pool of Soul Anguish.

Hopelessness

Tooltip

When the cast completes, or when the Hopeless Reflection's health is completely restored, inflicts 559.756 Shadow damage to all players and creates a pool of Soul Anguish. The size of the pool and the damage dealt to players can be reduced by healing the Hopeless Reflection.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 200.

What it does

Hopelessness is a Shadow spell with a 30 sec cast and an unlimited range.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time30 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 200

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?

Hopelessness appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Kil'jaeden in Tomb of Sargeras
    Journal section: Stage Two: Reflected Souls > Shadow Reflection > Shadow Reflection: Hopeless
    Encounter creatures: Kil'jaedenRaid 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 18 separate Spell records named "Hopelessness". This page is record #237725. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#72397cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 129, effect 129; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#237728cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#297574used by: Cast by Hopelessness; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#297582used by: Cast by Hopelessness; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#297593school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#297598used by: Cast by Hopelessness; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#361993used by: Cast by Blasphemy; cast time: instant; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#365958journal encounter: Anduin Wrynn; cast time: 2.8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 200); different tooltip textA different caster
#365962cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#365966used by: Cast by Fragment of Hope; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#365971school: Holy, Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368660difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Hopelessness; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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