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Hopelessness

Spell

Hopelessness

Shadow

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Shadow spell.

Hopelessness

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Hopelessness.

What it does

Hopelessness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Hopelessness (record #365966).

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
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Hopelessness

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 18 separate Spell records named "Hopelessness". This page is record #365962. 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
#72397duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 129, effect 129; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#237725journal encounter: Kil'jaeden; cast time: 30 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#237728duration: 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; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#297593school: Physical; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#297598used by: Cast by Hopelessness; school: PhysicalA helper record another spell casts
#361993used by: Cast by Blasphemy; 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 types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#365966used by: Cast by Fragment of Hope; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#365971school: Holy, Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368660difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Hopelessness; 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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