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Hopelessness

Spell

Hopelessness

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Reduces the damage and healing dealt by all nearby enemies by 40%.

Hopelessness

Tooltip

Reduces the damage and healing dealt by all nearby enemies by 40%.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 129, which the datamine does not name. It applies aura type 79. Its base value is -40. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 129, which the datamine does not name. It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -40. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Hopelessness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Effect 129
Aura type id 79
Value: -40
Misc value: 127
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #2Effect 129
Aura type id 118
Value: -40
Misc value: 127
Radius: 100 yards

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 #72396. 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
#72390effect values: -25, -25 (this record: -40, -40)Different tuning
#72391effect values: -50, -50 (this record: -40, -40)Different tuning
#72393effect values: -75, -75 (this record: -40, -40)Different tuning
#72395effect values: -20, -20 (this record: -40, -40)Different tuning
#72397effect values: -60, -60 (this record: -40, -40)Different tuning
#237725journal encounter: Kil'jaeden; cast time: 30 sec; duration: none; 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; duration: none; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#297598used by: Cast by Hopelessness; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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

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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