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Spell
Impending Catastrophe
Shadow
WarlockCall forth a cloud of chaotic anima that travels to the target enemy, dealing (25.3% of Spell Power) Shadow damage to enemies in its path.
Tooltip
Call forth a cloud of chaotic anima that travels to the target enemy, dealing (25.3% of Spell Power) Shadow damage to enemies in its path. When the anima reaches the target it explodes, inflicting either Curse of Weakness or Curse of Tongues, and dealing (138% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 12 sec to all nearby enemies.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
Impending Catastrophe is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
- Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
What it does
Impending Catastrophe is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | 2 sec |
| Cooldown | 1 min |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 12 sec |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) |
| Effect #2 | Create Area Effect (179) Misc value: 19619 |
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?
Impending Catastrophe appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Venthyr (Warlock)Skill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Venthyr spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Impending Catastrophe". This page is record #321792. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #322167 | cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #322170 | cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #337055 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Learn Spell, Dummy; different tooltip text | A 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.
Comments
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