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Infest

Spell

Infest

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Worms its way into a player's body, inflicting 15.0108 Shadow damage to all players every 2 sec for 6 sec.

Infest

Tooltip

Worms its way into a player's body, inflicting 15.0108 Shadow damage to all players every 2 sec for 6 sec. On expiration, the Unworthy Vessel emerges.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec.

What it does

Infest is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 2 sec

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?

Infest appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 34 separate Spell records named "Infest". This page is record #277779. 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
#170194school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#170195school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#191639cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#277567school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277774cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277781difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#277786duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#277791school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277803school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278440school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#278444school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#278456school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 3 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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