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Insect Swarm

Spell

Insect Swarm

Shadow

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1.5 secMedium Range

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks by 5% and causing Nature damage over 12 sec.

Insect Swarm

Tooltip

The enemy target is swarmed by insects, decreasing their chance to hit with melee and ranged attacks by 5% and causing Nature damage over 12 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1500 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (9000 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 54. Its base value is -5. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Insect Swarm is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1500
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 54
Value: -5
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 13 separate Spell records named "Insect Swarm". This page is record #182907. 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
#65855school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect values: 11.9, -3 (this record: 1500, -5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#83017school: Nature; effect values: 16, -3 (this record: 1500, -5)Different tuning
#114506school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#114515school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118073school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#125010school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 3.27, -5 (this record: 1500, -5)Different tuning
#165154school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#210507effect values: 25, -5 (this record: 1500, -5)Different tuning
#215169school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#247076school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#353652used by: Cast by Insect Plague; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#415462school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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.

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