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Looming Darkness

Spell

Looming Darkness

ShadowArcane

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2 secLonger Range

Inflicts Spellshadow damage over 12 sec and creates an eruption upon expiration.

Looming Darkness

Tooltip

Inflicts Spellshadow damage over 12 sec and creates an eruption upon expiration.
The victim takes an additional 20% damage from all sources for the duration.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Looming Darkness 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 35 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (210 base in total). It triggers Looming Darkness.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Looming Darkness is a Shadow and Arcane spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Looming Darkness (record #277581).

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, Arcane
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 35
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Looming Darkness
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 20
Misc value: 127

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 10 separate Spell records named "Looming Darkness". This page is record #277578. 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
#106498used by: Cast by Hour of Twilight; school: Holy, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#109231used by: Cast by Hour of Twilight; school: Holy, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#262630school: Shadow; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262634school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#262637used by: Cast by Looming Darkness; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#277580used by: Cast by Looming Darkness; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#277581used by: Cast by Looming Darkness; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#1253325used by: Cast by Looming Darkness; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1253327used by: Cast by Looming Darkness; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 35, 20); 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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