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Madness

Spell

Madness

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies and causes Madness for 2 sec.

Madness

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies and causes Madness for 2 sec.

How it works

Madness is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 600. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 5. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Madness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 600) in a 5 yard radius and applies an aura in a 5 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the incapacitated mechanic.

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
Duration2 sec
MechanicIncapacitated
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 600
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 5
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 123, 7
Radius: 5 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Madness 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 17 separate Spell records named "Madness". This page is record #201041. 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
#175714duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175828duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#175829duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#175831duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#255612duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#305131school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#305132school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#305133school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#305135school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#305137used by: Cast by Madness; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#305139school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#311034used by: Cast by Random Maw Stuff; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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