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Mark of the Necromancer

Spell

Mark of the Necromancer

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Dia marks random enemies with the sigil of the necromancer, inflicting increasing Shadow damage over time.

Mark of the Necromancer

Tooltip

Dia marks random enemies with the sigil of the necromancer, inflicting increasing Shadow damage over time. When dispelled, this effect bounces to 400 nearby allies of the afflicted player.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Mark of the Necromancer 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 3.1383 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 3600 times over the full 1 hr (11297.9 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 400.

What it does

Mark of the Necromancer is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 1 hr. When cast it applies an aura every 1 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 hr
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3.1383
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 400

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 7 separate Spell records named "Mark of the Necromancer". This page is record #184676. 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
#184449journal encounter: Hellfire High Council; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different caster
#184450difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Reap; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#185065used by: Cast by Reap; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#185066used by: Cast by Reap; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#185074duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187183duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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