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Mental Decay

Spell

Mental Decay

Shadow

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2.5 secSelf Only

Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 10 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.

Mental Decay

Tooltip

Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 10 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards. It triggers Mental Decay.

What it does

Mental Decay is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). It also casts Mental Decay (record #313364).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 yards
Trigger spell: Mental Decay

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 6 separate Spell records named "Mental Decay". This page is record #313391. 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
#313362cast time: 1 secA variant record
#313364difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Carapace of N'Zoth; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Power Burn, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#313610journal encounter: N'Zoth the Corruptor; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Power Burn, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#313611used by: Cast by Servant of N'ZothA helper record another spell casts
#375994used by: Talent: Priest; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner

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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