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Merciless

Spell

Merciless

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The Jailer's assault is endless.

Merciless

Tooltip

The Jailer's assault is endless. Periodically, fragments of the battery rain down upon the nearby platforms, inflicting 60 Shadow damage to players of the point of impact.

If no players are, the damage increases to 150 Shadow damage to all players from the impact location.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Merciless is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 23604

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?

Merciless appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Merciless". This page is record #358588. 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
#358589duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358592duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358596duration: none; effect types: effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358602duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358805duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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