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Merely a Setback

Spell

Merely a Setback

Physical

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

The bonuses provided by your Barrier spells persist at 100% effectiveness for an additional 8 sec after your Barrier is removed.

Merely a Setback

Tooltip

The bonuses provided by your Barrier spells persist at 100% effectiveness for an additional 8 sec after your Barrier is removed.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Merely a Setback is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
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 4 separate Spell records named "Merely a Setback". This page is record #1246023. 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
#449330used by: Talent: Mage; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#449336effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#460565duration: none; effect types: effect 284; 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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