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Spell
Metamorphosis
Physical
Demon HunterLeap into the air and land with explosive force, dealing (44% of Attack Power) Chaos damage to enemies within 8 yds, and stunning them for 3 sec.
Tooltip
Leap into the air and land with explosive force, dealing (44% of Attack Power) Chaos damage to enemies within 8 yds, and stunning them for 3 sec. Players are Dazed for 3 sec instead.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
Metamorphosis is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 5 yards.
- Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Metamorphosis.
- Effect 3 is effect type 254, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 5.
- Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Metamorphosis.
What it does
Metamorphosis is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and a 2 min cooldown. It also casts Metamorphosis (record #162264) and Metamorphosis (record #201453).
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
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 2 min |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) Radius: 5 yards |
| Effect #2 | Trigger Spell (64) Trigger spell: Metamorphosis |
| Effect #3 | Effect 254 Value: 5 Misc value: 9 |
| Effect #4 | Trigger Spell (64) Trigger spell: Metamorphosis |
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?
Metamorphosis appears in: 1 skill line and 1 teaching spell.
Skill lines
- Demon Hunter, learned from a trainer or recipeSkill line
Teaching spells
- MetamorphosisTeaches this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Demon Hunter spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 83 separate Spell records named "Metamorphosis". This page is record #191427. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #184895 | duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #187827 | used by: Vengeance Demon Hunter; school: Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different owner |
| #189743 | school: Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 25 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #191428 | effect types: Trigger Spell, effect 254, Trigger Spell | A different effect setup |
| #192504 | journal encounter: Tirathon Saltheril; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different caster |
| #193435 | used by: Cast by Metamorphosis; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Summon, Instakill | A helper record another spell casts |
| #193502 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #193803 | duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #194611 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #195449 | duration: 0.8 sec; effect types: Learn Spell, Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #196787 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #200166 | school: Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A 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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