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Necrotic Breath

Spell

Necrotic Breath

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 16.5176 Nature damage every second to frontal enemies, and reduces their healing taken by 99%.

Necrotic Breath

Tooltip

Inflicts 16.5176 Nature damage every second to frontal enemies, and reduces their healing taken by 99%.

How it works

Necrotic Breath is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16.5176. Its area radius is 65 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -99. Its area radius is 65 yards.

What it does

Necrotic Breath is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 16.5176) in a 65 yard radius and applies an aura in a 65 yard radius.

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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 16.5176
Radius: 65 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -99
Misc value: 127
Radius: 65 yards

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?

Necrotic Breath appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Necrotic Breath". This page is record #159220. 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
#159219cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288376school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#324787used by: Cast by Necrotic Breath; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#324788school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#324816used by: Cast by Necrotic Breath; school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect values: 5, 0 (this record: 16.52, -99)A helper record another spell casts
#329332used by: Cast by Necrotic Breath; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#329333school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#333488school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4.4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#333489school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#333493journal encounter: Amarth, The Harvester; school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different caster
#334674school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#337047school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, 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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