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Nether Portal

Spell

Nether Portal

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant cast3 min cooldownLong Range

Summon Demonic Tyrant leaves open a rift to the Twisting Nether for 15 sec.

Nether Portal

Tooltip

Summon Demonic Tyrant leaves open a rift to the Twisting Nether for 15 sec.

While Nether Portal is active, Hand of Gul'dan costs 5 Soul Shards and summons 1 demons, up to 5, to assist you in combat for 15 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 5. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Nether Portal is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 3 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 5 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

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown3 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 5
Misc value: 13046
Radius: 5 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Nether Portal". This page is record #1256205. 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
#233247school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#267217used by: Talent: Warlock; cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA different owner
#267218effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#303980difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Queen Azshara; school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, effect 140; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#303981duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303982duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303986school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303987school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#418544cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1245168cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 254; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1251809duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1251814effect types: Apply AuraA 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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