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Nightmare Breath

Spell

Nightmare Breath

Fire

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1.5 sec7 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 17.9175 Fire damage in a cone in front of the caster and then burns the targets, inflicting 9.25 Fire damage every 2 sec.

Nightmare Breath

Tooltip

Inflicts 17.9175 Fire damage in a cone in front of the caster and then burns the targets, inflicting 9.25 Fire damage every 2 sec. for 6 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 17.9175. Its area radius is 25 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 9.25 per tick. Its area radius is 25 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec (27.75 base in total).

What it does

Nightmare Breath is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 7 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 17.9175) in a 25 yard radius and applies an aura in a 25 yard radius every 2 sec.

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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown7 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration6 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 17.9175
Radius: 25 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 9.25
Radius: 25 yards
Period: every 2 sec

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?

Nightmare Breath 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 14 separate Spell records named "Nightmare Breath". This page is record #204667. 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
#190193school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#190197school: Nature; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#190206school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#192754cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#197049school: Nature; cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#197056used by: Cast by Nightmare Breath; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#197503school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#208291used by: Cast by Nightmare Breath; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#208292school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215821journal encounter: Shar'thos; cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 123.15, 11.2 (this record: 17.92, 9.25); different tooltip textA different caster
#218824school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#315440school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 165; 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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