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Nightmare Cloud

Spell

Nightmare Cloud

Shadow

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2 sec3 sec cooldownSelf Only

Creates a wandering Nightmare Cloud for 1 min.

Nightmare Cloud

Tooltip

Creates a wandering Nightmare Cloud for 1 min. Coming into contact with a Nightmare Cloud afflicts players with, putting them to sleep for 6 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Nightmare Cloud is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 3 sec cooldown.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 100 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 6 separate Spell records named "Nightmare Cloud". This page is record #373370. 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
#71939school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#71970school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#373371cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#373380used by: Cast by Nightmare Cloud; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#373388cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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