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Oil Slick

Spell

Oil Slick

Physical

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Instant cast12 sec cooldownSelf Only

Leaves a trail of oil, slowing enemies' movement speed by 50% and increasing Fire damage taken by 100%.

Oil Slick

Tooltip

Leaves a trail of oil, slowing enemies' movement speed by 50% and increasing Fire damage taken by 100%.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Oil Slick is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Oil Slick.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Oil Slick.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Oil Slick.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Oil Slick.
  5. Effect 5 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Oil Slick.

What it does

Oil Slick is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 12 sec cooldown. It also casts Oil Slick (record #266979).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown12 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Oil Slick
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 500
Trigger spell: Oil Slick
Effect #3Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 1000
Trigger spell: Oil Slick
Effect #4Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 1500
Trigger spell: Oil Slick
Effect #5Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 2000
Trigger spell: Oil Slick

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 17 separate Spell records named "Oil Slick". This page is record #266975. 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
#125418duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#125421used by: Cast by Oil Slick; duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#196749duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196750used by: Cast by Oil Slick; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#196751duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266976used by: Cast by Oil Slick; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#266979used by: Cast by Oil Slick; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#266985duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278087cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278089used by: Cast by Oil Slick; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#278100used by: Cast by Burning Oil; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#293723effect types: DummyA 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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