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Oil Slick

Spell

Oil Slick

Physical

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Instant castSelf 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

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Oil Slick is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 13020

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?

Oil Slick appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 17 separate Spell records named "Oil Slick". This page is record #266976. 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
#125421duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196749duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196750duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#196751duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266975duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266979duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#266985duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#278087cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278089duration: 30 secA variant record
#278100used by: Cast by Burning Oil; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#293723duration: none; effect 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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