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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 Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its area radius is 5 yards. It triggers Oil Slick.

What it does

Oil Slick is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it launches a missile in a 5 yard radius. It also casts Oil Slick (record #266976).

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
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Radius: 5 yards
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.

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 #266979. 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; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196751duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266975effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266976duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#266985duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#278087cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#278089duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#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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