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Optic Link

Spell

Optic Link

Shadow

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Instant castExtended Range

Channels a beam of dark energy at the target, causing Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Optic Link

Tooltip

Channels a beam of dark energy at the target, causing Shadow damage over 12 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the channel reaches its full duration.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3.5686 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 12 times over the full 12 sec (42.82 base in total).

What it does

Optic Link is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 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

SchoolShadow
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3.5686
Period: every 1 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Optic Link". This page is record #54396. 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
#84298effect values: 100 (this record: 3.57); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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