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Orb of Corrosion

Spell

Orb of Corrosion

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Conjures an Orb of Corrosion which passes over the encounter area, pulsing 27.9878 Frost damage every second at several locations, tracking nearby players and creating patches of Decay.

Orb of Corrosion

Tooltip

Conjures an Orb of Corrosion which passes over the encounter area, pulsing 27.9878 Frost damage every second at several locations, tracking nearby players and creating patches of Decay.

Taking damage from an Orb of Corrosion increases damage taken by Orb of Corrosion by 100%. This effect stacks.

How it works

Orb of Corrosion is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 27.9878. It applies the infected mechanic. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Decay.

What it does

Orb of Corrosion is a Frost spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 27.9878) with the infected mechanic in an 8 yard radius and launches a missile. It also casts Decay.

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

SchoolFrost
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 27.9878
Mechanic: Infected
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Decay

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 11 separate Spell records named "Orb of Corrosion". This page is record #228063. 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
#228056cast time: 1 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228057school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn, effect 160A different effect setup
#228058journal encounter: Helya; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 11 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#228059used by: Cast by Orb of Corrosion; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#228060duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#228061difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#228062used by: Cast by Orb of Corrosion; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#230267duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#232496duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#235206effect 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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