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Orb of Corruption

Spell

Orb of Corruption

Shadow

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1 secSelf Only

Conjures an Orb of Corruption which passes over the encounter area, pulsing 33.5854 Shadow damage every second at several locations, tracking nearby players.

Orb of Corruption

Tooltip

Conjures an Orb of Corruption which passes over the encounter area, pulsing 33.5854 Shadow damage every second at several locations, tracking nearby players.

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

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Orb of Corruption is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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?

Orb of Corruption appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Helya in Trial of Valor
    Journal section: Stage One: Low Tide > Helya
    Encounter creatures: HelyaRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Orb of Corruption". This page is record #227903. 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
#227906school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn, effect 160A different effect setup
#227920used by: Cast by Orb of Corruption; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#227921used by: Cast by Orb of Corruption; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect values: 227939 (this record: 0)A helper record another spell casts
#227926difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#227930cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#227938used by: Cast by Orb of Corruption; cast time: instant; effect values: 227930 (this record: 0)A helper record another spell casts
#227939difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#228382school: Physical; cast time: instantA variant record
#228592school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#228593cast time: instantA variant record
#229119cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#231180cast time: instantA variant record

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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