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Orb of Corruption

Spell

Orb of Corruption

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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 Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 123580.

What it does

Orb of Corruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 123580

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 21 separate Spell records named "Orb of Corruption". This page is record #229119. 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
#227903journal encounter: Helya; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different caster
#227906school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn, effect 160A different effect setup
#227920used by: Cast by Orb of Corruption; cast time: 1 sec; 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; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#227926difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 123580)A per-difficulty version
#227930duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#227938used by: Cast by Orb of Corruption; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#227939difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: 1 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 123580)A per-difficulty version
#228382school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228592school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect values: 0 (this record: 123580)Different tuning
#228593duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#231180duration: 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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