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Pestilence

Spell

Pestilence

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Creates an area of Virulent Infection at the feet of enemies.

Pestilence

Tooltip

Creates an area of Virulent Infection at the feet of enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Pestilence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 40 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration40 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 9466

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 9 separate Spell records named "Pestilence". This page is record #233631. 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
#191729duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233614journal encounter: Malificus; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#277234school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#316278used by: Cast by Pestilence; school: Nature, Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#316279school: Nature, Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#327093duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#333413school: Nature; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#344716school: Nature, Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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