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Petrifying Breath

Spell

Petrifying Breath

Arcane

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1 secSelf Only

Turning frontal enemies to dust.

Petrifying Breath

Tooltip

Turning frontal enemies to dust.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec. It triggers Petrifying Breath.

What it does

Petrifying Breath is an Arcane spell with a 1 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Petrifying Breath (record #176473).

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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Petrifying Breath

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 17 separate Spell records named "Petrifying Breath". This page is record #176470. 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
#63980school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80942school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon DamageA different effect setup
#164913school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164914school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164949school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164950school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173175school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1.8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173176school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176473used by: Cast by Petrifying Breath; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#192269school: Physical; cast time: 2.8 sec; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#192270used by: Cast by Petrifying Breath; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 160, effect 160, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#216065school: none; cast time: instant; duration: 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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