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Petrifying Breath

Spell

Petrifying Breath

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Inflicts 71.3714 Nature damage every 1 sec and increases damage taken by 20% for 8 sec.

Petrifying Breath

Tooltip

Inflicts 71.3714 Nature damage every 1 sec and increases damage taken by 20% for 8 sec.

How it works

Petrifying Breath is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 71.3714 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec (285.49 base in total).
  2. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Brittle Skin.

What it does

Petrifying Breath is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Brittle Skin.

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

SchoolNature
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 71.3714
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Brittle Skin

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?

Petrifying Breath appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Kologarn in Ulduar
    Journal section: Kologarn
    Encounter creatures: KologarnRaid 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 17 separate Spell records named "Petrifying Breath". This page is record #62030. 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
#63980effect values: 95.16, 0 (this record: 71.37, 0)Different tuning
#80942duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon DamageA different effect setup
#164913school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164914school: Physical; 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; 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; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176470school: Arcane; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176473used by: Cast by Petrifying Breath; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#192269school: Physical; cast time: 2.8 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#192270used by: Cast by Petrifying Breath; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 160, effect 160, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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