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Petrifying Gaze

Spell

Petrifying Gaze

Nature

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Instant castTen yards

Channels a petrifying gaze for 4 sec, inflicting Nature damage to enemies in front of the caster within 10 yards.

Petrifying Gaze

Tooltip

Channels a petrifying gaze for 4 sec, inflicting Nature damage to enemies in front of the caster within 10 yards. Enemies struck have their movement speed reduced by 10% for 15 sec.

Upon reaching 5 stacks, enemies are for 3 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Petrifying Gaze is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -10. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 5 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 15 times over the full 15 sec (75 base in total).

What it does

Petrifying Gaze is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 25) in a 10 yard radius, applies an aura in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura in a 10 yard radius every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic. It stacks up to 5 times.

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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
MechanicSnared
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks5
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 25
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -10
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 5
Radius: 10 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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 Gaze appears in: 2 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 20 separate Spell records named "Petrifying Gaze". This page is record #461891. 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
#200429school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#200431effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#257626school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#257628school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#258390difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#263841subtext: Special Ability; used by: Pet - Basilisk; school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#270410cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#373521school: Shadow; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#374719school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 142; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#392425school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#392432school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#461886cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 226; 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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