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Petrifying Howl

Spell

Petrifying Howl

Nature

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Hecutis petrifies players, inflicting 3 Nature damage and reducing movement speed by 5% every 1 sec.

Petrifying Howl

Tooltip

Hecutis petrifies players, inflicting 3 Nature damage and reducing movement speed by 5% every 1 sec.

When this effect expires, petrified players shatter inflicting 25 Nature damage to players and create a patch of at their location.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -5. It applies the snared mechanic.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.2 sec, 120 times over the full 30 sec.

What it does

Petrifying Howl is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 3), applies an aura with the snared mechanic and applies an aura every 0.2 sec. It stacks up to 99 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -5
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.2 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 Howl appears in: 1 spell that casts 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 3 separate Spell records named "Petrifying Howl". This page is record #334919. 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
#334852journal encounter: Huntsman Altimor; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#334889duration: 5 min; effect types: School Damage, Create Area Effect, effect 203; 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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