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Pool of Darkness

Spell

Pool of Darkness

Shadow

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2.5 secThree Hundred Yards

Creates a Pool of Darkness at a location for 20 sec.

Pool of Darkness

Tooltip

Creates a Pool of Darkness at a location for 20 sec. Periodically, the Pool of Darkness will explode in Erupting Darkness, unless a player is standing inside of it.

Players standing in a Pool of Darkness are afflicted with Absorbed in Darkness.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Pool of Darkness is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it summons a creature in a 15 yard radius.

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 139171, 64
Radius: 15 yards

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?

Pool of Darkness appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Pool of Darkness". This page is record #273361. 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
#272014cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#272015cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#272024school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#273360school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1309385cast time: instant; duration: 4 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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