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Possession

Spell

Possession

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Upon reaching their fixate target, the spirit possesses the player, forcing them to attack their allies until sufficient damage is taken.

Possession

Tooltip

Upon reaching their fixate target, the spirit possesses the player, forcing them to attack their allies until sufficient damage is taken.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 203, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Fixate.

What it does

Possession is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. It also casts Fixate.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Effect 203
Trigger spell: Fixate

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 14 separate Spell records named "Possession". This page is record #338015. 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
#25745duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58102duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#152773used by: Cast by Possession; duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 136, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#152776duration: until cancelled; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, effect 164A different effect setup
#152785used by: Cast by Possession; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#152787effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#152812used by: Cast by Possession; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164, effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#152836effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#152937duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164A different effect setup
#327414difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Artificer Xy'mox; school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 136; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#333567used by: Cast by Soulless; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#345455duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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