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Recurring Nightmare

Spell

Recurring Nightmare

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Blood of Ny'alotha's melee attacks leave behind lingering corruption in the target, inflicting 5 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 40 sec.

Recurring Nightmare

Tooltip

Blood of Ny'alotha's melee attacks leave behind lingering corruption in the target, inflicting 5 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 40 sec.

This effect stacks.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 20 times over the full 40 sec (100 base in total).

What it does

Recurring Nightmare is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 40 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec. It stacks up to 8 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration40 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks8
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5
Period: every 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?

Recurring Nightmare appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

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