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Ritual of Bones

Spell

Ritual of Bones

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Ner'zhul summons an army of shadow and death which marches across his platform, eradicating all life in its path.

Ritual of Bones

Tooltip

Ner'zhul summons an army of shadow and death which marches across his platform, eradicating all life in its path.
Tendrils of void bind the ritual bones together, inflicting 18 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 15 sec to those who cross their threshold.

How it works

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 18 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 15 times over the full 15 sec (270 base in total).

What it does

Ritual of Bones is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 18
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?

Ritual of Bones 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 9 separate Spell records named "Ritual of Bones". This page is record #154469. 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
#154462used by: Cast by Ritual of Bones; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#154468duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#154559duration: 26 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 18); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#154671school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156312duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 18); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#160445duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 18)Different tuning
#160537duration: 55 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#168639duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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