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Ruin

Spell

Ruin

Shadow

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5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Sylvanas lays waste to the area, inflicting 500 Shadow damage to all players.

Ruin

Tooltip

Sylvanas lays waste to the area, inflicting 500 Shadow damage to all players. This damage cannot be mitigated or avoided.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 16 times over the full 8 sec. It triggers Ruin.

What it does

Ruin is a Shadow spell with a 5 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec. It also casts Ruin (record #355545).

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 time5 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Ruin

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?

Ruin 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 19 separate Spell records named "Ruin". This page is record #355540. 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
#211383cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#279947school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#279948school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#309852journal encounter: Ra-den the Despoiled; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip textA different caster
#309854used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Nature, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#350447school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#351228school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355545used by: Cast by Ruin; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#355546used by: Cast by Ruin; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#355587cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355588used by: Cast by Ruin; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#387103used by: Talent: Warlock; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect values: 15 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different owner

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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