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Ruin

Spell

Ruin

Physical

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Increases the critical strike damage of your Destruction spells by 15%.

Ruin

Tooltip

Increases the critical strike damage of your Destruction spells by 15%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 15.

What it does

Ruin is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 15
Misc value: 15

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: 3 talents.

Talents

  • Ruin for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent
  • Ruin for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction) (definition #120965)Talent
  • Ruin (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

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 #387103. 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
#211383school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#279947duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#279948school: Fire; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#309852journal encounter: Ra-den the Despoiled; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip textA different caster
#309854used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Nature, Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#350447duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#351228duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355540journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; school: Shadow; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 15); different tooltip textA different caster
#355545used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#355546used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#355587school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355588used by: Cast by Ruin; school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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