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Seal of Decay

Spell

Seal of Decay

Shadow

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Instant castTen yards

Melee attacks occasionally curse the target with shadow magic, reducing healing received by 5% for 12 sec.

Seal of Decay

Tooltip

Melee attacks occasionally curse the target with shadow magic, reducing healing received by 5% for 12 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Seal of Decay is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -5.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 422. Its base value is -5.

What it does

Seal of Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 20 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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks20
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -5
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 422
Value: -5

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?

Seal of Decay appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Seal of Decay". This page is record #184986. 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
#179999journal encounter: Tyrant Velhari; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#180000duration: 18 sec; effect values: -10, -10 (this record: -5, -5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#184985school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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