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Seed of Corruption

Spell

Seed of Corruption

Shadow

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2 secMedium Range

Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 0.201512 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Seed of Corruption

Tooltip

Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 0.201512 Shadow damage over 12 sec. When the target takes 2500 total damage, the seed will detonate, inflicting Shadow damage to all enemies of the target.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Seed of Corruption is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 0.0504 per tick. It scales with 0.167 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (0.2 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 2500.

What it does

Seed of Corruption is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and 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

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 0.0504
Spell power coefficient: 0.167
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 2500

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "Seed of Corruption". This page is record #211503. 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
#27285cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32863used by: Cast by Seed of Corruption Proc; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#32865cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36123duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#37826cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38252duration: 18 sec; effect values: 4.21, 5000 (this record: 0.05, 2500)Different tuning
#39367duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#43991cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44141duration: 18 sec; effect values: 3.1, 2500 (this record: 0.05, 2500)Different tuning
#70388duration: 18 sec; effect values: 1.55, 3250 (this record: 0.05, 2500)Different tuning
#196208cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect values: 8.61, 461538 (this record: 0.05, 2500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#214804cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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