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Shadow Bite

Spell

Shadow Bite

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Instant castTwenty yards

Inflicts 5 Shadow damage and additional 2 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 12 sec to an enemy.

Shadow Bite

Tooltip

Inflicts 5 Shadow damage and additional 2 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 12 sec to an enemy.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (12 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Bite is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Period: every 2 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bite". This page is record #1231366. 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
#251423subtext: Basic Attack; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#270599duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278732duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285239subtext: Basic Attack; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#287974subtext: Basic Attack; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#313929duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360861duration: none; effect types: Jump, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360874used by: Cast by Shadow Bite; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1217881journal encounter: Lithiel Cinderfury; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#1231356cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1293101duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1296896cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % 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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