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Shadow Prison

Spell

Shadow Prison

Physical

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2.5 secSelf Only

Binds an enemy.

Shadow Prison

Tooltip

Binds an enemy. Movement by a bound enemy inflicts 1.4988 initial Shadow damage, increasing by 500 for each second of movement. Remaining motionless for 10 sec will reset the stack.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 129, which the datamine does not name. It applies aura type 226. Its area radius is 50000 yards. It ticks every 1 sec.

What it does

Shadow Prison is a spell with a 2.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled.

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 time2.5 sec
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Effect 129
Aura type id 226
Radius: 50000 yards
Period: every 1 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 19 separate Spell records named "Shadow Prison". This page is record #73001. 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
#33071cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#40647cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45922used by: Cast by Foolish Endeavors: Quest Abandon [DNT]; cast time: instant; duration: 90 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#45923cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77, DummyA different effect setup
#72998school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#72999school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76686difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#76687school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86780school: Shadow; cast time: 0.1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86796cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#86797cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#173188school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, SpawnA 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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