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Shadow Rift

Spell

Shadow Rift

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Warlock

Instant cast1 min cooldownMedium Range

Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec.

Shadow Rift

Tooltip

Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec. Enemy players within the rift when it expires are teleported to your Demonic Circle.

Must be within 40 yds of your Demonic Circle to cast.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Shadow Rift is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 40. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Shadow Rift is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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 timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 23024
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 40
Radius: 10 yards

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?

Shadow Rift appears in: 3 pvp talents.

PvP talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Shadow Rift". This page is record #353294. 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
#160589school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#353293effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#353821duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#441806school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#441808school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 61, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#455671school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 15, Apply Aura, effect 61A 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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