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Shadow Word: Necrosis

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Shadow Word: Necrosis

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Afflicts a player with a shadowy contagion reducing healing taken by 70%.

Shadow Word: Necrosis

Tooltip

Afflicts a player with a shadowy contagion reducing healing taken by 70%. Standing within 5 yards of another player for 1 sec causes the contagion to pass to the nearby player and unleashes a.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Shadow Word: Necrosis 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 -70.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Shadow Word: Necrosis is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 200 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it 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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -70
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 35377

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 Word: Necrosis 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 "Shadow Word: Necrosis". This page is record #470600. 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
#470599journal encounter: Emperor Dagran Thaurissan; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#470601duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#470625duration: none; effect types: effect 164, effect 164A 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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