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Spell
Shifting Power
Nature
MageDraw power from the ground beneath, dealing Nature damage over 4 sec to enemies.
Tooltip
Draw power from the ground beneath, dealing Nature damage over 4 sec to enemies.
While channeling, your Mage ability cooldowns are reduced over 4 sec.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
Shifting Power is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Shifting Power.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is -2500.
- Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 31. Its base value is 40.
- Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Fae Tendrils.
What it does
Shifting Power is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Shifting Power (record #325130) and Fae Tendrils.
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
| School | Nature |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 1 min |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 4 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 23 Period: every 1 sec Trigger spell: Shifting Power |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 Value: -2500 |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 31 Value: 40 |
| Effect #4 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 23 Period: every 1 sec Trigger spell: Fae Tendrils |
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?
Shifting Power appears in: 1 skill line and 1 teaching spell.
Skill lines
- Night Fae (Mage)Skill line
Teaching spells
- Shifting PowerTeaches this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Night Fae spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Shifting Power". This page is record #314791. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #325130 | used by: Cast by Shifting Power; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #337435 | school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Learn Spell; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #382440 | school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #382445 | used by: Cast by Shifting Power; school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #440344 | school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 74; different tooltip text | A 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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