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Sorrowful Wail

Spell

Sorrowful Wail

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 111.951 Shadow damage to enemies within 10 yards and grants a stack of Crescendo.

Sorrowful Wail

Tooltip

Inflicts 111.951 Shadow damage to enemies within 10 yards and grants a stack of Crescendo.

How it works

Sorrowful Wail is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Sorrowful Wail is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1.2 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect and 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration1.2 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 10332
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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?

Sorrowful Wail appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Kil'jaeden in Tomb of Sargeras
    Journal section: Stage One: The Betrayer > Shadow Reflection > Shadow Reflection: Wailing; Stage Two: Reflected Souls > Shadow Reflection > Shadow Reflection: Wailing
    Encounter creatures: Kil'jaedenRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Sorrowful Wail". This page is record #241564. 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
#236381duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#241597school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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