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Spectral Decay

Spell

Spectral Decay

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The pooling essence inflicts 6 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within and increases their damage taken by 30%.

Spectral Decay

Tooltip

The pooling essence inflicts 6 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within and increases their damage taken by 30%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Spectral Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 40 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration40 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 40578

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?

Spectral Decay appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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 "Spectral Decay". This page is record #1266723. 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
#1248857used by: Cast by Volatile Essence; school: Physical; duration: 20 secA helper record another spell casts
#1253779duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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