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Stinging Swarm

Spell

Stinging Swarm

Physical

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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Envelops the target in a swarm of stinging insects, inflicting Physical damage.

Stinging Swarm

Tooltip

Envelops the target in a swarm of stinging insects, inflicting Physical damage.
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In Heroic difficulty, this effect has a chance to also stun the target for 0.5 sec when dealing damage, players can attack the swarm and must kill it to remove the effect.]

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 44.7805 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (447.81 base in total).

What it does

Stinging Swarm is a spell with a 2 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 44.7805
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 19 separate Spell records named "Stinging Swarm". This page is record #199155. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#199157cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#201733journal encounter: Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#291421cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#313988school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 44.78); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#313989used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#438677journal encounter: The Silken Court; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#438687cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#438708difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#441641cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#448663school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 6 (this record: 44.78); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#448672school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 44.78)Different tuning
#448673used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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