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Stinging Swarm

Spell

Stinging Swarm

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Physical spell.

Stinging Swarm

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Stinging Swarm.

What it does

Stinging Swarm is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). It also casts Stinging Swarm (record #201733).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 164
Trigger spell: Stinging Swarm

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 #199157. 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
#199155cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201733journal encounter: Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest; cast time: 2 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#291421duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#313988school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#313989used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#438677journal encounter: The Silken Court; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#438687effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#438708difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#441641effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#448663school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#448672school: Nature; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#448673used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; school: Nature; 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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