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Stinging Swarm

Spell

Stinging Swarm

Nature

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1.5 secSelf Only

A swarm of insects envelops the caster, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies within every 1 sec for 6 sec.

Stinging Swarm

Tooltip

A swarm of insects envelops the caster, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies within every 1 sec for 6 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec. It triggers Stinging Swarm.

What it does

Stinging Swarm is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Stinging Swarm (record #313989).

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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
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 #313988. 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
#199155school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 44.78 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#199157school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#201733journal encounter: Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#291421school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#313989used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#438677journal encounter: The Silken Court; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#438687school: Physical; cast 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; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#441641school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#448663cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 6 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#448672cast time: instantA variant record
#448673used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; 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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