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Stinging Swarm

Spell

Stinging Swarm

Nature

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Instant castExtended Range

The caster calls forth a swarm of stinging insects that follows the target for 15 sec, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec to every player caught within and reducing their movement speed by 50%.

Stinging Swarm

Tooltip

The caster calls forth a swarm of stinging insects that follows the target for 15 sec, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec to every player caught within and reducing their movement speed by 50%.

How it works

Stinging Swarm is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 70. Its base value is 25 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It applies the snared mechanic.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Stinging Swarm is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 50 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec, applies an aura with the snared mechanic 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

SchoolNature
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 70
Value: 25
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Mechanic: Snared
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 2207, 7

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 #452233. 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
#438677journal encounter: The Silken Court; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#438687school: Physical; 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; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#441641school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#448663cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#448672duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#448673used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#450728cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 226; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#452230duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#452231cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#456252difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Stinging Swarm; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0, 25, 0 (this record: 25, -50, 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#460041school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; 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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