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Strangling Roots

Spell

Strangling Roots

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Roots emerge under nearby enemies, inflicting 3.36293 Physical damage every 1 sec.

Strangling Roots

Tooltip

Roots emerge under nearby enemies, inflicting 3.36293 Physical damage every 1 sec. and rooting them in position for 1 min or until destroyed.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Strangling Roots is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 5 min. When cast it summons a creature.

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 timeInstant
Duration5 min
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 100991, 64

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?

Strangling Roots appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Strangling Roots". This page is record #199060. 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
#35234school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199024duration: 6.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199025duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#199040duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#199041duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#199043duration: none; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199051duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#199063journal encounter: Oakheart; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#199067cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#204574cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#204599duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1233651school: Nature; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: 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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