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Strangling Roots

Spell

Strangling Roots

Physical

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2 sec10 sec cooldownSelf Only

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

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 50 yards.

What it does

Strangling Roots is a spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 10 sec cooldown.

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 time2 sec
Cooldown10 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 50 yards

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 13 separate Spell records named "Strangling Roots". This page is record #204574. 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
#199024cast time: instant; duration: 6.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199025used by: Cast by Strangling Roots; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#199040used by: Cast by Strangling Roots; cast time: instant; effect values: 199041 (this record: 0)A helper record another spell casts
#199041cast time: instant; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#199043used by: Cast by Strangling Roots; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#199051cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#199060used by: Cast by Strangling Roots; cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#199063journal encounter: Oakheart; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#199067used by: Cast by Strangling Roots; cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#204599cast time: instantA variant record
#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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