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Stygian Infection

Spell

Stygian Infection

Shadow

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Vashnik infects several players with a shadow venom that inflicts 11 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and absorbs the next 100 healing.

Stygian Infection

Tooltip

Vashnik infects several players with a shadow venom that inflicts 11 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and absorbs the next 100 healing.

How it works

Stygian Infection is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 11 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec. It triggers Stygian Infection.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 50.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 301. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Stygian Infection is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1.5 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Stygian Infection (record #1295022).

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

SchoolShadow
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 11
Period: every 1.5 sec
Trigger spell: Stygian Infection
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 50
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 301
Value: 100
Misc value: 127

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?

Stygian Infection appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Stygian Infection". This page is record #1294994. 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
#346722cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1294993school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1295022used by: Cast by Stygian Infection; school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 3, 200, 50 (this record: 11, 50, 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1295080school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1298817duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1299950school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; 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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