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Swirling Winds

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Swirling Winds

Frost

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Swirling Winds surround Stormwraiths and Stormlings who venture outside the Eye of the Storm, reducing damage taken by 99% and healing them for 10% health every 2 sec while they remain outside of the...

Swirling Winds

Tooltip

Swirling Winds surround Stormwraiths and Stormlings who venture outside the Eye of the Storm, reducing damage taken by 99% and healing them for 10% health every 2 sec while they remain outside of the Eye of the Storm.

How it works

Swirling Winds is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -99.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 20. Its base value is 10 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 50.

What it does

Swirling Winds is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 2 sec.

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

SchoolFrost
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -99
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 20
Value: 10
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 50
Misc value: 1000

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?

Swirling Winds appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Swirling Winds". This page is record #296389. 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
#83500school: Nature; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#160948school: none; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#167203school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#328576school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#359592school: Physical; effect types: 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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