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Taint of the Sea

Spell

Taint of the Sea

Frost

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Taints a target, inflicting 27.9878 Frost damage every second.

Taint of the Sea

Tooltip

Taints a target, inflicting 27.9878 Frost damage every second. When this aura is removed, the taint explodes, inflicting 12.9416 Frost damage to all players.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 27.9878 per tick. It applies the infected mechanic. It ticks every 1 sec.

What it does

Taint of the Sea is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura with the infected mechanic every 1 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 27.9878
Mechanic: Infected
Period: every 1 sec

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?

Taint of the Sea appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Helya in Trial of Valor
    Journal section: Stage One: Low Tide > Helya; Stage Three: Helheim's Last Stand > Helya
    Encounter creatures: HelyaRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "Taint of the Sea". This page is record #228054. 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
#198110duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215670duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215672used by: Cast by Taint of the Sea; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#215695duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#227937school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228088difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#228102school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228515duration: 20 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 27.99)Different tuning
#230268school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#231329duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231459cast time: 1.2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232375school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 27.99)Different tuning

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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