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Taint of the Sea

Spell

Taint of the Sea

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 228054.

What it does

Taint of the Sea is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 228054

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 17 separate Spell records named "Taint of the Sea". This page is record #228088. 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
#198110effect values: 0 (this record: 228054); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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
#215695effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#227937school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 228054)Different tuning
#228054difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; journal encounter: Helya; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#228102school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 228054)Different tuning
#228515duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#230268school: Physical; effect values: 0 (this record: 228054)Different tuning
#231329duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231459cast time: 1.2 sec; effect values: 231329 (this record: 228054); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#232375school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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