Skip to content
Taint of the Sea

Spell

Taint of the Sea

Frost

Advertisement

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Frost spell.

Taint of the Sea

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Taint of the Sea is a Frost spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Duration20 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 #228515. 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
#228054difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; journal encounter: Helya; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 27.99 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#228088difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#228102school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#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; effect values: 10 (this record: 0)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.

Comments

Read player comments on Taint of the Sea at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)