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Tainted Blood

Spell

Tainted Blood

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The victim's blood is tainted, inflicting 7 Shadow damage every 2.5 sec.

Tainted Blood

Tooltip

The victim's blood is tainted, inflicting 7 Shadow damage every 2.5 sec.

How it works

Tainted Blood is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 7 per tick. It ticks every 2.5 sec, 6 times over the full 15 sec (42 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Tainted Blood is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2.5 sec and 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

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 7
Period: every 2.5 sec
Effect #2Apply 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Tainted Blood 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 12 separate Spell records named "Tainted Blood". This page is record #255558. 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
#163740journal encounter: Grimrail Enforcers; school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#184357journal encounter: Hellfire High Council; school: Physical; duration: 1 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#255559used by: Cast by Bubble; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#255592school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260670used by: Cast by Bubble; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1214373cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1241785duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1310013journal encounter: The Coiled Altar; school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1310099journal encounter: The Twin Fangs; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1310102duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1310104duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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